May 20, 2008 by Rob.

A friend who has been patiently endured the intersection of cars and computers interests forwarded an interesting article about “.car” computing.  Who would have suspected that there is already a Connected Vehicle Trade Association?

The article does not have much to say except that it looks like we’re in for a long meaningless standards process on cars.  My prediction is they either:

1. follow existing standards without any real differences (most likely)
2. are dominated by a single company that can set a de facto standard (e.g.: MS or Google?)

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May 20, 2008 by Rob.

When my office moved just 2 miles south on 360 it made a 6 mile difference in the total commute. That’s because the old location required a long north-bound loop to a U-turn. It also makes a 10 minute difference in my commute time and that’s significant when you’re driving in Austin summer heat.

Overall, the RAVolt’s been performing great!  It has no issues on the 360 hills and it finishing the drive with >140 volts.  There is no sag on the pack when I’m arriving at home so I should have plenty of reserve power.

One note: it’s important to park in the shade.  My garage has plenty of deep shade, but things changed quickly when I parked in the sun during lunch.

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