Battery Vehicle Society

Some of these netbooks that you can now get are very low power units - I have one that uses around 11 watts. I can buy a small embedded computer with built in GPS and GPRS for around £100 now (without screen) which would make a superb remote data monitor. It uses around 4 watts of power, rising to 1...

Thanks for letting me know, Chris. I don't know what magazines are running with the book press release which ones don't - there were about fifteen different press releases done and sent to literally hundreds of magazines and newspapers. Dozens of magazines and newspapers have copies of the book for ...

Nissan have just launched a new electric car - the LEAF - which will be available in the UK next year. Forgive me for being too lazy to post all the information here, but I've written up some information and included some photographs on the G-Wiz forums: http://gwiz.myfastforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=4...

I designed a separate pack that you could plug into the scooter so you could have two sets of lead acid batteries running in parallel, but we didn't get to implement it... for one very good reason: my dad's medication and fitness regime worked and he's not had to use the scooter for the past eight m...

Thanks for the plug Chris, I totally agree. You'd be far better off buying my book. In fact, you'd be far better off buying hundreds and thousands of copies of my book, putting them in a big pile and setting fire to them. You could then use the heat to (a) keep warm and (b) heat up water to run an e...

Congratulations! I've often thought the Audi A2 would make a great basis for an EV conversion.

A lot of it will depend on the sort of batteries, the sort of driving and so on, but you would be better off topping up the batteries every day rather than just when they are running flat. That said, with lead acid batteries at least, it is a good idea to discharge them to much lower levels once a w...

BVS displays always seem to be very poorly put together. It's a shame - the BVS has the money and really ought to invest in a proper stand. Mind you, there are lots of things the BVS ought to invest in. What was really noticeable was in the last issue of the Review, a Fiat Cincequento car conversion...

The assistance must reduce up to 30MPH where it must cut off completely. That information is not entirely correct. The motor assistance should cut out at speeds of over 15mph. As you say, there are lots of conflicting opinions and advice out there. There is also a category for electric bikes with a...

Give Amazon a chance! They've sold their first few and the publishers have shipped a batch of books. When a new book comes onto the market, it takes Amazon a few weeks to sort out stock levels, but hopefully by the beginning of July that will all be sorted out. Meanwhile, you can read the first four...