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The Day is Coming When you will take your car for a drive to refuel And your car will have the electric toothbrush to thank for that. Eventually Electric Vehicle owners will find plugging their vehicle into a charge point a little bit of a schlep. Better known in the telecommunication industry, Qualcomm is enabling …
Fuel Breakthrough – Petrol that you can use TWICE Think about it – the company that invents a method to renew fossil fuels will make gazillions. Imagine a world where you buy a 5 litre can of petrol, pour that into your car or generator and then come back the next day to find that …
Dear Chippa United – Maybe THIS is the Way to catapult your way to the top What do the following athletes all have in common: Mike Tyson, Tom Brady, Fabian Delph, Jermain Defoe, Hector Bellerin, Sergio Aguero and Lionel Messi – amongst many others? They all follow a vegetarian or Vegan diet. Admittedly if Chippa …
A Gateway Drug of a Different Kind Let’s face it Solar and Renewable power generation is not sexy – okay, there probably is a small subset of our population that gets excited at the thought of electrons thrusting their way about…. Solar Panels on your roof at home certainly do not have the same cachet …
Can I jump-start my Electric Vehicle? The short answer is; “Yes.” Electric Vehicles have two batteries – a ‘normal’ 12V lead acid battery to run the electronics and a Lithium-Ion Battery with a DC output (depending on manufacturer) ranging from 300 to 400 volts to run the motors. The motors are 240 volt motors that …
Sharing Economy allows you to charge your Electric Vehicle in Port Elizabeth The advent of the Internet and being able to connect to anyone or thing in the world from the palm of your hand has spawned a number of new methods to maximise your return on investment on assets that may stand idle for …
Mandela University part of £20 million programme aimed at tackling threats to the world’s oceans From plastic pollution to rising sea levels and acidification to over-fishing, the threats facing our oceans are well documented. Now, an ambitious £20 million programme – the UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges Research Fund (UKRI GCRF) One Ocean Hub …
THIS will be a Game Changer for our Taxi Industry I often drive past the taxi ranks in Strand Street, Port Elizabeth with genuine concern for all the people who work in that semi-enclosed environment. The taxi drivers, hawkers and commuters are exposed to masses of toxic emissions whilst the taxis stand idle for a …
That I could be Good Enough to live as long as the co-inventor of the Lithium-ion battery On the day of my birth I realise that I am but a child to the 96 year-old co-inventor of the Lithium-ion battery, John Bannister Goodenough. Born on born 25 July 1922 in Jena, Germany, Goodenough is an …
Why I was Disappointed to Read that Costa Rica runs on almost 100% Renewables Located in Central America, Costa Rica is ranked as one of the most visited international tourist destinations. Costa Rica is a democratic and peaceful country and it has not had an army since 1949. The small country covers only 0.03 percent …
Vehicle-to-grid – How Close is SA to Implementation? In addition to potentially eliminating load shedding and the reliance of the grid on peaking plants, vehicle-to-grid technology has the capability to balance the grid as well as flattening out the peaks and troughs when it comes to energy demand. Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) is a system in which …
Business Chamber rejects Eskom’s MYPD 4 application The tariff increases of 15% per year proposed by Eskom in its MYPD 4 application, if approved, would have dire consequences for the local and national economy. Speaking on behalf of the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber at a Nersa public hearing held today to evaluate Eskom’s application, …
Making the World’s Quietest Car Quieter The sales pitch when considering a Rolls Royce was always that the only sound you would hear when underway would be the ticking of the dashboard clock or, as in the case of one Port Elizabeth resident – the tinkling of illicit Kruger Rands in the cubbyhole whilst driving …
The Auto Manufacturer that Doesn’t Want to Sell you a Car Would you drive an 11 horsepower car with no gearbox, no gears, no driveshaft, no traditional brakes and no fossil fuel? If you answered no then you may change your mind when you hear that Riversimple, based in Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales, designed a …
Why Does SA Not Have an EV Incentive/Subsidy? The short answer is because the Draft Green Transport Strategy (GTS) – for the period 2017 to 2050 was published for comment and only signed into law in Pretoria during October 2018 by Transport Minister Blade Nzimande together with his Deputy Sindisiwe Chikunga. Read on to see …
Are you a “It Will Never Work” Kind? It was not so long ago that walking along the streets was an exercise in olfactory sensitivity. Mankind’s only source of transport was via horse and horse emissions were kinda crap. The doomsayers, the “it will never work” camp were up in arms when Henry Ford got …
Worried about a Charger for your EV? Plug in to this Portable Charger Our concerns around deployment of EV Charging stations in Port Elizabeth and South Africa (See: This is how Far Europe’s EV Market is Ahead of us) may have a quick fix solution on the horizon: At the end of 2018 Volkswagen unveiled …
This is how Far Europe’s EV Market is Ahead of us The European Alternative Fuels Observatory tracks and publishes data with regard to alternative fueled vehicles. With respect to electrical vehicles the Observatory has data dating back to 2012. In 2012: The total number of Normal and fast public charging points: 1 518 The total …
2nd Life Storage from a Box of Energy One of the hallmarks of a maturing industry is the rise of a ‘second hand market’ for the product or portions thereof. Take vehicles for instance – it is not uncommon for vehicles to change hands down to five owners in the second hand market and then …
Do You Own (Or Would You Buy) an Electric Vehicle? Tell MyPE your sentiments around Electric Vehicles. If you own an EV within Nelson Mandela Bay we would love to hear from you. You can help the quiet revolution along by installing an EV Charging station outside your Guest House, Hotel, Coffee Shop, Restaurant, Shopping …
Mark on EV Ownership Mark says Yes with regards to an Electrical Vehicle. Mark has the following thoughts on EV’s: “Along with future renewable technology and energy it will be the most reliable and cheapest way to travel, initially locally but certainly nationwide in the future.”Published at Fri, 04 Jan 2019 13:32:48 +0000
How much will ‘fuel’ for your electric vehicle cost? ‘Fuel’ for an electric car is quoted in Kilowatt hours – a measure of electrical energy equivalent to the power consumption of one thousand watts for a period of one hour. The total kWs available is linked to the Battery size – the more the kilowatts …
How Will Electric Vehicles Contribute to the Fuel Tax? In South Africa road transport is one of the most serious causes of air pollution, fossil fuel consumption and associated environmental degradation. South Africa is heavily dependent on road transport. Mass transport SOE’s like Transnet are not keeping up with our rapid rate of urbanization, economic …
Dear BAIC – Can we rather see your Electric Vehicles produced in Coega? China is by far the largest electric car market in the world. Domestically built new energy vehicle (NEV) sales totaled 1,728,447 units between January 2011 and December 2017. These figures include heavy-duty commercial vehicles such as buses and sanitation trucks. Sales of …
Combustion Engines are so 1930’s In 1927, a Maytag clothes washing machine was sold with a gas engine. Reason: Many homes did not have electricity. In the video below you see a Maytag 92 gas engine washing machine (produced from 1927 into 1937) spin into action. I suppose in those days you had only one …
Nay for fossil fuel, yea for renewable energy – Solar Power This image referencing ‘Solar Power’ is courtesy of Flickr. Click on the name of the Flickr account holder below the photograph to see more images. Nay for fossil fuel, yea for renewable energy Image by PeterThoeny Thank you for visiting – ? with gratitude! …
First African 500 MW PV Cell Plant …. in Coega Seraphim Solar System Co. Ltd. (“Seraphim”), a world-class solar product manufacturer, recently announced the inauguration of a new 500 MW solar cell factory in the Coega Industrial Development Zone of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, along with 200MW half-cell module assembly expansion in Eastern Cape. This …
Stage 1 Load Shedding in Progress On Saturday 1 December 2018, Eskom implemented Stage 1 Load Shedding from 09h00 to 21h00: 09H00 – 10H30: Geysers 10H00 – 12H30: Group 3 12H00 – 14H30: Group 5 14H00 – 16H30: Group 7 16H00 – 18H30: Group 1 18H00 – 20H30: Geysers 20H00 – 22H30: Group 6 Help …
Stage 2 Loadshedding for today Sunday 2 December Eskom will implemented Stage 2 loadshedding from 08H00 to 22H00. 08H00-10H30: Geysers and Group 1 10H00-12H30: Groups 2 and 3 12H00-14H30: Groups 4 and 5 14H00-16H30: Groups 6 and 7 16H00-18H30: Groups 8 and 1 18H00-20H30: Geysers and Group 3 20H00-22H30: Groups 4 and 5. Do the …
Electric Vehicles in South Africa – join the Quiet Revolution Port Elizabeth: The quiet revolution will not get… louder! Would you establish a national association based on these numbers: In 2016 Nissan sold seven Leaf EVs, compared with 35 in 2015. BMW’s i3 had a better year, though, with sales of 76 units, compared with …
