[p2p-research] eCars now!

[Michel Bauwens]

yes absolutely,

will you post it yourself, do you have access?

otherwise, James can provide you with id/pw,

Michel

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Tere Vaden <Tere.Vaden at uta.fi> wrote:

> Could this be a guest post on the p2p blog?
>
> ***
>
> 27th August was a great day for the eCars ? Now! project. The first Toyota
> Corolla converted from ICE drive to electric was running under its own
> power. (The Youtube video talks in Finnish, but the pictures speak a
> universal language. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUfduZy7C0o>)
> Officially, the eCorolla 1.0 will be unveiled to the media later during the
> autumn.
>
> What makes the eCars ? Now! project unique is not that it is Open Source
> (there are several OS electric car projects, such as the c,mm,n), but that
> the idea is to create a conversion manual and the needed software, not to
> design a new electric car in need of a manufacturer. In this way, smaller
> businesses and groups of individuals can make the conversions without large
> capital outlays or heavy machinery. Based on a survey of the community, it
> was decided that the first convrsion be made on a Corolla (availability and
> quality were main concerns). The idea is that once the conversion manual and
> software are ready, small "garage-companies" can start making the
> conversions commercially anywhere in the world. Another distinguishing
> feature of the project is that it has been run more or less on schedule. The
> first "beta-fleet" of conversions will be made available by the community
> shortly after the unveiling of the 1.0 model, for the price of ca 20 000 -
> 22 000 euros. The exact price is dependent on how cheap one can get a used
> Corolla ? best would be one with a broken engine!
>
> (The first conversion was made on a lightly crashed chassis imported from
> Poland. The Finnish tax system for cars has not yet been harmonized with the
> EU, making cars more expensive in Finland that the rest of the EU. The
> community pleaded for a tax exemption on the first chassis on the basis of
> the public benefits of the project, but the exemption was denied by the
> authorities. Talk about public support for peer economy! Sometimes even
> removing active opposition would be nice.)
>
> The community has been working in a garage in Hikiä, southern Finland, and
> has specialised task forces for the work on the chassis, the batteries,
> control software, lobbying the authorities, and so on. International
> communities are also being born, at least in Norway and Iceland.
>
> http://www.sahkoautot.fi/forum/c-35614/project-blog
>
> http://www.sahkoautot.fi/forum/t-70959/how-to-start-an-ecars-now-project-in-my-country-part-1
>



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