EV(電気自動車)の歴史は長く、なんと1901年から約100年以上...でもバッテリー技術の発展が近年急速に発達して、いよいよ実用レベルに来たようだ。あとはいくつかの課題を解決することで明るい未来がもうそこに...

RAV4-EV can be plugged into the wall, or into a rooftop solar system, can be fast-charged, can be controlled by the owner. A fast charger could have been installed by Toyota to plug into the wail. Add a small engine-generator, and it's an instant plug-in serial hybrid with 120 miles of all-electric range, 3 times.... more

スズキセルボを電気自動車に改造しています。

RAV4-EV uses EV-95 batteries, as you've heard. What are these marvelous batteries? Are they invisible, immaterial? Can they be for real? Here's the story of how they came to be, and why they work in the Toyota RAV4-EV. And why GM never was much interested in using them for an EV -- because, it seems, they work. Something GM is afraid of.

7月に北海道で行われる洞爺湖サミットに向け、日本EVクラブが東京-洞爺湖約1000キロを1週間かけて走破するというイベント "CO2削減 EV洞爺湖キャラバン".... more

北海道洞爺湖G8サミットで郵便配達などで実際に活躍したSUBARUのEVだが、CO2削減の救世主として俄に注目度がUPしてきた...原油価格の高騰や高性能バッテリー技術、充電効率や経済性など、EVには追い風だ。 MITSUBISHI iMiEV(アイミーブ)、SUBARU.... more

The journey to convert an old gas car to electric starts here! I'm getting sick of paying for gas so I decided to do something about it. I'm not much of a mechanic but after doing casual research for some time, I decided I could convert a car to run on electricity by myself. No gas/hybrid oil-burning nonsense - just.... more

The Electric Car Conversion continues! Following on from my first video a few days earlier, this is where we finally find a way to get the Mitsubishi "Deadia" into the garage. Once in the garage the dismantling begins. We start by removing all the old bits & pieces not needed for an Electric Car. A few.... more

Now that we've seen both the EV-95 battery and the car that it powers, what can we do with it? If these plug-in cars are made available for sale, some of the money that formerly went to the oil companies to pay for burning gas, leaving only pollution, can pay off your solar rooftop system. If you don't have a roof, the panels can go over your parking area.

Continuing from Video #2, this is where I begin the challenge of fixing (or at least trying to) the dings, scrapes & rust holes of a 20 year old car, ready to become an Electric Car! I started with the tail light rust repair which seemed like a straightforward thing... It wasn't. No less than FOUR attempts later.... more