Already One Year with the BMW C Evolution ! => 20/06/2014 - 20/06/2015

20/06/2014 - 20/06/2015 : 11,500 km of mostly commuting + few trips to Paris & nearby suburbs
Yes, already, it's been a full year of joy riding my BMW C Evolution, purchased from the BMW Motorrad dealer in Boulogne - 2nd unit -

I remember very well, test riding it, being amazed by its amazing torque & power, ordering it almost right after, waiting for almost two months and finally getting it on June 20, 2014 :)



Overall, it is an awesome machine, as I already wrote in this blog, dispite 2 software bugs, one fixed by BMW, the other one, more recent, never occured again



I experienced 0 mechanical problem, and the tires are still fine, even if the rear one is supporting heavy accelerations every day



For a first electric scooter, I think BMW did a pretty good job with a quality & good looking product which is the reference in this field now - maybe for a long time -

Yes, it is expensive at 15,400 EUR, but I can tell you that it is worth every cent, and once you turn the throttle and feel this kick, you forget about it right away ;) !!

Jehu Garcia, his Samba Bus and his Chargers

Jehu Garcia goes into all the details of his adventures with high power chargers for his Electric VW Samba Bus and will build a liquid cooled version kit of EV Motor Verks  DIY 10 kW one - like Damien Maguire did in Ireland BTW -

In the previews episode of the Electric Samba Series, we headed down to Solvang, California and we were happy to report that the range of the eSamba is now about 150 miles. It reach it's destination with no issues, however, it didn't make it back home on it's own power. Again, we had to town it back home. In this weeks episode, we delve in the history of our high-powered chargers and what we think went wrong. Also, we'll get into what the plans are for a new charger for our Electric Car. Electric Car. Electric Car Charger. How to convert to electric.




This video was produced by http://misagarcia.com
Camera by
::::::::: Misa Garcia (http://twitter.com/misagarcia)
::::::::: Jehu Garcia (http://electricsamba.com)
::::::::: Gwinn Stacy (http://youtube.com/gwinnstacygames)
::::::::: Christal Garcia

2014 Energy Storage Symposium - JB Straubel's Keynote

Tesla Motors CTO JB Straubel talks about Energy Storage and it is pretty interesting ...


Keynote presentation given by JB Straubel, Chief Technology Officer, Tesla Motors at the 2014 Silicon Valley/ SEEDZ Energy Storage Symposium. The symposium was hosted by Joint Venture Silicon Valley on May 21 at Microsoft in Mountain View, CA.

The symposium engages key stakeholders in the energy storage marketplace around the latest developments, challenges and opportunities for customer-side storage, and how Silicon Valley is advancing innovation and uptake in this critical emerging market. Held annually since 2010, the symposium features presentations from national and state-level experts, high-profile solution providers, on-site energy storage customers and utility interests.

How Tesla started back in 2004: in a garage


Energy Density has doubled in ten years !


The new GigaFactory will produce the capacity the world is producing right now


Tesla's first Residential Energy Storage Systems


Their Commercial ESS version, on the right


here installed on Highway 5 for the first time at a SuperCharger



does a good job throughout the day when Model S owners are stopping by to charge, shaving the peaks



Fremont plant also has Energy Storage Systems, 5 actually providing 1MW, storing 2MWh !