EVTV Friday Show - November 14, 2014

- Electric Jeep CJ-5 with Siemens Motor and GEVCU

- New controller to bring CHAdeMO to DIY/custom electric vehicles

- CANTS - a CAN bus temperature sensor

- Milspec 24v LiFePo4 battery replaces $10,461 nicad battery

First solar bike lane in NL



Jeep CJ5 consumption test






Talking about the CODA which was a very well conceived EV, but with a casual looking 90's sedan body ... too bad





Its is now coming back under the name Mullen



Jack makes a replacement LiFeP0 battery pack with the new CALN CAM72FI cell to replace this older generation pack



Heating pads did over heat :( and are withdrawn from the store for now



A CAN capable temperature sensor



The Portuguese JLD505 arrives and could integrate this temperature sensors in the next version

Smart ED & Smart Electric Bike in Paris

Seen in Marais, center of Paris few weeks ago ...

Before Autolib, there was Velib, Paris' Bike Rental Service

Here we are, again close to where I work, in Saint-Ouen, to take a close look at Paris & surrounding cities Bike Rental Service called Velib. 

First the name Velib stands for Velo (Bicycle) + Liberte (Liberty) and is a contraction of these two words meaning "The Liberty Bike" which is kind of nice I think

The city of Paris started it all in 2007 and JC Decaux a major advertising company is providing all the bikes & maintenance service, against some free advertising spots in the city; Others cities around Paris also joined the mouvement and it is now a big network of stations that prooved to be very usefull.

In the following pictures you can see a typical station of Velib, where bikes are locked waiting on the sidewalk, ready to go onto the street, using an RFid transport card (also used for Metro & Bus) to be swipped on top of each anchor point. If you don't have this card, you just go to the main unit and using a credit card rent a bike with a temporary ticket for half an hour (free) , one hour (1 EUR) , an hour and a half (3 EUR) or more (each half hour after the first hour adds 4 EUR) 

The idea here is to use a bike to go somewhere (and not using a car or taxi) and leave it a a station close to where you arrive, not to keep it all day long, otherwise it would cost you a lot !

 The main reservation unit, a bit similar to the one for Autolib: