Who Killed the Electric Car? a short review
Wait!.... I'm driving an EV... who said its dead?
Oh, yes the GM EV1 is dead, but there is so much else going on...
My review of the documentary
Driving a Prius
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Oh, yes the GM EV1 is dead, but there is so much else going on...
My review of the documentary
Monday, July 10, 2006
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Thanks to those who preceed me
My thanks to the many Prius owners who adopted early, and who have shared their experiences and techniques on so many sites. In particular John F. of john1701a.com, where one finds a treasure trove.
Recommended: the "User Guide-H", found within the Prius Info area.
Saturday, July 08, 2006
People's Reactions, story #2
Am driving on a quiet Beaverton residential street, trees and sunshine and nieghbors in the yards, enjoying the glide at about 20 mph.
To my left and ahead are two children playing on the sidewalk, a seven year old boy and his nine year old sister bent over a bike lying on the ground. As I pass them, the girl looks up, framed in my window in a perfect camera-motion pan, head tracking the car, and she utters... "whooooooa".
It is a good sign that a nine year old can recognize this car as outside the ordinary.
Sea Turtle
During a recent visit to the Hawaiian Islands, I picked up a little vinyl sticker/tattoo for the back of my car, like the one here.The turle is close enough to a tortoise, for all the hares behind me, and the sea turtle a good reminder of the small planet we ask to process our carbon.
People's Reactions, story #1
Coming home from work, west bound on highway 224, a 5 mile 55 mph expressway with seven signals (hell on mileage, impossible to accelerate slowly).
In my rear view, about a quarter mile back, I'm watching a monster truck weave through traffic at 70 mph, taking every lane change advantage possible to advance. Coming upon a red light, I coast to a stop, alone in the right lane. In the left lane three cars stack. The driver of the truck elects the left lane, behind the three cars, as the most advantageous position (obviously judging the little hybrid will be slow off the line). At the green light I accelerate with traffic, and in a few 100 yards pull ahead by several lengths.
The driver of the monster truck changes behavior and stays in the left lane.
Mission accomplished. Sometime the change occurs one mind at a time.
