Studies
In
1996 the Institute of Transportation
Studies at the University of California
conducted a survey to test electric
vehicle demand in “Hybrid Households”.
The differences between electric and
gasoline vehicles in their experiment
were DRIVING RANGE – HOME RECHARGING
and EMISSIONS. They found a strong
concern for the environment, the role
of motor vehicles in degrading the
environment, and the need to make some
corresponding lifestyle changes; they
found that those concerns and commitments
translate into a willingness to pay
thousands of dollars more for clean
vehicles. (Click
here to download study in PDF format)
- Home
Recharging:
Is the most valued attribute
of Electric Vehicles.
- Driving
Range:
Any disutility of reduced driving
range in one household vehicle
is small for most mutli-car households.
Any household that can adapt to
any reduced range adapts to a range
of 240 km or less.
- Emissions:
Research should focus less on new
batteries that provide a longer range
(i.e. higher specific energy and
energy density), and more on improved
battery cycle life, energy management
and manufacturing costs.
Comparing
Energy Costs per Mile for Electric
and Gasoline-Fueled Vehicles (Click
here to download study in PDF format)
In
2000 the Centre for Electric Vehicle
Experimentation in Quebec (CEVEQ) initiated
and managed the assessment of Neighborhood
Electric Vehicles (NEVs) in urban communities.
The main objective was to assess the
integration of NEVs into urban traffic
from the perspectives of safety and
reliability. The conclusion brought
awareness that the NEV drivers and
the public liked the NEV concept. The
assessment demonstrated that NEVs are
vehicles that meet both individual
and community needs, can be safely
driven in traffic and have their place
in urban communities.
(Click
here to download study in PDF format)
Electrovaya
Inc. (TSX: EFL) –
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October
2005 - "The adoption
of clean electric vehicles
has been hampered by the
lack of advanced battery
technology. Electrovaya's battery
technology triples the range
of electric cars presently
available in Europe, and
we believe it is the breakthrough
technology necessary to introduce
zero-emission vehicles into
Norway, Scandinavia and China".
…Oddbjorn
Solum, Managing Directorof
Miljobil Grenland AS
October
2005 - “Clean
electric power for transportation
is urgently required, and
Electrovaya's SuperPolymer® battery
system technology is a
potential immediate solution
in this area of clean vehicles”.
…Dr.
Sankar DasGupta, CEO
of Electrovaya |
October
2005 - Electrovaya Inc.
announced that a zero-emission
electric car prototype has
been launched in Norway by
Miljøbil Grenland
AS. The launch of this vehicle,
powered by Electrovaya’s
Lithium Ion SuperPolymer® battery,
opened the “China,
Environment and Energy Conference” in
Langesund, Norway, attended
by delegations from China,
Scandinavia, World Bank and
others.
Electrovaya’s
MAYA electric, zero-emission
vehicle will soon be available
to fleet users and individuals.
With a range of up to 360
km and highway speeds, it
offers the safety, performance
and reliability you demand.
The MAYA electric vehicle
is an exciting breakthrough
in the race for zero-emission
transportation.
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Awards:
| NASA
- Recognition of Excellence
Award 2004 |
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2004
Tour de Sol, The Great American
Green Transportation Festival
and Competition – “Technology
Award” & “Battery
Electric Vehicle Award” |
Feel
Good Cars Inc. (TSX: ZNN)
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April
2006 – Although
the ZENN (Zero Emission
No Noise) manufactured
by FGC meets all federal
highway regulations,
British Columbia is
the only province in
Canada so far where
the vehicle can be
legally licensed.
- … Ottawa
Citizen Newspaper
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April
2006 - “There
are too many choices
available of alternative
fuels to use: gasoline,
diesel, biodiesel, ethanol,
propane, natural gas,
fuel cells, methanol
and electric – and
electric is at or near
the bottom of the list” – “There’s
little room for electric
vehicles.” -While
acknowledging Feel Good
Cars “is a very
good company”. “Customers
have to make considerable
compromises in buying
electric vehicles”
- …Dennis
DesRosiers, Automotive
Consultant
- April
2006 – FGC
of Toronto has leased
nearly 4,000 square metres
of extra space in the
Bauer Nike Hockey Inc.
skate and helmet plant
in St-Jerome, 60 kilometres
north of Montreal, to
serve as the primary
production and research
and development facility
for the ZENN. … Ottawa
Citizen Newspaper
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EEStor
Inc.
EEStor
Inc. of Texas is developing
a new type of battery called an Energy
Storage Unit (ESU) which is a high-power-density
ceramic ultra capacitor. This energy
storage technology is projected to
store up to 10x the energy (by weight
and volume) of lead-acid batteries
at the same cost. In addition, the
ESU is projected to store up to 1.5
to 2.5 times the energy of Li-Ion
batteries at 12 to 25% of the cost.
As a solid state energy storage device,
the ESU is projected to have virtually
unlimited life of deep cycle usage
in addition to being rechargeable
in just minutes.
Fall
2005 - Venture Capital powerhouse
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
led a $3 million (U.S.) investment
in EEstor. Klein Perkins has a track
record for picking winners. It made
early bets on Google, Sun Microsystems,
Amazon.com, and Netscape. Adding
more intrigue to the story is the
fact that Colin Powell, the former
U.S. secretary of state, joined Kleiner
Perkins last summer as a strategic
partner. Sources speculate
Powell has been briefed on EEstor,
which from a government and military
perspective could bolster the Bush
administration’s energy security
policy and efforts to break America’s “addiction
to oil”.
March
2006 – According to patent
documents, EEStor describes
the day when gas stations evolve
into “electric energy stations” that
store energy overnight when electricity
is cheap and sell it like gasoline
during the daytime. Recharge in minutes
the same way we now fill up with
gasoline.
EEStor
Inc. + Feel
Good Cars Inc. (TSX: ZNN)
September
2005 - Feel Good Car (FGC) entered
into a $2.5 million (U.S.) licensing
agreement with EEStor to acquire
worldwide exclusive right to purchase
ESU's for use in any vehicle up to
1,200 kilograms. FGC makes Neighborhood
Electric Vehicles (NEVs) and wants
to use EEStor’s technology
to power its next-generation vehicles,
which could hit the market as early
as 2007.
April
2006 - EEStor recently informed
FGC that it continues on schedule
in the commercialization of the ESU.
FGC is up to date and current with
its commitments to EEStor Inc. with
the next milestone consisting of
independent 3rd party verification
of EEStor's technology, expected
during the summer of 2006.
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DYNASTY
Electric Car Corporation
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Dynasty
Electric Corporation announced
work has begun on a Hydrogen
Fuel Cell range extended
model. Expected to be in
production by Q3 of 2006… The
current “IT” model
has a range of 50 km with
top speed of 40 km/h. Costs
$2.00/charge.
May
2006 – A suite
of projects including hydrogen-powered
vehicles is in the cards
for the University of British
Columbia, which has proposed
a $10 million initiative
that will showcase the
efficiency of hydrogen
technologies. Burnaby’s
Delta-Q Technologies Corp.
will work with local company
Dynasty Motors on a hybrid
electric car using a fuel
cell from Ballard Power
Systems Inc., for use by
UBC’s campus security.
…Business
in Vancouver |
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|
EV
World
December
2005 – Neighborhood Electric
Vehicles (NEVs) costs as much as
an inexpensive gasoline-engine vehicle,
which presents a challenge to all
NEV-class manufacturers, who must
also compete against low-cost golf
carts in gated community markets.
To keep costs down, nearly all NEVs
are powered by inexpensive lead-acid
batteries.
The
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
(ICBC) (Click
here to download Registrar's Circular
in PDF format)
August
2000 – The Insurance Corporation
of British Columbia (ICBC) created
the vehicle class “Low Speed
Vehicle” (LSV) = Neighborhood
Electric Vehicle (NEV). ICBC recognizes
that the interim policy does not
address all of the issues of external
or internal stakeholders; the policy
was introduced as a temporary measure
prior to the development of viable
operational model.
April
2006 – “Please note
that BC has not passed regulations
specific to LSVs. These vehicles
have fallen into a pre-existing class
of vehicle and as such no special
rules have been developed for LSVs.
There are no immediate plans to specifically
regulate LSV use in BC.
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VEVA is
the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association,
a non-profit society that promotes
the development of environmentally
sustainable alternative transportation.
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Who
Killed the Electric Car?
Watch this video located at: http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/
This is the first trailer for "Who Killed the Electric Car?" to
be released by Sony Classics in June-July
2006. This is a must-see film for anyone
who drives, has children, breathes, wonders
about the potential effects of big industry
and politics, or worries for our environmental
or energy security future. This is more
than a film about a car- it's about the
challenges of changing status quo- and
the consequences of not trying. You will
emerge from the theatre entertained,
emotional, and flat out pissed off- which
is pretty much how you should be once
you know, "Who Killed the Electric
Car? Even more important, though, is what you do next.
Even
more important, though, is what you
do next.
An
Inconvenient Truth:
Humanity
is sitting on a ticking time bomb.
If the vast majority of the world's
scientists are right, we have just
ten years to avert a major catastrophe
that could send our entire planet into
a tail-spin of epic destruction involving
extreme weather, floods, droughts,
epidemics and killer heat waves beyond
anything we have ever experienced.
The evidence is overwhelming and undeniable.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUiP6dqPynE).
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Chrysler
- GM - Ford: All
three companies invested major money
towards electric vehicles. The most
successful of all three is the EV1
by GM. This summers movie "Who
killed the Electric Car?" will
have a feature on the EV1 and Ford.
Download
the following for more information:
2002
Ford Th!nk Neighbor.pdf
1999
Chrysler EPIC.pdf
1999
General Motors EV1.pdf
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