It is Wednesday and so there is just one week to go before I fly out to Zurich to meet up with Markus for the WAVE 2014. So I thought I would have a revision of my state of readiness.
This is a long post so please only read if interested in Paul Churchley’s personal preparations 🙂 Thank You. Continue reading 1 Week to Go!
One of the reasons electric cars are so efficient is that when they are slowing down they do so by using the motor instead of the brakes. The motor acts as a generator and recharges the battery as it slows recovering the energy that would be lost to heat with normal brakes.
This is called regenerative braking, or regen braking. It is the same kind of system that is used in Formula 1 motor racing.
One of the benefits of regen braking is that the mechanical brakes are not used much and so they do not wear out and it is not uncommon for brake pads to last the life of the car!
Would you like to join the world’s largest Electric Car parade but you do not yet own an electric car?
No problem!
You too can join the world’s largest EV-parade in Stuttgart with an e-smart from Car2go! The time for bringing the car to the parade and during the parade will even be credited back to you. All new customers of this car sharing service can also get a free registration in front of the Mercedes-Benz-Museum before the start of the parade on SAT 31 May.
Come and join the Electric revolution now!
Are electric cars just toys for boys? No way! Petra Nass and her team “Women in Charge” from Munich with a red Tesla Roadster will be joining the WAVE 2014.
Can the “Women in Charge” team beat Electric Blue?
Toys for boys … or toys for boys and girls 😉
Girls love our team car too.
A blue Leaf, Paul’s darling, and the new roadster with 3 seats on the occasion of the KoReLation event at the Umweltarena in Spreitenbach, Switzerland. Continue reading Next Generation EV Drivers
