Alan Stainer

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  1. Daise Flowers says

    Already 12.000 preorders and it hasn’t even gone into production yet! More truck than SUV designed EV Electric from the ground up. Very Impressive. Oh and UK folks, there is already a right drive version design.

  2. Daise Flowers says

    Already 12.000 preorders and it hasn’t even gone into production yet! More truck than SUV designed EV Electric from the ground up. Very Impressive. Oh and UK folks, there is already a right drive version design.

  3. Daise Flowers says

    Already 12.000 preorders and it hasn’t even gone into production yet! More truck than SUV designed EV Electric from the ground up. Very Impressive. Oh and UK folks, there is already a right drive version design.

  28. Alan Stainer says

    Mike Hillsgrove prove it. People didn’t believe batteries had enough power for cars until Tesla came along. Also there are numerous EV trucks, buses and other large vehicles either on the market or soon to be released.

  29. Alan Stainer says

    Mike Hillsgrove prove it. People didn’t believe batteries had enough power for cars until Tesla came along. Also there are numerous EV trucks, buses and other large vehicles either on the market or soon to be released.

  30. Alan Stainer says

    Mike Hillsgrove prove it. People didn’t believe batteries had enough power for cars until Tesla came along. Also there are numerous EV trucks, buses and other large vehicles either on the market or soon to be released.

  31. Mac Baird says

    There was a time when people did not believe in the utility of a horseless carriage, but opinions evolve. The future price of the fuel will be the ultimate arbiter with new technologies. The reserve of cheap conventional oil will be gone within 10 years at the current rate of depletion. Unconventional oil (deep ocean, Arctic, shale, tar sands and heavy crude) is 5 to 7 times more expensive to produce, beyond the affordability of 80+% of the global population.

  32. Mac Baird says

    There was a time when people did not believe in the utility of a horseless carriage, but opinions evolve. The future price of the fuel will be the ultimate arbiter with new technologies. The reserve of cheap conventional oil will be gone within 10 years at the current rate of depletion. Unconventional oil (deep ocean, Arctic, shale, tar sands and heavy crude) is 5 to 7 times more expensive to produce, beyond the affordability of 80+% of the global population.

  33. Mac Baird says

    There was a time when people did not believe in the utility of a horseless carriage, but opinions evolve. The future price of the fuel will be the ultimate arbiter with new technologies. The reserve of cheap conventional oil will be gone within 10 years at the current rate of depletion. Unconventional oil (deep ocean, Arctic, shale, tar sands and heavy crude) is 5 to 7 times more expensive to produce, beyond the affordability of 80+% of the global population.

  37. Mike Hillsgrove says

    Alan Stainer As I said, off road vehicles require the ability to refuel off the grid and away from people and civilization. How does one refuel a vehicle like this where I live, in the Texas desert where all of my power is from solar?

    Off road vehicles need very high power outputs in mud, sand, and 4 wheel drive applications.Where I live I do well with a Ford F-250 Turbo Diesel that still gets stuck on occasion.

    In order to make the B1 light enough, you have to lighten the frame and suspension system, which will kill the vehicle on nasty roads.

    H2, FCV’s can be refueled off the grid, are 20% more powerful than a standard fossil fuel car, and can support larger vehicles than an EV can. This is the correct technology for the future, and certainly a better technology for an off road vehicle.

    hydrogen.energy.gov – http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/pdfs/4_williamson_0610.pdf

  38. Mike Hillsgrove says

    Alan Stainer As I said, off road vehicles require the ability to refuel off the grid and away from people and civilization. How does one refuel a vehicle like this where I live, in the Texas desert where all of my power is from solar?

    Off road vehicles need very high power outputs in mud, sand, and 4 wheel drive applications.Where I live I do well with a Ford F-250 Turbo Diesel that still gets stuck on occasion.

    In order to make the B1 light enough, you have to lighten the frame and suspension system, which will kill the vehicle on nasty roads.

    H2, FCV’s can be refueled off the grid, are 20% more powerful than a standard fossil fuel car, and can support larger vehicles than an EV can. This is the correct technology for the future, and certainly a better technology for an off road vehicle.

    hydrogen.energy.gov – http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/pdfs/4_williamson_0610.pdf

  39. Mike Hillsgrove says

    Alan Stainer As I said, off road vehicles require the ability to refuel off the grid and away from people and civilization. How does one refuel a vehicle like this where I live, in the Texas desert where all of my power is from solar?

    Off road vehicles need very high power outputs in mud, sand, and 4 wheel drive applications.Where I live I do well with a Ford F-250 Turbo Diesel that still gets stuck on occasion.

    In order to make the B1 light enough, you have to lighten the frame and suspension system, which will kill the vehicle on nasty roads.

    H2, FCV’s can be refueled off the grid, are 20% more powerful than a standard fossil fuel car, and can support larger vehicles than an EV can. This is the correct technology for the future, and certainly a better technology for an off road vehicle.

    hydrogen.energy.gov – http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/pdfs/4_williamson_0610.pdf

  40. Dave Stennes says

    Mike Hillsgrove An array of thin flexible solar panels would work. Layout 5KW on 500 sq. ft. in a clearing, on a sunny day get 50% recharge over 6 hrs. It’s an option If you’re not in a hurry to get from point A to point B.

  41. Dave Stennes says

    Mike Hillsgrove An array of thin flexible solar panels would work. Layout 5KW on 500 sq. ft. in a clearing, on a sunny day get 50% recharge over 6 hrs. It’s an option If you’re not in a hurry to get from point A to point B.

  42. Dave Stennes says

    Mike Hillsgrove An array of thin flexible solar panels would work. Layout 5KW on 500 sq. ft. in a clearing, on a sunny day get 50% recharge over 6 hrs. It’s an option If you’re not in a hurry to get from point A to point B.

  46. Mac Baird says

    A utility vehicle of this sort would be most effective at servicing a large ranch or farm, returning to a central point periodically for a charge from whatever source was available. I use a much smaller UTV to service my 40 acre estate in New Hampshire, mostly for bringing in firewood, managing the undergrowth or cleaning up after the beavers. My sister has a 250 acre working farm in Vermont.

  47. Mac Baird says

    A utility vehicle of this sort would be most effective at servicing a large ranch or farm, returning to a central point periodically for a charge from whatever source was available. I use a much smaller UTV to service my 40 acre estate in New Hampshire, mostly for bringing in firewood, managing the undergrowth or cleaning up after the beavers. My sister has a 250 acre working farm in Vermont.

  48. Mac Baird says

    A utility vehicle of this sort would be most effective at servicing a large ranch or farm, returning to a central point periodically for a charge from whatever source was available. I use a much smaller UTV to service my 40 acre estate in New Hampshire, mostly for bringing in firewood, managing the undergrowth or cleaning up after the beavers. My sister has a 250 acre working farm in Vermont.

  55. Alan Stainer says

    One thing to consider for those very long journeys in the middle of nowhere. If you run out of fuel and there is no filling station, you are stranded. If you have an EV and some solar panels, you will never run out. Granted it won’t be fast charging, but you will be able to get going again.

  56. Alan Stainer says

    One thing to consider for those very long journeys in the middle of nowhere. If you run out of fuel and there is no filling station, you are stranded. If you have an EV and some solar panels, you will never run out. Granted it won’t be fast charging, but you will be able to get going again.

  57. Alan Stainer says

    One thing to consider for those very long journeys in the middle of nowhere. If you run out of fuel and there is no filling station, you are stranded. If you have an EV and some solar panels, you will never run out. Granted it won’t be fast charging, but you will be able to get going again.