You are right. Why have them at all? The remote could open the doors. Lot's of those Countach jack-knife door kits do it that way.
It finally dawned on me that wind noise is the reason for retraction....DOH!
Posted on 07/07/2013 9:36:14 AM PDT by ckilmer
I agree with the Austin Martin comments. I’m not sure what you do to make the door handles less obtrusive. I’d just leave them off. Wouldn’t you? Just click the remote and the door tweaks open a few inches, you grab it and open it the rest of the way.
How soon will they tax the electricity to recharge cars at the rate of gasoline to help pay for roads?
Changing battery technology might make this interesting if they don't keep it flexible.
You are right. Why have them at all? The remote could open the doors. Lot's of those Countach jack-knife door kits do it that way.
It finally dawned on me that wind noise is the reason for retraction....DOH!
Agreed, but you can always drive around until you find a gas station with power.
Prolly ain’t the case with an electric car.
How soon will they tax the electricity to recharge cars at the rate of gasoline to help pay for roads?
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good question. but I’m not sure that electricity that we pay for already doesn’t already have a tax.
Prolly ain’t the case with an electric car.
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Not just yet. But maybe later.
Nope just have the new battery capacity tested. If it's worse that your original. pay $50 to swap again. Keep doing this unitl you get a good one.
It'll be cheaper than eventually buying a replacement battery.
Thanks. I look forward to better battery tech. for use in remote locations, too. For example, so far, I haven’t seen any technology (even self-installed) that’s more cost-effective for powering off-grid agricultural welding tasks than generator-welders running on gasoline or diesel. Same with small mills, lathes and other machines for making steel parts.
The mention of steam power for charging batteries in remote locations wasn’t all tongue-in-cheek, BTW. I really looked into it quite a bit in detail, and there are keywords and phrases in the following for anyone interested.
It would be doable with wood or kerosene for firing, but expensive, even with a self-install by someone knowledgeable in machining, steel fabrication, mechanics, electrical work and associated codes (including mechanical codes). The boiler plans would need to be ASME approved, and the piston engines would best be horizontal, compound (for smoother torque), stationary customs with more volume than the currently offered marine types. And much more (reservoirs, switches, many safety valves, large, custom-built axial flux alternators (potentially more durable than generator heads on the market), controllers, rectifiers, inverters, etc.).
Other than that, the small plants that some individuals in the global market would like to sell (reflectors, stainless boilers, turbines, etc.) are crazy expensive and regulated. Then, there are the Stirlings, wobblers, etc., for duping students into thinking and evoking laughs of astonishment.
Other than gas or diesel fired engines, where there are enough sun days, a PV solar plant (still expensive and inefficient) would be the best charging answer so far for a place that’s too far from power lines for the best hookup.
From the Green Electricity Fairy of course!
What happens when everybody is charging their cars from wherever the electricity is coming from?
We'll be up to our necks in Green Electricity Fairies!
It's not likely that an onsite generator could recharge more than one single car at a time if you're lucky.
The economies of owning a Electic will soon surpass the economies of owning an Internal Combustion Engine.
It goes for close to 300 miles per charge.
” Nope just have the new battery capacity tested. If it’s worse that your original. pay $50 to swap again. Keep doing this unitl you get a good one.
It’ll be cheaper than eventually buying a replacement battery. “
Well, yeah. But how does Tesla make money if everyone is dong that? Oh, I know. “Borrow” even MORE money from Uncle Sugar Daddy Obama. You know, to pay for all of those dead batteries everyone keeps leaving behind.
Use a 9/16" socket wrench to remove the bolts holding the corner cross-frame bar located above the battery. There are two bolts on the front of the bar and one bolt on the back of the bar behind the fuse panel box. Slide the cross-frame bar out from under the fuse panel box removing it from the engine compartment. Use caution when removing the bar to avoid damaging the fuse panel box including the wires under the box. Set the bar aside for later use.
The passenger side turn-signal bulb is interesting also but is changed easily once you read the instructions.
'08 Uplander
Are you hard of reading? We’re talking about gas stations.
That’s pretty good if they can achieve that. I didn’t realize they were able to come close to that yet.
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