So far so Good. Rebecca & I have been without a car for a couple of months now and it’s about time I give a feedback on how it is going. Long story short…no worse than before! As before we’re still using walking, buses and taxi as our main source of movement. We use the [...]
Vectrix is that company with the cool electric scooters. To my dismay there’s now reports that they seem to be in difficult financial times (http://tinyurl.com/d26vst). I’d definitely be sad to see them go. They have produced a very high quality electric bike that is highly desirable were it not for the steep price. And they [...]
An idea that never occurred to me is that we could utilise petrol engines more effectively by using electric propulsion. The dutch company e-traction has developed a diesel-electric drive train that brings down diesel consumption and pollution for buses quite significantly. A diesel engine charges the batteries that drive the bus with electric engines. Because [...]
I’m not what you’d call a normal car buff but the Tesla Model S is what I really want. With a price tag of US$50,000+ it falls into the BMW 5 Series or Mercedes E-Class range. It has looks that resemble a Maserati and the stamina that can make it an exceptional EV. I sure [...]
One of the things that just went wrong last week was that the Mitsubishi dealer took a look at my car and mumbled something like “$4000 in repairs”. For that I can buy two used Mitsus! That has sealed the fate of this car. It’s now up as wreckage on TradeMe. Hope that somebody can [...]
While blogging and thinking about those electric scooters I’ve finally thought my way back to the power source (again). I’m still terribly angry at the present government for going back on the whole coal for energy thing but that’s a separate rant. So what are we supposed to do?! The effective energy sources destroy the [...]
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Miraz has put together a cool list of the current offers on EV scooters in NZ. I have been watching the market too and in the last months it has really started developing. The high petrol price and the heightened sensitivity around emissions is doing its part. There really is nothing that can get you [...]
A few months ago I discovered BetterPlace and they have changed my view on electric vehicles and the future of personal transport. After Israel and Denmark getting into the race Australia, California and Hawaii are lining up nicely too. I’m still waiting on what New Zealand will be doing. BetterPlace has contacts but nothing has [...]
I’m a little late to pick-up on this one but I thought I’d blog it anyway. This kiwi genius modded an old Mitsu into a genuine electric car. The nice thing about what he did is he captured it on his website including videos. It’s really cool to watch and you learn a heap too. [...]