[ausev] Daily Driver?

[Roy Holder]

My Geo is my daily driver, in 2 years I have put about 10, 000 miles on it.
I put 20 to 25 a day(charge), usually 40 to 50% of calculted battery amps.
I travel up and down 183 north of town( hills and 65+mph)
The max I have gone on 1 charge is 38 miles.
I did drive from Johnson city to Oak hill once too, but that was 45 and
drafting the whole way.
This is with flooded lead acid.

My guess is that you will need NIMH of LI batts to get the 50 +/- mile
ranges you want.

and 7 months *might* work, but you would need to order all your materials
immediately, and they might get in on time.

sitting 8 hours at hork will not adversly effect the batteries.  


At 11:37 AM 7/6/2008 -0500, you wrote:
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>Is anyone here using their PEV for daily driving?
>
>I'm new to the concept -- but doing some serious thinking about it.
>
>I'm ~15 miles to and then 15 miles back -- up and down HWY 71.
>
>I've got a handful of practicality issues......
>
>these have me leaning towards a converted vehicle -- As my wife put it
>-- are you going to drive a tin can (her term for an EV trike, or small car)
> up and down Hwy 71 -- I don't think so.
>
>
>Safety (71 is not for the faint of heart!)
>Hills -- lots of them
>Speed -- 65+ is the "common" speed limit for Hwy71 (despite it being 
>lowered to 55!)
>I'm not a light foot -- and if I was -- I'd get run over on 71 anyways.
>
>Nice Car -- this is to be my everyday driver -- and I enjoy driving 
>roadsters and "sports" cars.
>
>Two car family max -- wife's edict.  No back-up plan for me.
>
>I don't have a way to plug in when I get to work -- unless the pack
>was convenient enough to lug to my office.  -- so it has to be able to sit
>for 8-12 hours and still make it home.
>
>A couple times a month I need to drive to work, then UT, then home -- 
>total ~50miles
>with a single charge.
>
>Also:
>I'm ~18miles from the airport
>Airport parking -- how long can a PEV sit without charging and still 
>make an 18mile return trip?
>
>I've got 7 months to come up with a new vehicle (my current 350Z lease 
>expires Feb 1, 2009.
>
>thanks,
>
>Mike
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