scholar @ jklmelton » cars http://scholar.jklmelton.net research technology teaching learning education e-learning Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:41:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Electric Cars Take Another Step Forward http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2009/05/14/electric-cars-take-another-step-forward/ http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2009/05/14/electric-cars-take-another-step-forward/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 02:06:50 +0000 Jay http://scholar.jklmelton.net/?p=164 A couple of months ago, I learned from David Pogue about a company (Better Place) working to make electric cars a reality. I have been wondering how we were going to refuel our cars for longer distances, and Better Place has a plan in place.

They have charging stations already in place in Israel; these work when you park your car for the day while you’re at work or out for awhile. Yesterday, they unveiled the battery-swaping station they will need to keep you moving on those long-distance trips. Check out the YouTube video at the end to see a sample battery swap.

Major thumbs up for all involved. Make it happen, I will be one of the first to buy an electric car. :-D

]]> http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2009/05/14/electric-cars-take-another-step-forward/feed/ 0 Can you imagine 35-36km/liter? It may be on the way… http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2006/02/23/can-you-imagine-35-36kmliter-it-may-be-on-the-way/ http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2006/02/23/can-you-imagine-35-36kmliter-it-may-be-on-the-way/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2006 02:42:44 +0000 Jay http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2006/02/23/can-you-imagine-35-36kmliter-it-may-be-on-the-way/ I really want to get a hybrid for my next car. The gas prices I’m seeing in the U.S. and Japan are just too high. Using a pre-paid card at a place around the corner here in Kumamoto, I paid ¥119 for a liter of gas the other day. That’s a discount price! I saw some places selling gas for ¥129 a liter! If you need a North American-centric reference, the discount price is about $US3.80 a gallon.

Back to hybrid’s: Honda’s Civic is winning all kinds of praise, and it is high on my list. Now rumor has it that they are developing a new hybrid version of the Honda Fit. Using the technology that is available now, analysts are predicting that a hybrid version of such a small car could get as much as 35 to 36 kilometers on a liter of gas (that’s 82-84 miles a gallon)!

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