Saturday, 19 February 2011
Friday, 11 February 2011
WWF - Living Planet Report 2010
WWF - Living Planet Report 2010
The report, a leading statement of the planet's health, found that people are spending beyond the Earth's ecological means and dipping far into the Earth's natural capital. The ecological deficit caused by consumption of energy, water and materials at rates 50 per cent beyond supply will have serious repercussions for wildlife and ecosystems, as well as for future generations of people, all of whom depend on nature's ecological services.
Australia is #8 and New Zealand has the 32nd most heaviest footprint.
The report, a leading statement of the planet's health, found that people are spending beyond the Earth's ecological means and dipping far into the Earth's natural capital. The ecological deficit caused by consumption of energy, water and materials at rates 50 per cent beyond supply will have serious repercussions for wildlife and ecosystems, as well as for future generations of people, all of whom depend on nature's ecological services.
Australia is #8 and New Zealand has the 32nd most heaviest footprint.
Monday, 7 February 2011
Monday, 17 January 2011
ELECTRIC TRUCKS GAIN TRACTION--Carl Schwab - IEEE Consultants' Network of Long Island
I have believed for a long time that there is more to gain by electrifying commercial vehicles rather than passenger vehicles
ELECTRIC TRUCKS GAIN TRACTION--Carl Schwab - IEEE Consultants' Network of Long Island
ELECTRIC TRUCKS GAIN TRACTION--Carl Schwab - IEEE Consultants' Network of Long Island
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Electric Hilux Ute for sale by reverse auction.
With much reluctance the time has come that I would like to move on to my next conversion. To do this I need to make space and sell the Electrolux, my electric Toyota Hilux.
I am holding a reverse auction on the AEVA site if you are interested.
See this site for the auction. Starting price is $5000, reducing by $200 per week.
It is the first road legal industrial AC conversion in Australia.
50 x 20Ah batteries
ASEA 15kw 4 pole aluminium frame motor
Danfoss 5042 VFD
Peak power is 48kw, Peak torque is 360Nm
Seats 4
rego till March (need to check)
located in Sydney Northern Beaches
It has been on the road for 18 months.
The batteries are good for only about 9 km on a warm day. The inverter sometimes takes a while to start in damp weather, but it always starts after about 5 mins to warm up.
This would be an excellent EV for someone to build on and develop as it is already registered as an EV. Or use as a technology test platform for a company.
There is plenty of room under the bonnet and in the tray to easily experiment with different configurations without having to shoehorn in components.
With a 100v motor rewind, a tritium controller and a 320v pack of 40-60Ah Lithium this would be a great vehicle.
Check the old posts in my blog http://a4x4kiwi.blogspot.com for the build details or check the June 2009 edition of Silicon Chip magazine.
0409 601 747.
Monday, 13 December 2010
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
Saturday, 4 December 2010
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