What's considered a "low price" for new cars? Nissan Leaf?

Choua T

I'm planning on saving up for a Nissan Leaf. I have a few questions about it. When i looked it up, I see that the steering wheel is on the right side. I can't find any that are on the left side. Is that how the Nissan LEAF's are supposed to be? It's said to be $32,780. Is that considered low? I've been looking at the 2010-2011 ones. Also, what's the ball thing that looks like it's a replacement for the PRNDL? I've been looking it up, but nothing is coming up! Help please!

Answer
You have to get your deposit in right away on the leaf web site and have your house checked for charging starion. A dedicated 20 amp plug will be needed that might mean calling a electrician to run wires to your circuit breaker box and placing a outlet where you would like to plug in your car. There will not be any sale prices on Leaf for quite some time. American Leaf will be left hand drive Leaf is a larger car than it appears 5 passengers Mid-size. Biggest thing is electric drive Knob shifts reverse or forward. No gears electric motor is direct drive and extremely quiet. Your starting very late to get one of the first year leaf. I think at the dealership we'll see the first cars around late December early January 2011. Electricians were checking The dealership where I work A couple days ago. Also check your electrical power provider it would be nice if they have lower rates at night. Personally I want a total electric car I ride a electric Bicycle I will wait a year or two. My commute is only 11 miles to and from work 90 to 100 range will be just right for 99% of my driving. But I will keep MY 2006 GTO fire breathing internal combustion car. Chevrolet says Volt plug in Hybrid will be over $40,000. Go Green

does anyone know the current sales growth figures for ebikes in canada and the u.s.?

Garry

i'm planning on opening a small chain of ebike shops and just starting to gather data.

Answer
Report: Sales of ebikes will reach 130 million yearly before 2025
London 8/23/2011 10:09 AM GMT (TransWorldNews)

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The LEV industry is growing fast, with greatest strength in China today, but also clearly emerging fast in the rest of the world. Up until the last couple of years, ebike sales were concentrated in China, Japan, and the EU. In the last few years, nearly every nation has bought ebikes from China, and in some cases, the volumes are now significant. Sales will reach 130 million yearly before 2025, make it one of the world's largest industries. The 206 page report encompassing over 70 brands gives forecasts of sales numbers, unit prices and total market value for 2011-2021. 13 market drivers are balanced against many negative factors that are discussed in the report, which has 69 figures and tables and detail on standards and legislation.

LEVs are one of the largest and fastest growing electric vehicle markets. A Light Electric Vehicle LEV is a land vehicle propelled by an electric motor that uses an energy storage device such as a battery or fuel cell, has two or three wheels, and typically weighs less than 100kg. Most LEVs are and will remain ebikes. These are Power on Demand bikes controlled with a throttle. A significant percentage of ebikes sold are scooters in that they have the driver's feet rest on a platform - they are not straddled by the driver.

Today, the LEV industry is dominated by large bicycle companies, due to their access to distribution. We explain why, in the future, these companies will face major competition from, and may be pushed aside by car, motorcycle, and car parts companies. Supply chains for motors, batteries, chassis parts, and nearly every LEV component exist in Asia, primarily in China, Taiwan, Japan, and newly emerging South Korea. We reveal where the highest profits will be obtained in future and the opportunities in components as these change with lithium-ion batteries of several generations and supercapacitors being increasingly employed, for example. The more demanding future technical requirements of users and standards are investigated.

Adjoining sectors are also discussed such as heavy electric motorcycles and the bigger sector of mobility vehicles for the disabled, where ten year forecasts are presented. New crossover vehicles between LEVs and these sectors are presented.


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Does anyone know if they Bombay Bicycle club are going on tour?

Sophie Smi

Are any BBC fans aware of a tour in 2011?? and where theyre going??

Im a MASSIVE fan, and i promised my friend i would take her to one of their concerts, do you know when are where theyre playing??

THANK YOOOUU :)

Answer
Well a few NME issues ago they revealed they are working on a third album, electric like the first one, so a new album usually means new tour.

Basically I'd they they're definitely touring this year. But dates probably won't be revealed until the new album is released.
Hope I helped :)

Why Chinese car companies have turbo diesel plug-in hybrid electric cars whereas Japanese car companies don't?

fat kid

Geely Corporation's Volvo V60

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_pNPAGZDeM

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/13/volvo-introduces-production-v60-diesel-plug-in-hybrid/

Geely Corporation's Emgrand GT, though not diesel

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/25/beijing-2010-geely-emgrand-gt-plug-in-hybrid-coupe/

Answer
Yet most Chinese are still riding bicycles.

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Do i need emission test on my car in Ct?

william r

i am buying a 1997 car,do i need a emission test to bring to DMV,someone told me since its over 10 years i dont need it.I live in Connecticut

Answer
You will have to get this done for your vehicle.

Exempt Vehicles

There are some exemptions to the program, particularly newer models, many older vehicles, motorcycles and other specialized vehicles:

New vehicles that are four or less model years old (as of 1/1/12, model years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013).

A motor vehicle twenty five-years old or older, (C.G.S. 14-164c © âtwenty-five or more years agoâ shall mean the number of years arrived at by subtracting the model year of the motor vehicle seeking the exemption from the current calendar year).

Vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds.

Composite Vehicles (Effective July 1, 2007) (vehicle must be registered as a composite vehicle).

Electric-powered vehicles

Bicycles with motors attached

Motorcycles

Certain vehicles registered but not designed primarily for highway use

Farm vehicles

Class-1 School Buses

Vehicles with Dealer, Repairer, or Transporter Plates while official tests are obtained

http://www.ctemissions.com/exempt.html

having driving lights on during the day in Netherlands?

Q. is it law in the Netherlands to have you light on in a car, truck and other vehicles on during the day all year around and if so what is the thinking behind it

Answer
According to the law you have to put your light on during the day if necessary. WILL USE DIMMED LIGHTS DURING THE DAY WHERE VISIBILITY IS SERIOUSLY RESTRICTED, AND AT NIGHT.

You can find the whole article on the site of the Dutch ministry of infrastructure and environment:

http://www.ministryofinfrastructureandtheenvironment.nl/topics/road_traffic_safety/index.aspx

scroll down and click on
road traffic signs and regulations 2011

It will download the regulations.
On page 26 you find the next information:

2.13 Using lights while driving
Article 32
1 Drivers of a motorvehicle,a moped,a motor- assisted bicycle which is not a moped as indicated in Article 1, part one, section (e), sub-section (d) of the act, a disabled vehicle equipped with a combustion engine, or a disabled vehicle equipped with an electric motor and having an enclosed body, will use dimmed lights during the day where visibility is seriously restricted, and at night.

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what is a good electric assist bicycle?

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Rambo

Im kinda plump and find it hard to ride a reg bike, makes my legs/back hurt...anysuggestions?

Answer
There are no "good" electric assist bicycles. Th cost is astronomical, the price of battery replacement is also sky high & the charge in the battery may run low or OUT at the wrong time at the wrong place. Then you are stuck pedaling a VERY heavy bicycle home under your own power.

Please don't give me that "I'm kinda plump" routine either. I started out several years ago at 315 lbs. I also have degenerative disc disease in the lower back and arthritic knees. By using the proper cycling posture & "spinning" the pedals at a "cadence" of around 70-90 rpm (if not more) at all times, you can do it too. If I can - anybody can.

Trek Electric Assist Bicycles - lowest priced one - $2,299.99 - http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/collections/electric_assist/models/

My 2011 Raleigh Touring Road Bike - cost - $1,200 - http://www.raleighusa.com/archive/2011-steel-road/sojourn-11/

Started off on a straight hybrid with the upright sitting/riding position. Switched to road bikes about a year ago. Love 'em!!! Today I rode 26 miles! Again...don't give me that "I'm kinda plump" routine. If I can get fit & shed pounds - anyone can. Links below from the late Sheldon Brown. Please read.

Does anyone know if they Bombay Bicycle club are going on tour?

Sophie Smi

Are any BBC fans aware of a tour in 2011?? and where theyre going??

Im a MASSIVE fan, and i promised my friend i would take her to one of their concerts, do you know when are where theyre playing??

THANK YOOOUU :)

Answer
Well a few NME issues ago they revealed they are working on a third album, electric like the first one, so a new album usually means new tour.

Basically I'd they they're definitely touring this year. But dates probably won't be revealed until the new album is released.
Hope I helped :)

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A car that runs on something other than gas (school essay)?

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Not A CowG

This is for a school essay. The topic is, "if you could invent anything, what would it be?" And I thought a car that runs on something other then gas. Now the 2nd half of the essay is, "how would you go about making it?" I'm only in high school with NO background in engineering whatsoever. I would gladly accept any answers/help/advice, thank you!

Answer
Have you given up on the water car then?

My personal favorite would be a practical velomobile that could be used for commuting. http://pedalyourselfhealthy.org/ This is essentially a three wheeled recumbent bicycle that is covered with a fairing. (wind screen) They are made but perhaps you could "invent" a cheap convertible that would become very popular. Popularizing such a vehicle would recognize that for a personal transportation system to reach a mass market the correct supporting infrastructure must also exist. So we really can't think just about the vehicle.

Second choice would be an electric vehicle system that did not depend upon batteries. See my long answer here with cites: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130219144323AAAji2Z

The third choice I will offer is a vehicle that runs on heat. This combines two technologies already in existence. The first is a stirling engine. This works by applying heat to one side of the engine. An efficient design would be to use the quasi turbine stirling engine: https://sites.google.com/site/quasiturbines/enginetypes/etypestirling For the heat source we would use chemical heat batteries similar to those researched by MIT that are charged with solar energy: http://cleantechnica.com/2011/07/29/21st-century-stable-thermal-energy-storage/

I am sure you might come up with a few yourself if you spent some time doing a little research into "alternative engines" or "alternative vehicles."

Best of luck with your essay.

Why Chinese car companies have turbo diesel plug-in hybrid electric cars whereas Japanese car companies don't?

fat kid

Geely Corporation's Volvo V60

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_pNPAGZDeM

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/13/volvo-introduces-production-v60-diesel-plug-in-hybrid/

Geely Corporation's Emgrand GT, though not diesel

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/25/beijing-2010-geely-emgrand-gt-plug-in-hybrid-coupe/

Answer
Yet most Chinese are still riding bicycles.

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does anyone know the current sales growth figures for ebikes in canada and the u.s.?

best electric bicycle 2011 image

Garry

i'm planning on opening a small chain of ebike shops and just starting to gather data.

Answer
Report: Sales of ebikes will reach 130 million yearly before 2025
London 8/23/2011 10:09 AM GMT (TransWorldNews)

Companiesandmarkets.com
Recent Submissions
Norway Orthopedic Devices Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2017 - new market research report:
The LEV industry is growing fast, with greatest strength in China today, but also clearly emerging fast in the rest of the world. Up until the last couple of years, ebike sales were concentrated in China, Japan, and the EU. In the last few years, nearly every nation has bought ebikes from China, and in some cases, the volumes are now significant. Sales will reach 130 million yearly before 2025, make it one of the world's largest industries. The 206 page report encompassing over 70 brands gives forecasts of sales numbers, unit prices and total market value for 2011-2021. 13 market drivers are balanced against many negative factors that are discussed in the report, which has 69 figures and tables and detail on standards and legislation.

LEVs are one of the largest and fastest growing electric vehicle markets. A Light Electric Vehicle LEV is a land vehicle propelled by an electric motor that uses an energy storage device such as a battery or fuel cell, has two or three wheels, and typically weighs less than 100kg. Most LEVs are and will remain ebikes. These are Power on Demand bikes controlled with a throttle. A significant percentage of ebikes sold are scooters in that they have the driver's feet rest on a platform - they are not straddled by the driver.

Today, the LEV industry is dominated by large bicycle companies, due to their access to distribution. We explain why, in the future, these companies will face major competition from, and may be pushed aside by car, motorcycle, and car parts companies. Supply chains for motors, batteries, chassis parts, and nearly every LEV component exist in Asia, primarily in China, Taiwan, Japan, and newly emerging South Korea. We reveal where the highest profits will be obtained in future and the opportunities in components as these change with lithium-ion batteries of several generations and supercapacitors being increasingly employed, for example. The more demanding future technical requirements of users and standards are investigated.

Adjoining sectors are also discussed such as heavy electric motorcycles and the bigger sector of mobility vehicles for the disabled, where ten year forecasts are presented. New crossover vehicles between LEVs and these sectors are presented.


Click for report details: Light Electric Vehicles 2011-2021
enquiries@companiesandmarkets.com
www.companiesandmarkets.com/market-report/light-electric-vehicles-2011-2021-683132.asp?prk=4d1fcaf332494b5daa2b2ba5c92e8580

China (PRC)âs falling economy, what would happen next?

Kyoko

Studying the history of Chinese dynasties, according to an academian, there are always 8 step transition as below.
1. Establish a new dynasty
2. Purge followers
3. Conduct wars of aggression
4. Modify Chinese characters and fabricate the history
5. Surroundings and bureaucrats become corrupt
6. Arise many secret societies and farmer riots
7. Military clique intrude to the capital
8. Return to 1

As they have constructed a huge number of ghost towns, local governments and PLAs could not have earned cash flow, however they have to make interest payments, they put varnish on the export amount in order to get fake funds. This is the reason why the export amount to HK and Taiwan shows exponential increase even though the import amount of HK and Taiwan from China are decreasing.
To make out with rollover, inter-bankâs short-term interest rate âovernight rateâ once spiked up to 13.4% temporarily. It was really crazy.

Chinese local government and PLAs have to dress up their balance sheet, hence they produce high yield âwealth management productâ via èè³å¹³å°( finance platform) equivalent term for shadow bank, that could change the fake bond to real money for them, however the people who bought those products would drop their money. No one could forecast the total amount of those uncollectible loans. But it is estimated 1.55 trillion US Dollar minimum to 3.2 trillion US Dollar, those figure exceeds Chinaâs foreign currency holdings. CCP, at last, decided to hide the economic figures such as amount of steel deals, electric consumption amount and so onâ¦
CCP also forced Chinese medium not to report about the fund shortage which cause of rising interest ratesâ¦

Paul Krugman mentioned in a commentary article in the New York Times, âChinaâs low-consumption, high-investment economy is a kind of Ponzi scheme. Chinaâs economy as working like a bicycle, it falls over if it stops moving forward. Right now, Chinaâs Ponzi bicycle is running into a brick wallâ.

Since Chinese Yuan holds dollar peg system, Quantitative Easing of FRB is a must for CCP, because they could print Yuan only keeping pace with FRBâs QE in order to increase money supply to the market, that the reason why CCP begged US like a dog not to stop their QE at Moscow G20 in July. But this might cause a dramatic inflation, people would suffer from it.
On the other hand, if CCP decrease money supply to avoid intensive inflation, a lot of big companies might be bankrupted.
What do you think?
@Mr. Liu -- Thank you for your great answer, especially in the problem of unemployment. Do you have any trusted figures of unemployment rate? I hardly saw it in the news. The jobless is a really serious problem in every countries, particularly in the society with small freedom. I really hate the whole system of PRC, and I hope good change might rise up in near future.

@We left and returned! -- sorry, I have no idea..

@Dog Lover -- I have no interest about your post but feel uneasy if your "magic system" means a war. There are no magic wand in economic science.
@Mr. Liu -- Thank you for your great answer, especially in the problem of unemployment. Do you have any trusted figures of unemployment rate? I hardly saw it in the news. The jobless is a really serious problem in every countries, particularly in the society with small freedom. I really hate the whole system of PRC, and I hope good change might rise up in near future.

@We left and returned! -- sorry, I have no idea..

@Dog Lover -- I have no interest about your post but feel uneasy if your "magic system" means a war. There are no magic wand in economic science.
@eiji -- No, "what happen to china right now" derive from China's internal plobrems, not (or small) from "external factor".
You must reap what you have sown.
But I doubt you actually understand Chinese situation well.

Answer
Yes you are right, the inflation rate and the rampant corruption in China creating so many problems in China right now. CCP has been so long launching the unfair trading policy which makes China suffer its own consequence. China has to suffer the consequence of its own mistake for not playing fair trade like the rest of the world does. Overproducing and dumping policy of China contributes to the trading deficit of China. As the result of trading deficit, China cannot sustain its economy anymore and economy of China will be collapse.

You forgot to mention that the CCP keeps over printing the Yuan which contributes to China's economic down fall, here is the prove:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/business/global/12yuan.html?_r=0

And not even to mention that China lost its jobs to the other countries like Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, etc. due to the inflation and the labor wage increasement. As the result, the unemployment rate in China is staggering and many Chinese lost their jobs. More and more Chinese cannot find jobs because of the inflation rate, especially the poor migrant workers.

Property and housing bubble are also become problem due to the inflation, more and more Chinese cannot buy house and buy properties. As the result, more and more Chinese are homeless because they don't have enough money for buying house. More and more Chinese are getting poorer because they don't have enough money to buy the property.

Then, the gap between rich and poor in China is getting wider. Rich people getting richer, and the rich ones are going to the overseas to escape the madness in China. While the poor ones are still very poor, they suffer too much while they never get any care from the CCP. The poor ones are the ones who affected the most by the madness going own in China, poor people in China are treated unfairly by the CCP. The CCP only favor the rich ones while ignore the poor ones, poor people are often become the victim of CCP.

You can check the real figure of China unemployment rate here:
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-07-26/divining-unemployment-in-china

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China (PRC)’s falling economy, what would happen next?

best electric bicycle 2011 image

Kyoko

Studying the history of Chinese dynasties, according to an academian, there are always 8 step transition as below.
1. Establish a new dynasty
2. Purge followers
3. Conduct wars of aggression
4. Modify Chinese characters and fabricate the history
5. Surroundings and bureaucrats become corrupt
6. Arise many secret societies and farmer riots
7. Military clique intrude to the capital
8. Return to 1

As they have constructed a huge number of ghost towns, local governments and PLAs could not have earned cash flow, however they have to make interest payments, they put varnish on the export amount in order to get fake funds. This is the reason why the export amount to HK and Taiwan shows exponential increase even though the import amount of HK and Taiwan from China are decreasing.
To make out with rollover, inter-bankâs short-term interest rate âovernight rateâ once spiked up to 13.4% temporarily. It was really crazy.

Chinese local government and PLAs have to dress up their balance sheet, hence they produce high yield âwealth management productâ via èè³å¹³å°( finance platform) equivalent term for shadow bank, that could change the fake bond to real money for them, however the people who bought those products would drop their money. No one could forecast the total amount of those uncollectible loans. But it is estimated 1.55 trillion US Dollar minimum to 3.2 trillion US Dollar, those figure exceeds Chinaâs foreign currency holdings. CCP, at last, decided to hide the economic figures such as amount of steel deals, electric consumption amount and so onâ¦
CCP also forced Chinese medium not to report about the fund shortage which cause of rising interest ratesâ¦

Paul Krugman mentioned in a commentary article in the New York Times, âChinaâs low-consumption, high-investment economy is a kind of Ponzi scheme. Chinaâs economy as working like a bicycle, it falls over if it stops moving forward. Right now, Chinaâs Ponzi bicycle is running into a brick wallâ.

Since Chinese Yuan holds dollar peg system, Quantitative Easing of FRB is a must for CCP, because they could print Yuan only keeping pace with FRBâs QE in order to increase money supply to the market, that the reason why CCP begged US like a dog not to stop their QE at Moscow G20 in July. But this might cause a dramatic inflation, people would suffer from it.
On the other hand, if CCP decrease money supply to avoid intensive inflation, a lot of big companies might be bankrupted.
What do you think?
@Mr. Liu -- Thank you for your great answer, especially in the problem of unemployment. Do you have any trusted figures of unemployment rate? I hardly saw it in the news. The jobless is a really serious problem in every countries, particularly in the society with small freedom. I really hate the whole system of PRC, and I hope good change might rise up in near future.

@We left and returned! -- sorry, I have no idea..

@Dog Lover -- I have no interest about your post but feel uneasy if your "magic system" means a war. There are no magic wand in economic science.
@Mr. Liu -- Thank you for your great answer, especially in the problem of unemployment. Do you have any trusted figures of unemployment rate? I hardly saw it in the news. The jobless is a really serious problem in every countries, particularly in the society with small freedom. I really hate the whole system of PRC, and I hope good change might rise up in near future.

@We left and returned! -- sorry, I have no idea..

@Dog Lover -- I have no interest about your post but feel uneasy if your "magic system" means a war. There are no magic wand in economic science.
@eiji -- No, "what happen to china right now" derive from China's internal plobrems, not (or small) from "external factor".
You must reap what you have sown.
But I doubt you actually understand Chinese situation well.

Answer
Yes you are right, the inflation rate and the rampant corruption in China creating so many problems in China right now. CCP has been so long launching the unfair trading policy which makes China suffer its own consequence. China has to suffer the consequence of its own mistake for not playing fair trade like the rest of the world does. Overproducing and dumping policy of China contributes to the trading deficit of China. As the result of trading deficit, China cannot sustain its economy anymore and economy of China will be collapse.

You forgot to mention that the CCP keeps over printing the Yuan which contributes to China's economic down fall, here is the prove:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/business/global/12yuan.html?_r=0

And not even to mention that China lost its jobs to the other countries like Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, etc. due to the inflation and the labor wage increasement. As the result, the unemployment rate in China is staggering and many Chinese lost their jobs. More and more Chinese cannot find jobs because of the inflation rate, especially the poor migrant workers.

Property and housing bubble are also become problem due to the inflation, more and more Chinese cannot buy house and buy properties. As the result, more and more Chinese are homeless because they don't have enough money for buying house. More and more Chinese are getting poorer because they don't have enough money to buy the property.

Then, the gap between rich and poor in China is getting wider. Rich people getting richer, and the rich ones are going to the overseas to escape the madness in China. While the poor ones are still very poor, they suffer too much while they never get any care from the CCP. The poor ones are the ones who affected the most by the madness going own in China, poor people in China are treated unfairly by the CCP. The CCP only favor the rich ones while ignore the poor ones, poor people are often become the victim of CCP.

You can check the real figure of China unemployment rate here:
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-07-26/divining-unemployment-in-china

Do i need emission test on my car in Ct?

william r

i am buying a 1997 car,do i need a emission test to bring to DMV,someone told me since its over 10 years i dont need it.I live in Connecticut

Answer
You will have to get this done for your vehicle.

Exempt Vehicles

There are some exemptions to the program, particularly newer models, many older vehicles, motorcycles and other specialized vehicles:

New vehicles that are four or less model years old (as of 1/1/12, model years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013).

A motor vehicle twenty five-years old or older, (C.G.S. 14-164c © âtwenty-five or more years agoâ shall mean the number of years arrived at by subtracting the model year of the motor vehicle seeking the exemption from the current calendar year).

Vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds.

Composite Vehicles (Effective July 1, 2007) (vehicle must be registered as a composite vehicle).

Electric-powered vehicles

Bicycles with motors attached

Motorcycles

Certain vehicles registered but not designed primarily for highway use

Farm vehicles

Class-1 School Buses

Vehicles with Dealer, Repairer, or Transporter Plates while official tests are obtained

http://www.ctemissions.com/exempt.html

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Does anyone know if they Bombay Bicycle club are going on tour?

best electric bicycle 2011 image

Sophie Smi

Are any BBC fans aware of a tour in 2011?? and where theyre going??

Im a MASSIVE fan, and i promised my friend i would take her to one of their concerts, do you know when are where theyre playing??

THANK YOOOUU :)

Answer
Well a few NME issues ago they revealed they are working on a third album, electric like the first one, so a new album usually means new tour.

Basically I'd they they're definitely touring this year. But dates probably won't be revealed until the new album is released.
Hope I helped :)

having driving lights on during the day in Netherlands?

Johnblue

is it law in the Netherlands to have you light on in a car, truck and other vehicles on during the day all year around and if so what is the thinking behind it

Answer
According to the law you have to put your light on during the day if necessary. WILL USE DIMMED LIGHTS DURING THE DAY WHERE VISIBILITY IS SERIOUSLY RESTRICTED, AND AT NIGHT.

You can find the whole article on the site of the Dutch ministry of infrastructure and environment:

http://www.ministryofinfrastructureandtheenvironment.nl/topics/road_traffic_safety/index.aspx

scroll down and click on
road traffic signs and regulations 2011

It will download the regulations.
On page 26 you find the next information:

2.13 Using lights while driving
Article 32
1 Drivers of a motorvehicle,a moped,a motor- assisted bicycle which is not a moped as indicated in Article 1, part one, section (e), sub-section (d) of the act, a disabled vehicle equipped with a combustion engine, or a disabled vehicle equipped with an electric motor and having an enclosed body, will use dimmed lights during the day where visibility is seriously restricted, and at night.

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China (PRC)’s falling economy, what would happen next?

best electric bicycle 2011 image

Kyoko

Studying the history of Chinese dynasties, according to an academian, there are always 8 step transition as below.
1. Establish a new dynasty
2. Purge followers
3. Conduct wars of aggression
4. Modify Chinese characters and fabricate the history
5. Surroundings and bureaucrats become corrupt
6. Arise many secret societies and farmer riots
7. Military clique intrude to the capital
8. Return to 1

As they have constructed a huge number of ghost towns, local governments and PLAs could not have earned cash flow, however they have to make interest payments, they put varnish on the export amount in order to get fake funds. This is the reason why the export amount to HK and Taiwan shows exponential increase even though the import amount of HK and Taiwan from China are decreasing.
To make out with rollover, inter-bankâs short-term interest rate âovernight rateâ once spiked up to 13.4% temporarily. It was really crazy.

Chinese local government and PLAs have to dress up their balance sheet, hence they produce high yield âwealth management productâ via èè³å¹³å°( finance platform) equivalent term for shadow bank, that could change the fake bond to real money for them, however the people who bought those products would drop their money. No one could forecast the total amount of those uncollectible loans. But it is estimated 1.55 trillion US Dollar minimum to 3.2 trillion US Dollar, those figure exceeds Chinaâs foreign currency holdings. CCP, at last, decided to hide the economic figures such as amount of steel deals, electric consumption amount and so onâ¦
CCP also forced Chinese medium not to report about the fund shortage which cause of rising interest ratesâ¦

Paul Krugman mentioned in a commentary article in the New York Times, âChinaâs low-consumption, high-investment economy is a kind of Ponzi scheme. Chinaâs economy as working like a bicycle, it falls over if it stops moving forward. Right now, Chinaâs Ponzi bicycle is running into a brick wallâ.

Since Chinese Yuan holds dollar peg system, Quantitative Easing of FRB is a must for CCP, because they could print Yuan only keeping pace with FRBâs QE in order to increase money supply to the market, that the reason why CCP begged US like a dog not to stop their QE at Moscow G20 in July. But this might cause a dramatic inflation, people would suffer from it.
On the other hand, if CCP decrease money supply to avoid intensive inflation, a lot of big companies might be bankrupted.
What do you think?
@Mr. Liu -- Thank you for your great answer, especially in the problem of unemployment. Do you have any trusted figures of unemployment rate? I hardly saw it in the news. The jobless is a really serious problem in every countries, particularly in the society with small freedom. I really hate the whole system of PRC, and I hope good change might rise up in near future.

@We left and returned! -- sorry, I have no idea..

@Dog Lover -- I have no interest about your post but feel uneasy if your "magic system" means a war. There are no magic wand in economic science.
@Mr. Liu -- Thank you for your great answer, especially in the problem of unemployment. Do you have any trusted figures of unemployment rate? I hardly saw it in the news. The jobless is a really serious problem in every countries, particularly in the society with small freedom. I really hate the whole system of PRC, and I hope good change might rise up in near future.

@We left and returned! -- sorry, I have no idea..

@Dog Lover -- I have no interest about your post but feel uneasy if your "magic system" means a war. There are no magic wand in economic science.
@eiji -- No, "what happen to china right now" derive from China's internal plobrems, not (or small) from "external factor".
You must reap what you have sown.
But I doubt you actually understand Chinese situation well.

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Yes you are right, the inflation rate and the rampant corruption in China creating so many problems in China right now. CCP has been so long launching the unfair trading policy which makes China suffer its own consequence. China has to suffer the consequence of its own mistake for not playing fair trade like the rest of the world does. Overproducing and dumping policy of China contributes to the trading deficit of China. As the result of trading deficit, China cannot sustain its economy anymore and economy of China will be collapse.

You forgot to mention that the CCP keeps over printing the Yuan which contributes to China's economic down fall, here is the prove:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/business/global/12yuan.html?_r=0

And not even to mention that China lost its jobs to the other countries like Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, etc. due to the inflation and the labor wage increasement. As the result, the unemployment rate in China is staggering and many Chinese lost their jobs. More and more Chinese cannot find jobs because of the inflation rate, especially the poor migrant workers.

Property and housing bubble are also become problem due to the inflation, more and more Chinese cannot buy house and buy properties. As the result, more and more Chinese are homeless because they don't have enough money for buying house. More and more Chinese are getting poorer because they don't have enough money to buy the property.

Then, the gap between rich and poor in China is getting wider. Rich people getting richer, and the rich ones are going to the overseas to escape the madness in China. While the poor ones are still very poor, they suffer too much while they never get any care from the CCP. The poor ones are the ones who affected the most by the madness going own in China, poor people in China are treated unfairly by the CCP. The CCP only favor the rich ones while ignore the poor ones, poor people are often become the victim of CCP.

You can check the real figure of China unemployment rate here:
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-07-26/divining-unemployment-in-china

Do i need emission test on my car in Ct?

william r

i am buying a 1997 car,do i need a emission test to bring to DMV,someone told me since its over 10 years i dont need it.I live in Connecticut

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You will have to get this done for your vehicle.

Exempt Vehicles

There are some exemptions to the program, particularly newer models, many older vehicles, motorcycles and other specialized vehicles:

New vehicles that are four or less model years old (as of 1/1/12, model years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013).

A motor vehicle twenty five-years old or older, (C.G.S. 14-164c © âtwenty-five or more years agoâ shall mean the number of years arrived at by subtracting the model year of the motor vehicle seeking the exemption from the current calendar year).

Vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds.

Composite Vehicles (Effective July 1, 2007) (vehicle must be registered as a composite vehicle).

Electric-powered vehicles

Bicycles with motors attached

Motorcycles

Certain vehicles registered but not designed primarily for highway use

Farm vehicles

Class-1 School Buses

Vehicles with Dealer, Repairer, or Transporter Plates while official tests are obtained

http://www.ctemissions.com/exempt.html

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Project suggestions for my project on Evolution?

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RivalX

In my biology class i have to do a project regarding the evolution of an object over the time

Examples: Computer technology (over the years) --- My teacher said this as an example and that we cannot do this, and Ipods over the years (my teacher exemplified this, so we cant do this either)

Could you guys give some suggestions on what to do for my project?

***No guns or sexually related ideas please, Thanks!

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Video gaming systems--atari through the 3Ds that just came out

Automobiles Model T Through 2011 cars include the electric and hybrids and such

Airplanes--Wright Brothers to now include bombers fighters and biplanes and jumbo jets and concord and all that

Bicycles--Those ones with big tires to now with the recumbent and street and mountain and hybrids and ones with shocks and etc

Televisions little tiny black and white then little tiny color then big console color then you know...

music technology--phonographs and records and 8 tracks and cassetes and cds and mp3s

does anyone know the current sales growth figures for ebikes in canada and the u.s.?

Garry

i'm planning on opening a small chain of ebike shops and just starting to gather data.

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Report: Sales of ebikes will reach 130 million yearly before 2025
London 8/23/2011 10:09 AM GMT (TransWorldNews)

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A car that runs on something other than gas (school essay)?

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Not A CowG

This is for a school essay. The topic is, "if you could invent anything, what would it be?" And I thought a car that runs on something other then gas. Now the 2nd half of the essay is, "how would you go about making it?" I'm only in high school with NO background in engineering whatsoever. I would gladly accept any answers/help/advice, thank you!

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Have you given up on the water car then?

My personal favorite would be a practical velomobile that could be used for commuting. http://pedalyourselfhealthy.org/ This is essentially a three wheeled recumbent bicycle that is covered with a fairing. (wind screen) They are made but perhaps you could "invent" a cheap convertible that would become very popular. Popularizing such a vehicle would recognize that for a personal transportation system to reach a mass market the correct supporting infrastructure must also exist. So we really can't think just about the vehicle.

Second choice would be an electric vehicle system that did not depend upon batteries. See my long answer here with cites: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130219144323AAAji2Z

The third choice I will offer is a vehicle that runs on heat. This combines two technologies already in existence. The first is a stirling engine. This works by applying heat to one side of the engine. An efficient design would be to use the quasi turbine stirling engine: https://sites.google.com/site/quasiturbines/enginetypes/etypestirling For the heat source we would use chemical heat batteries similar to those researched by MIT that are charged with solar energy: http://cleantechnica.com/2011/07/29/21st-century-stable-thermal-energy-storage/

I am sure you might come up with a few yourself if you spent some time doing a little research into "alternative engines" or "alternative vehicles."

Best of luck with your essay.

Why Chinese car companies have turbo diesel plug-in hybrid electric cars whereas Japanese car companies don't?

fat kid

Geely Corporation's Volvo V60

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_pNPAGZDeM

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/13/volvo-introduces-production-v60-diesel-plug-in-hybrid/

Geely Corporation's Emgrand GT, though not diesel

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/25/beijing-2010-geely-emgrand-gt-plug-in-hybrid-coupe/

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Yet most Chinese are still riding bicycles.

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