G. David Felt

Battery Density could it become 50% denser in just 2 to 3 years or even self recharging? Tesla via Musk's own social media accounts has been teasing the last few weeks that Tesla will have within 2 to 3 years a 50% denser battery pack or more. With this Musk has teased that Electric air travel is only a few years away since there are electric trainers today that can cover 100 miles. If battery density is to increase 50% that would mean a current 300 mile battery back becomes 450 in the same size. Some believe that Musk / Tesla will do this via Silicon Nanowire Anode technology. This would be via Amprius Technologies tech. https://www.amprius.com/technology/ Interesting is that Tesla Kato Road facility is just Diagonal from Amprius. https://www.ibtimes.com/elon-musk-teases-batteries-50-higher-capacity-only-few-years-3037667 Yet with this is others that believe NDB Battery tech is the future. This would be a safe recycled nuclear waste into a self charging battery pack. This would end up with a true lifetime battery pack that would outlast any other. Quote the tech from their web site: Diamond Nuclear Voltaic (DNV): NDB is one of the earliest adopters and developers of this technology backed up by recent publications. Typically, DNV as a device is a combination of a semiconductor , metal and ceramic which has two contact surfaces to facilitate charge collection. Several single units are attached together to create a stack arrangement, which is fabricated to create a positive and negative contact surface similar to a common battery system. Every layer of the DNV stack consists of a high energy output source. This kind of arrangement improves the overall efficiency of the system and provides a multi layer safety shield for the product. Rapid conversion from radiation to electricity: All radioisotopes are known to produce high amounts of heat. The strategic placement of the source between the DNV units facilitates inelastic scattering originated due to the presence of single crystalline diamond (SCD) in the DNV unit. This design prevents self-absorption of heat by the radioisotope and enables rapid conversion to usable electricity. Thin film structure: The thin-film profile exhibited by NDB allows radiation absorption in the single crystalline diamond with minimal self adsorption. Due to its flexible design structure, this technology can take any shape and form in accordance to the application. This makes NDB’s battery system market friendly. Nuclear recycle process: Utilization of radioactive waste as otherwise is a subject not many have looked into. At NDB, we aim to reuse the nuclear fuel by reprocessing and recycling to enable sustainability and promote a clean energy source in a safe and secure environment. Safety One of the key innovations of NDB is its highly sophisticated safety feature covering the three most important aspects of thermal, mechanical and radiation safety. The battery system uses several concepts to ensure maximum safety of the device: Diamond encapsulator: The DNV stacks along with the source are coated with a layer of poly-crystalline diamond, which is known for being the most thermally conductive material also has the ability to contain the radiation within the device and is the hardest material, twelve times tougher than stainless steel. This makes our product extremely tough and tamperproof. Built in thermal vents: The high energy source present in the battery system produces heat during operation. This leads to thermal conduction in the system. Thermal vents in the system help conduct this process with respect to the outer surface of the diamond to keep the interiors at an optimum level. Boron-doped SCD: Trying to utilise every aspect in the system, NDB in addition to alpha and beta also incorporates usage of neutron radiations by utilising a boron-10 doping. Doping helps to convert the extra neutron into alpha ray. Lock-in System: Using a nuclear power source for a battery system brings up the question of nuclear proliferation due to production of fissionable isotopes such as Pu- 238 and U-232. To tackle this issue, NDB uses an ion implantation mechanism called “lock-in system” which prevents usage other than power generation. This increases the usability, by meeting consumer safety requirements https://ndb.technology

Kia while using the CCS industry standard charging interface has decided to BUCK the trend of going with a 400 volt charging system in their new line of EV's and will go directly to 800 volt following Porsche allowing for a full battery recharge in less than 20 minute. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/kia-to-introduce-800-volt-battery-system-goosing-charging-speeds/

Ran to Costco today and parked right next to this. They are tall.

Where's the Beef!

That is so sad that one has to drive that kind of miles for a job. Yet I also understand it as the living cost in NY are just stupid high. Course NJ is not much better either. Taxation at a crazy rate.

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Bollinger did acknowledge this and said the clearance would be 18 inches.

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Want your own GTO, go here to enter to win a professionally restored GTO and cash. https://www.motor1.com/features/435323/enter-win-1967-pontiac-gto/

Seems Everyone is getting into the Electric Van business for deliveries. It seems Stellantis has rolled out their Peugeot E-Boxer delivery van and it could very well become the Ram ProMaster e as well as the European Fiat Ducato e if all goes well with the merge and continued expansion of all things European in the US. https://www.autoblog.com/2020/08/27/peugeot-eboxer-ram-promaster-electric-van/#slide-2259789 Continuing the expansion of all things Electric, Bollinger Motors has decided to enter the delivery business with what they say will be the lowest loading floor of any delivery van out there. Like Rivian's van, Bollinger says it will have from 70 to 210 kWh battery packs for use from inner city to rural delivery. Production will begin in 2022 https://www.autoblog.com/2020/08/27/bollinger-motors-deliver-e-electric-delivery-van/#slide-2259755

Interesting list of Best Places to buy tires. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/best-place-to-buy-tires-locally-near-me/ What are your thoughts on the list and where do you buy Tires?

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/brunet Again this is the difference between European English and US English. "Multi-Cultural"

Mercedes-Benz is happy as they have a US Launch Customer being Amazon who just bought 1,800 of the electric vans for Prime delivery. The order is for 1,200 of the eSprinter Van and 600 Medium-size eVito vans. Both vans have a posted range of 94 miles. This is Mercedes-Benz largest order to date for their electric vans. Amazon will take delivery of the fleet this year and will be deployed around Europe in their inner city delivery fleet. Amazon will use these in the inner city for delivery where the average route is about 40 miles. Amazon says this will help it with it's Climate Pledge in becoming net-zero -carbon by 2040. Amazon agreed to buy and test out these vans now that Mercedes=Benz has signed onto "The Climate Pledge" to help address climate change. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/amazon-orders-1800-mercedes-benz-electric-vans/

BMW i3 Deal of the Week. Are you happy with 83 miles of range if you live in the city or 158 if you live in the outskirts of the city? If you are then you can get a sweet deal on the LAPD fleet of BMW i3 EVs that are up for sale. After spending $10 Million and taking care of them, due to the limited range of the i3, LAPD replaced them with Tesla's and put the whole fleet up for sale. Miles run from 8,000 to just under 20,000 miles. Prices are from $15 to $17 thousand and are CPO as the local BMW dealership has recertified them and is working to sell the fleet for the LAPD. https://thecurrentreview.com/News/Heres-Where-LAPDs-BMW-i3-Fleet-is-Now/#wbb1 https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1129430_used-bmw-i3-police-cars-offered-up-in-la-electric-car-deal-or-not

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Love this site for BBQ stuff. https://www.instagram.com/bbqguys/

R.I.P. Chadwick Boseman, you will be missed and were a gentle giant in our Multi-Cultural World. I will miss you not being in Black Panther II. I wonder ? how they will reboot it, who will play it or will BP II have his sister from BP1 take over as BP?

Have my left hand carpal tunnel surgery this coming Thursday, so had to go to the Hospital today for a Covid-19 test. On the way there, I passed a lovely 2 door pontiac convertible in the Chevrolet sunburst orange paint. Looked like this, even the chrome. Wished I had been able to snap a pic, it was lovely. Senior driving and a 40's something man, maybe his son in the passenger seat. Was so cool to see. The color was like on this 1965 Riviera Which is a lovely car. On the way home, passed a Ford FOOSE pickup truck. Looked just like this 2008 Foose. Very clean, clearly garage kept, put down the window and you could hear a lite growl. Was nice to see.

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I have no Idea, but clearly it did not work out for the guy. Have to say, this one is actually not bad looking for the Chevy Front end that in Chrome is so Hideous. Storm Trooper Anyone?

Crazy that the cause was quick disconnect brake lines that melted due to improper placement. Guy had money, built a beast but did not think about the heat of 1,100 HP creates.

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Seems the hot selling SUV's from Hyundai and Kia are smelling in heat 80 degrees and above. The Auto company is looking into it, but does not have a solution yet. https://jalopnik.com/the-hyundai-palisade-literally-stinks-owners-1844881275

Was Walla Walla Sweet Onion Harvest day. Grew and harvested all 76 onions. They are laid out to cure and then will enjoy them over the next 3 months. Sweet enough to eat like an Apple. Seems Ford is finding plenty of heat lately as a Law firm files a class action lawsuite over the 2017-2019 Fuel economy of the F-150 and Ranger. Seems those Turbo's DO NOT give you V6 fuel economy with V8 power unless you guzzle gas like a V8. Ford is also under Federal criminal investigation for emission and stated fuel economy standards for their auto fleet. https://fordauthority.com/2019/07/ford-class-action-lawsuit-filed-over-f-150-and-ranger/#:~:text=Ford Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over F-150 And,vehicles in the 2017 to 2019 model years.