http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/ High Efficiency Vehicles Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:25:44 GMT usahiker http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2637 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2637 EV & Hybrid News: Chrysler drops three electric vehicles 5 Benefits of a Do It Yourself F1 designer unveils electric car Hymotion Conversion Plug-In Prius: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:11:47 GMT smithgordon46 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2636 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2636 Automotive lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel, Inc. announced today that it will be working with the United States Army to develop a next-generation battery Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:13:54 GMT saintmess@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2635 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2635 The Hydrogen car is closer than we think. Consider the ff: 1. Uses CNG ECU This ECU will emulate/ignore O2 sensor values, adjusts ignition timing, copy the Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:20:26 GMT ivymike1031 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2634 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2634 Greg, Preliminary results have been posted in the photo section. It took a while to get things sorted for the experiment, so I've only had the device up and Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:12:38 GMT smithgordon46 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2633 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2633 Internal combustion engines run at very low relative efficiencies with most of the energy being converted to heat. Diesel engines are more efficient that spark Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:37:39 GMT saintmess@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2632 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2632 Watch http://www.greenfuelbooster.com/videoFrame.html 1. Zero corrosion with Platinum-clad Niobium Anode. 2. Easy to build, install, power, test, Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:53:32 GMT saintmess http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2631 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2631 Roger, I was alluding to water electrolytic cell to generate hydrogen to boost CNG fueled car. CNG conversion costs about $2,000 + tank. My tiny electrolytic Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:14:55 GMT Roger Twitchell http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2630 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2630 saint mess - Normally, it's considered good netiquette to summarize what the article you're linking to says before providing the link, rather than ordering Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:18:37 GMT saintmess http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2629 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2629 Read research US Dept of Energy / OSTI on CNG/Hydrogen blended fuel testing results http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/809114-OkfzRR/native/809114.pdf Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:49:02 GMT greglocock http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2628 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2628 ... It'll be interesting to see how the EcoBoost Fiesta behaves in the real world. I should be getting one next year. The proto we've got gets 54 mpUSg (4.4 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:11:51 GMT usahiker http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2627 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2627 EV & Hybrid News: Chevy celebrates Volt's final pre-production run Chevy celebrates Volt's final pre-production run Discord Over Regulation of Electric Car Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:52:35 GMT saintmess@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2626 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2626 A good CNG Conversion Kit ECU has the following properties: 1. Emulates O2 sensor values 2. Advances ignition timing 3. Copies the fuel map and readjusts to Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:24:58 GMT Roger Twitchell http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2625 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2625 Re: "Our '97 plain Jane Civic LX sedan 5spd, with modest hypermiling techniques, gets 40-42MPG city and 48-52 highway." That's great mpg, especially city. The Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:18:34 GMT westcoastbroke http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2624 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2624 By comparison.... Our '97 plain Jane Civic LX sedan 5spd, with modest hypermiling techniques, gets 40-42MPG city and 48-52 highway. That's at 170k miles, and Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:17:59 GMT smithgordon46 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2623 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles/message/2623 This lastest breakthrough in membrane technology reportedly allows hydrocabon fuels to be used directly without reformation or cleanup. The technology seems to