BMW C Evolution Maxi Scooter Production starts in Berlin

On April 4th BMW launch the production of its first Electric Maxi Scooter called C Evolution, in a brand new 800 m2 factory with specially trained workers

Its battery is the exact same as the BMW i3, smaller with 8 kWh, which should give a 100km range and a maximum speed of 120 km/h

A full charge can be achieved in 4 hours - if the battery is fully depleted - using a regular 230V outlet with a portable EVSE which has a J1772 plug

This Electric Scooter looks very promising to me, even if BMW will price it at 15,400 EUR here in France, starting deliveries in june 2014 ...

Tesla Model S on the New Bay Bridge in SF

Two Tesla Model S escorted by SFPD motorbikes were at the opening of the New Bay Bridge linking San Francisco and Oakland

Opening up the Tyco Kilovac EV200AAANA Economizer box

Saturday morning I decided to open up the Economizer box attached to the Tyco Kilovac EV200AAANA to see what this PWM circuit is made of; So I started by unscrewing the voltmeter and then the contactor
from the control board after taking the battery cables off its terminals


After that it was easy to remove this side box/cover

voilà

and here is the Tyco Economizer: it is actuelly a small PCB with 3307 reference number printed on it: KILOVAC 3-70-3209

and there are quite a few components soldered onto it !

Anne Kloppenborg from New Electric is officially opening the EVTV European Warehouse Website

Anne Kloppenborg from New Electric is officially opening the EVTV Euorpean Warehouse Website, collecting oreders for a first batch shipment from Cape Girardeau, MI to Amsterdam, NL





Here is his email from this morning:

Good morning Gentlemen,

I am writing to let you know that we are close to going live with the EVTV European Warehouse Amsterdam.

The store is not linked on our site just yet, but can be accessed at http://wh.newelectric.nl/index.php

I invite you all to come take a look, and if you like you can create a login account and put together a shopping basket.

Please note:
-The Checkout has been enabled, but will ONLY generate an Email invoice to yourself.
-Prices shown are INCLUDING 21% VAT.
-I will contact you personally to confirm your selection / let you know when soonest I can have stock of your selected products / and work with you on your preferred shipping options.
-Making an account and submitting an order will IN NO WAY commit you to spending a single EURO.

Any and All comments, suggestions or bug-reports will be greatly appreciated!

Warmest regards from your friendly neighborhood EV-parts warehouse,


Anne Kloppenborg
New Electric
W www.newelectric.nl
S wh.newelectric.nl
E sales@newelectric.nl

Autolib Suresnes - Third party EV charging - 3rd try

=> 3rd attempt to use my new RFid badge to charge my Vectrix at this Autolib station in Suresnes

Yesterday, on my way back from work, I went to the same station as the 2 days before, and this time the Autolib on the Non-Autolib spot was gone, but the lid would still not open when I swipe my RFid card on it, just like the days before; So I deduct that there is a problem with the station itself, not seeing this spot as a third party EV charge spot, but as a regular Autolib spot ...

This Autolib station seems to act like a station with no third party EV charge spot: