Battery Vehicle Society

If I can just borrow that soapbox qdos... Agree with you completely on hydrogen being a red herring. The next big thing the oil and coal conglomerates will be pushing is Carbon Capture and Storage. The idea is that we separate all the carbon dioxide from power plants then pump it underground or unde...

Don't be a tease Tesla. Have you got a new admirer or has that Richard Branson been on at you again? He's such a tart isn't he?

Thankfully most of the dafter ones get rejected:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Jeremy-Clarkson/

"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to appoint Jeremy Clarkson to the Cabinet as special advisor on transport."

Great to hear you and Mary can make it Tim! Look forward to meeting everyone.

(Think I'll be sticking to water though, as they obviously put something strange in the drink down in Leeds.)

Yes, I'm there. It was the first thing I did when I came home clutching my new tax disc. An excellent source of inspiration, ideas and, in a few cases, examples of how not to go about a conversion

Good point. If it was the right vehicle I'd be prepared to stretch the budget a little, especially if I knew it was going to hold its value – which an EV is more likely to do. Without getting on my soapbox (I have a folding model that I take everywhere), I'd like to see a modern-day equivalen...

Same here, I've never bought a car before it's fallen below half its original price. I guess that means we're not part of your target market qdos

By the way, when are you going to stop teasing and give us some concrete details of your project?

Quiet here isn't it? Surely there must be more EV enthusiasts up this way who would love the chance to escape from the Christmas shopping for a Saturday morning? If Ian (Chopperman) gets his stock of LifeBatt cells in time, I'll bring a few along together with the BMS so that folk can take a look. I...

Good link Tesla! Looks like I could use that to give a real time dashboard display of info from my Alltrax controller on my handlebars. Cool!

There's a thread here with a few recommendations on insurers
http://batteryvehiclesociety.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2180&highlight=insurance#2180

A transit sounds like a heavy vehicle to start with, are you planning to use it as a working vehicle?