After a day spent in London reviewing the Citroen Ev’ie I was shocked to discover that although there’s nearly 100 charging points spread across the greater London area finding one which wasn’t already in use was very difficult. As an owner of a plug-in hybrid I didn’t actually need to charge, but I was quite…
Trouble at the EV mill.
Hello, everyone. If you’re wondering where the usual posts about the world of EVs and PHEVs are then I’m sorry to report that aminorjourney.com has been the victim of a distributed denial of service attack (DDOS). Sadly, my webhost, 1and1 haven’t been all that helpful either. It’s left my tame web guru (my partner) and…
Trouble at the EV mill.
Hello, everyone. If you’re wondering where the usual posts about the world of EVs and PHEVs are then I’m sorry to report that aminorjourney.com has been the victim of a distributed denial of service attack (DDOS). Sadly, my webhost, 1and1 haven’t been all that helpful either. It’s left my tame web guru (my partner) and…
Batteries away!
Continuing the report from the weekend’s work putting Velma the PHEV’s batteries out of sight I’m pleased to report that the physical battery relocation is finished. Velma is drivable again! More after the jump, along with the (almost) finished Prius trunk! Normal PHEV and EV articles will resume tomorrow. Picking up from yesterday’s post –…
Batteries away!
Continuing the report from the weekend’s work putting Velma the PHEV’s batteries out of sight I’m pleased to report that the physical battery relocation is finished. Velma is drivable again! More after the jump, along with the (almost) finished Prius trunk! Normal PHEV and EV articles will resume tomorrow. Picking up from yesterday’s post –…
Making a PHEV Prius battery pack.
Today we’re taking a step away from the regular www.aminorjourney.com posts and looking at a personal project of mine – Velma, the Plug in Prius.
This weekend the weather has been nice enough to finally take the additional Prius battery packs which have been sitting in Velma’s luggage area and taking up valuable space.
Obviously the above arrangement isn’t great in anyone’s eyes. We need to figure out a more secure and permanent way of storing the two additional Prius batteries.
Read on after the jump to see the new battery arrangement take place.
Making a PHEV Prius battery pack.
Today we’re taking a step away from the regular www.aminorjourney.com posts and looking at a personal project of mine – Velma, the Plug in Prius.
This weekend the weather has been nice enough to finally take the additional Prius battery packs which have been sitting in Velma’s luggage area and taking up valuable space.
Obviously the above arrangement isn’t great in anyone’s eyes. We need to figure out a more secure and permanent way of storing the two additional Prius batteries.
Read on after the jump to see the new battery arrangement take place.
Today’s EVcast. An Education special.
Talking about education and the world of EVs. Enjoy!
Today’s EVcast. An Education special.
Talking about education and the world of EVs. Enjoy! http://www.ustream.tv/flash/video/1549146
Charging discrimination instead of charging for all.
London is often viewed as the EV charging capital of the world. Thanks to the Congestion Charging zone and it’s exemptions for electric and other green vehicles, not to mention the success of the small G-Wiz and similar small electric vehicles London appears, at least on the face of it, to be a brilliant place to be if you want to own an EV.
Not only that, but there’s now over 100 public electric vehicle charging points spread throughout the greater London area. In order to use one, you have to satisfy a series of criteria to ensure that you’re a) an electric vehicle owner and b) that you agree to abide by the fair usage policies the charging points have.
But wait. What’s this? London Boroughs (think of them as small council district within the greater London area) may appear to provide charging points to electric and PHEV vehicle drivers but they’re rather picky about who can use their points.
photo by Shiner Clay
More after the jump