I look forward to part two. I have seen a table that Tesla published, correlating range to speed. It seems that the D with the base low rolling resistance tires, at ideal temp, level ground, and 45mph steady can get close to 400 miles, which drops to the advertised 250 at higher speeds.

I know I should just make with the google, but is the heat in that Tesla resistive, or a heat pump?

Electric and hybrids all have a 12 volt "house" battery installed. It runs things when the car is shut down (like the receiver for the clicker, the lights, etc). It has one other job that it has to do, it has to supply energy to close the contactor built inside the battery pack, and run the computer that is telling…

He is to be commended, his app does a whole lot more than the US version of "Car-Net" for the VW eGolf.

My brother still has his. It has achieved project car status, by trying to kill him. The hood latches (both of them) gave way at highway speeds, but the hinges held. The hood made an impression on the roof. Its in the backyard now, the hood looks a bit like its performing the Flemhen maneuver (that weird scrunch…

US wall sockets at their best charge at something like 5 mph. So if you need to get the full 250, you are going to be camping out in the back of the car...

It may be a compliance model. We tried one and weren't impressed. One sign they aren't serious, no provisions for level 3 charging. Surprising for something that supposedly has a Tesla designed battery system.

Their makers want them to be distinctive and futuristic in appearance. They want people to see them as something new, and distinct from other cars. Unfortunately their idea of futuristic is our idea of butt ugly.

I have never liked the "mild" hybrid they put on the civic's. When I am creeping thru traffic, I see no reason to spin the IC engine (even if it isn't burning anything, since it will just be parasitic drag), with a flywheel mounted motor, you don't get a choice.

Not all of us are immune to EV styling cues... The two tone paint job and that orange, meant we didn't try the I3. One of the points that the E-Golf had over the Leaf (besides a 3 year newer design) was that it looked like a golf, not something "distinctive". We bought the E-Golf. If the dealer actually keeps…

At least its an open vehicle. Britain defined any 3 wheeled vehicle that weighed under 10 cwt (1120 lb), as a motorcycle with sidecar. At the time, getting a motorcycle license was a lot easier than a car license (unlike the US, getting a British drivers license requires a minimal demonstration of skill, not just…

we could get us some actual F1 trickle down, for the diesel we just need to add an electric spin up system to a straight turbo, so we could get some air into the cylinder at start time. Wouldn't needs to be continuous duty, etc like the F1 units. I was thinking of some sort of planar motor built onto the back of…

Additionally, since the intake air does not contain fuel, it isn't a problem with unburned fuel taking the direct route from intake to exhaust, without involvement with power production. Its the fuel that didn't take part in combustion that was the problem they couldn't solve for spark ignition 2 strokes. Also, you…

When I first saw it, I wondered how he was going to cool the thing, given that he didn't have the prop mounted... (I also assumed that it was going to run the tractor, presumably for pulling competition). Then I see him adding oil from a mere 5 gallon can, and not a 55 gallon drum, and realized he wouldn't be…

As I said above, the CB-350 might better be called the UJM, as you could afford to buy one on a high school job's paycheck. The 750, was something that took a full time job to buy.

The 750 was clearly significant, but its smaller, cheaper predecessor did much to make honda's name, specifically the CB-350. It was large enough to go touring on, could be tweaked into something that would be fun on the track (they weren't the lightest things out there as delivered), and unlike its British cousins,…

I had a RD 350 for several years as my only transportation, in Boston of all places. One weak link, they used plastic bushings in the swing arm, and people didn't know they needed regular replacement.

That H1 (the two stroke triple in the middle) is the philosophical cousin to a TVR - an impressive engine, that is part of a machine that really wants to kill you.

Its rubberized fabric. just like the stuff they make convertible tops out of.

Not leather, its rubberized/painted canvas, just like the stuff that makes up the top of the car next to it. Unless the leather came from a Nauga, it wouldn't work in the rain.