Customizing Commute Ecology
Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute professor Illah Nourbakhsh presents the CREATE Lab project ChargeCar, a community approach to electric cars. The lecture is part of the Sustainability and Computer Science Seminar, a forum for discussion of ways in which computer science can and will contribute to sustainability, energy, and the environment, and to foster greater consciousness, conversation, and collaboration in this area. For more on CREATE Lab, visit: www.createlab.ri.cmu.edu For more on …
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Planet in Peril
Excellent talk, excellent project.
I was happy to hear him mention noise pollution at the end. There are MANY people who are lower-middle class who are forced to live near noisy intersection, which lowers the quality of life. I experienced this for 3 years and it was miserable coming from a quiet home.
There are so many advantages to EVs. I’m hoping for widespread adoption ASAP.
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He was interrupted when he mentioned the NiM battery patents were purchased by the oil company to prevent them from being available for a car again (or him to be able to get replacements for his pack eventually) but it is a well known fact int he electric vehicle community.
Good electric vehicles aren’t not available because of tech reasons. As he points out he has had a RAV 4 for years. It’s oil money pushing regulation which stops them. Always has.
Planet in Peril
Conversion Motor view at 46.37
EV Hobbyists all across the country can help you choose parts & convert your car, truck, bike, motorcycle or van, w/o needing to know all this geeky data. If you are an Electrician with some hands on skill, and a pal who can weld, you can do/assist in EV conversions for part-time income. Some states, like Oregon, provide Tax Credits as incentives to do Conversions too. Selling removed parts can also help lower the cost,
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Classic University fantacy.
In a ‘Real’ 400v EV the supercap would cost $16,000… i.e. more than the cost of the battery it’s trying to extend the life of.
The experiment should’ve ended at the costing stage!