EVCCON 2013 is done and we are slowly recovering. My voice is pretty much gone. I did several sessions of two hours or more. We had several hits this year. Brian Seymour and the HPEVS team showed up in force this year showing their new AC35x2. They brought two cars at no small expense, a […]
SCOTTY – WE NEED MORE POWER! Read More »
Back in February I spoke of the “short squeeze” on Tesla stock, which had been kind of bumping along aimlessly at $34 per share. I predicted then that the short squeeze could press Tesla stock (TSLA) to ridiculous highs having no bearing on any conceivable valuation of the company and this could be particularly virulent
If You Like TSLA at $140, you’ll LOVE it at $200 Read More »
These were the days my friend….. This week we acknowledge a sea change and weather change in the land of Electric Vehicles. It will take some years yet to play out, but the helm has swung hard over and we are no longer destined to fall off the edge of the earth into that dreaded
I suppose it is time to face reality. We have won the battle most completely. And we have lost the war most entirely. I concede defeat reluctantly, petulantly and never with good grace. But it is time to finally admit, I was wrong about the Battery Management Systems and/or Battery Monitoring System issue. And I’m
The Thrill of Victory, and the Agony of the Feet Read More »
I can barely watch Paula Deen. And I can never BE Paula Deen. And there is a reason. In last week’s blog, I went off on a bit of a rant on my original, and ongoing, motivation regarding electric vehicles in general, and our work in converting existing vehicles to magnetic drive. My purpose was
FOAD Again – Part Duh. Read More »
[jwplayer streamer=”rtmp://s3einxnpkaij93.cloudfront.net/cfx/st/” provider=”rtmp” file=”news061413-iPhone.m4v” hd.file=”news061413-1280.mov” image=”http://media3.ev-tv.me/news061413.jpg” width=”950″ height=”584″ html5_file=”http://media3.ev-tv.me/news061413-1280.mov”] A gentleman on LinkedIn posted a question about the “Cool Fun Factors of Converting a Car To EV”. I pondered this question for several minutes. They are cool. They are fun. But the question frankly annoyed me a bit and I couldn’t quite figure out why.
I Knew…and They Knew… Read More »
This week’s show is finally a bit shorter as we get caught up. Speedster Nippon went on a truck. This is one of the best builds we’ve ever done, and quite a pain in the ass to perform. It points up why we DON’T want to be automobile manufacturers, even on a small scale. The
Where the Sun Don’t Shine… Read More »
Many thanks for your patience last week as I played a bit of hooky to attend my daughter Jacquelyn’s graduation from Colorado State University in Fort Collins Colorado. She received a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Technical Communication – kind of a chip off the old block. She’s grown into a fine young woman of
THE HOLY GRAIL – circa 2013 AC Read More »
This week has been a LOT of fun. New announcements and activity. Lots of news. Stuff. So most of the electric car entries, as well as battery companies, have encountered ignomious failure, Tesla has on the other hand, ermerged in a very programmed fashion ot ignomious success. We had predicted a short squeeze on the
Tesla TV – You Own One or You Aren’t One. Read More »
The concept of a an adoption curve is credited to Everett Rogers in his 1962 paper on the Diffusion of Innovations. It described the adoption curve and introduced the concept of tinkerers and innovators, early adopters, early consumers, etc. Rogers had a PhD in Sociology but was originally an Agriculture student at the University of
Visions of Sugar Plums….and Apple Rockets. Read More »
