Recent content by madmadscientist

Ya I know I just sorta refound this forum today and I am asking questions everywhere. My question for this is, why does it make sense to Tesla to use an f-load of batts to make up a battery pack? Why doesn't it make more sense to make a pack out of bigger batteries so less in a pack? I mean...

Nother question I've got is are these A123 prismatic batts better than other prismatic batts? The only other Li-Ion prismatic batt that I know of are the batteries made by EnerDel is that correct? Does anybody have any sort of opinion on the EnerDel prismatic vs. these A123 prismatic cells...

Forgive what's probably a newbie type question...as you can see I don't post here a lot. I've read all the threads on these big LiFePO4 batteries and I want to make sure I understand what people are saying. These new A123 prismatic pouch batteries appear to be the bee's knee's? Is that correct...

Didn't the famous Wired Zap article talk about how Zap was paying a small army of bloggers to talk up their products and conversely their stock?

Hi PuppyJump, I've just read thru this entire thread and I have two questions for you. 1. Do you work for Zap in any way shape or form? Your posts smack a little bit too much of lame viral marketing to me. 2. Where do you get this $30,000 figure for the cost of the tesla batt? Ref please. I...

I was just reading that Borg Warner is doing the transmission does anyone know who makes the motors and other widgets that make up a roadster?

What I want to know is what battery chemistry are they using for the 300 mile pack!?!?!? The standard pack that goes 160miles is probably the Li-Co laptop pack but how are they going to squeeze twice the performance from the same pack space? Unless they are going to do something lame like fill...

Here's a blogpost that I just found... its a little dated its from the end of '08 I think but its got most of the cars i can think of. http://evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1607

One thing that I thought was interesting is the number of questions asked. Seems like this guy has hit a nerve with Prius owners. Too bad its probably snake oil. He claims that this is everything you need to turn a prius into a plug-in....seems pretty unbelievable to me...but I'm no where...

Hello All, It seems like there is a lot of EV's on the horizon from big auto manf. Nissian, Mitsu, etc. I'm trying to find specs for these cars. Specs such as when they are supposed to be produced, performance specs, expected costs, etc. I don't suppose anyone could point me to a handy-dandy...

This came up on another list I'm on. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320338233525#description Its supposedly a prius replacement battery pack using the housing of the orignal and they stuff it with A123 cells and supercapacitors and a charger. There are a ton of...

granted, but the Tango? and the model S is ~3x the price of the Th!nk City-it still looks like the City is a bargain-not cheap but a bargain by comparison no? I've driven the zappy thing, I've driven a ZENN car and to me they don't feel like a 'real' car they seem more like toys. I have not...

I don't know if its fair to compare the ZAP thing with the Th!nk price wise. The Th!nk City is in a completely different bracket. Its a 'real' car not a toy neighborhood runabout that didn't need to pass any saftey testing. The 4 door thing...I understand that a 4 door would appeal to a larger...

Thanks for the well reasoned response. I just checked the MSRP for the fancy model smart fortwo and wow I was shocked at how cheap it is only $14,000 course it gets cruddy mileage. So wow if the smart (ICE) which is darn near the same car as the Th!nk goes for that cheap can they sell Th!nks...

I just realized after reading the post again that this sub $20,000 price is with the $7,500 tax credit. So 15 views and no replies? What do y'all think? Would the Th!nk City be a good idea at these prices or am I off my rocker?