01 May 2012

Break through technology for EVs in 2015

Delphi Heat Pump for automotive applications
Green Car Congress is reporting a new development at Delphi that will significantly reduce the impact of winter heating demand on EV range.

And I am reporting that our second Think City EV got out on the road today.  Temporary tags finally arrived, 5 calendar days (or two working days) after the car itself arrived.

I put 18 miles on it before it died hard.  I suspect the power control unit, we will see.  Better to happen now while the warranty is fresh.  Being an engineering geek, I am rather excited about the prospect of getting to see something under the hood.  My wife on the other hand, is not so excited.  Let's just say I am lucky she puts up with me.  She is starting to wonder if the Think does have something in common with the Mini E after all.  Like being not totally reliable.  I wonder if it is what the electronics industry refers to as "infant mortality", where some semiconductors die early.

2 comments:

  1. Holy cow. Keep us posted about the untimely death. Hope this is an isolated issue.

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  2. Used to happen to Mini E's all the time.

    Maybe I can get a trip to the factory and they will let me watch while they fix it? Like my wife says, people do all kinds of crazy things for vacations.

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