Electric cars are not yet available as viable commercial offerings in NZ. However it is interesting to note some interestings facts. First of all on a per joule basis electrical power is far less expensive than petrol. Therefore if you assumed that if every joule of power was used for motive power it would make sense to use electrical power over petrol power. But that is not true. In fact with standard petrol cars they are only 15% efficient, that is 85% of the joules are wasted as heat. With hybrids the percentage is better; 30% efficient, with only 70% of the energy wasted.

Since it is winter in New Zealand I have been pretty inactive in developing the OpenBoat. This isn't totally the weathers fault however as I had a number of issues which have been holding me back.

Barack Obama has won the Democratic nomination. Hillary Clinton has not yet conceded, but Obama has reached the tipping point that assures him the nomination. Hillary is expected to concede in the next few days.

So you are thinking about buying a hybrid car. Recently I have been looking at buying a Toyota Prius Hybrid car in order to save money of fuel. Although a new car could save me money on fuel it was a up front capital expense. Was it economically viable?