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Saving fuel and taxpayers $’s for over 100 years! Wayne Gerdes - CleanMPG - Nov. 8, 2009 LA Times archives: 1917 - LA Police Officers on duty with their Indians. In celebration of over 100 years of the Motorcycle unit, the Los Angeles Police Department held a two-day celebration at the Police Academy in Elysian Park. May 20, 1907: LAPD motorcycle officers arrest their first speeders. The speed limit downtown is 12 mph and 20 mph...

A trailer company could probably put at the end four panels that slide into a boattail.

I'll admit to eying cheap, used Suburbans as heavy duty battery holders. The things that makes lead acid not very suitable for EVs are weight and longevity. A Suburban ought to be able to haul a truly massive battery pack… Make it big enough that your typical driving results in a tiny DoD, and it should last a really long time (at least in cooler climates where heat related failure isn't much of an issue). Idle thoughts,...

This still leaves us with hugely wasteful vehicles. Instead of wasting one precious commodity (oil) you wind up under-utilizing batteries and motors, which require plenty of expensive and in some cases rare resources. How far can an Exploder get on a 35 kWh pack? How about a Prius? Now how about an Aptera? If you really need to transport 5+ people then fine. But if this is about retaining them as air-haulers, then no thank you!

It's a long shot at this point, that's for sure. But Chrysler's come back from near-dead before, so who knows ... Quote: the firm's data showed that Caliber prices sat at $18,778 in the first 10 months of the year, compared with $18,855 for the Honda Civic and $17,722 for the Ford Focus. Really?! Wow. Except for the Caliber's hatchback utility, I can't imagine why (other than "anything-but-cute"...

Quote: Originally Posted by JusBringIt If you would've turned 180 degrees, you would've hit the nail on the head with this one. The point is that, diesels are about 30% more efficient than gasoline and having it here is as easily done as signing a bunch of papers. I hope I directed you to where this is going without having to give you the full details. I really don't have the time to be explaining this as it has been done...

Quote: Originally Posted by SentraSE-R Bikers have the right to use a full lane, if they want. Is that local law?, even in uber-bike friendly Boulder cyclists must ride to the far right unless they are riding as fast as car traffic. If your are pedaling slower you only get more than the far right if you are passing another slower moving vehicle, car or bike, otherwise stay far right. No hostile act such as that was justifiable but it is just...

Quote: Originally Posted by Earthling That's quite a photo. I think I see one R1150RT-P in that line. Can any other BMW phreak find it? (It's easy for me because my bike is an R1150RT). Harry Fifth bike down behind the standing police officer.

This has crossed my mid also. I could put 49 "normal sized" car batteries behind the second row of my 1998 Suburban; they are about 10 x7x7. Double stacked I could fit almost 100 and still have a fair amount of storage space on top of them. You could probably cobble together a 70-100 mile range city delivery type vehicle for maybe $8000+ cost of used Suburban(under $3000 with plenty under $2000).Depends on how cheaply you...

A strange match – the first_BEV “Spa” car Wayne Gerdes - CleanMPG - Nov. 7, 2009 Renault ZOE ZE Biotherm, the skin care company in L’Oréal’s Luxury Products division, has joined forces with Renault to develop an all-new 100% electric “spa” concept car, ZOE Z.E. Aimed at people making daily local trips and looking for a car that brings them health and wellbeing, ZOE Z.E....