Brand name BYD
Close up from the BYD logo in front of the e6 electric car.
| Sitemap - theme index cars and traffic
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Overview over all thematic areas from our car and traffic magazine.
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| Road traffic - public traffic
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Where are the borders of reasonable public traffic? How are this borders moved by new technology? Introduction of new solutions and contributions about road saefety.
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| Journey planing - reports about journeys
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Planing a secure long distance journey with the car and reports about journeys to Austria, Italy, San Marino, France and Spain.
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| Car technic - traffic technic
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Modern and future techology around cars and traffic. Introduction and evaluation for all alternatives of the fossile combustion engine
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| Car and vehicle classification
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Directory over all our reports about vehicles of different classes. Organisation of our reports about cars and 2 wheel vehicles in different classes.
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| Vehicle types
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Directory over different vehicle types where we have detailed reports.
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| Car radio navigation
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Who needs it, what are the advantages? All about our experiences with car radio GPS navigation systems.
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| Camping from the roof tent up to the motorhome
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Table of contents over all our reports about camping and camping equipment from the roof tent to camping buses up to motorhomes.
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| Car news 1990: CACS Computer aided car sharing
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Is the public traffic necessary or a maniacally waste of money? A new concept to solve traffic problems cost efficient promises the CACS system.
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| 1991 Avoid fall asleep accidents
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Many long distance travels at night time in my Renault Espace TXE. The longest was to London in September. Exchange the driver every 2 hours against a sleeper.
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| 1992: Energy Track for electric cars
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How long is the range of an electric car? As long as the electric cable ;-)
A joke becomes earnest and is called energy track.
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| 1993 first Renault Espace lost, second bought
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A very oncoming accident opponent forces the changement of 1. on my 2nd Renault Espace. With this changement, also the change between gasoline on diesel is carried out.
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| 1996 Solar comfort for cars
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How to enlarge the photovoltaic world market as fast as possible? PEGE comes at this future question for mankind on the roofs of the cars.
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| Motorhomes airconditoned by solar power
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We plan 3 sensations for motorhomes like air-condition by photovoltaic, vacuum insulation
and endless shower system - no camping cars - small apartments on wheels
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| Car and traffic news 1999
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Yearly directory 1999 about traffic and the camping fair in Düsseldorf Germany.
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| Spain barcelona
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Sightseeing in Barcelona middle August 2002. Panoramas from different locations, the first submarine and stgrange parking regulations.
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| Dachstein West - the family ski area
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Photos of a ski tour of 3 hour on Saturday 20th December, 2003 from the 8 person gondola Hornbahn in Russbach up to the Rauhenberg parking lot at Annaberg.
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| Car - automotives news of 2004
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A Seat Alhambra minivan as a Mini motorhome for up to 3 adults and 2 children. Less place, but for it more sparingly and more road performance than with the usual buses.
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| Opel Zafira hydrogen fuel cells car
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Marathon more than 10,000 kms from Hammerfest to Lisbon with one Opel Zafira fuel cells car. On the 2nd of June Salzburg is in the row. Opportunity for a test run.
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| Region Murcia in the south of Spain
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Impressions from the sunny south of Spain in the region Murcia.
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| La Manga region Murcia Spain
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The tourism town La Manga - the sleeve, is a narrow piece of land which the Mediterranean Sea in the east of the very much level lagoon Mar Menor Sea in the west distinguishes.
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| Murcia town - capital of the region Murcia
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With briefly over 1/3 million inhabitants Murcia is the busy capital of the region Murcia.
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| Cannes film festival town at the Mediterranean Sea
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At our return journey from Spain to Austria, we took the opportunity to visit the most prominent paert of Cannes. Photos of the prominent beach around the film festival center.
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| Building site A1 near Wels
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Over one year long, it was necessary to go from Salzburg to Linz over the A25 at Wels and to drive on the way back with 80km/h at the building site. Problems and the smileys
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| Car - automotives news of 2005
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How looks like the future of mobility? What engine and fuel concept will succeed? Can biomass replace crude oil? Where is an electric cars superior?
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| Electric car Peugeot 106 Electric
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From the manufacturer plentifully hidden there is a Peugeot 106 also in an electric execution. Interesting for commuters with an outlet in the parking lot at the work
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| Vegetable oil instead of diesel as a fuel
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With which will we prepare our fields when the crude oil comes to an end? Wolfgang Löser has already thought about it years ago and presents his solution with sunflowers.
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| Wood to the motoring
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In emergency times like the oil shortage in the 2nd world war already once practiced: Motoring with wood. With modern technology it also goes without carried along wooden stove in the car.
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| Hydrogen car with fuel cell
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Facts on the subject hydrogen car. How realistic is an engine concept which distinguishes by low reach and expensive not available infrastructure?
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| Eurosolar electric cars meeting Maria Enzersdorf
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Between dreary present and a shining future for the electric actuation of vehicles. New batteries and the concept chargeable hybrid vehicle gives hope.
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| Italy Ravenna nudism camping
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Sea, sand beach and as little as possible kms distance to drive with the children from our home in Salzburg. This criteria brought us to Campingclasse close Ravenna for our summer vacation.
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| San Marino
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What to do, if it rains on the beach in Ravenna? We started with one 'let's look' and ended with 4 sight seeing tours to the small republic surrounded by Italy.
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| Camping fair CMT Stuttgart 2005
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Fair report of the CMT in Stuttgart with 10 sides especially about Renault Trafic camping bus from
Weinsberg
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| Renault Trafic Camping buses
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Already in 2002 Renault Trafic came to the narrowest choice a planned new car purchase. From the outset was clear that this will be an very interessting camping base vehicle
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| Camping fair CBR of Munich
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Cheap because practically tax-free flights have made it necessary: recommendation for the camping holiday by own car as an environmental-careful alternative to the fly.
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| Fair car & sound Sinsheim 2005
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Fair report of the electronics car fair at Sinsheim in 2005. Main focus navigation with logbook, dashboard tuning and the most useful sound mobiles.
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| Solar energy Italy: fair Solarexpo in Vicenza
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A letter with invitation and 2 free tickets and the program point technologies for a lasting urban mobility brought us to visit on the 19th of May, 2005 the fair in Italy.
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| Austro Caravan fair in Tulln in 2005
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Fair report of the Austro Caravan in Tulln. The electric scooters become adult. From the vehicle for camping sites to the proper motorbike scooter for 2 persons.
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| 2006 the dusk for fossile fuel starts
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Cheap mineral oil was yesterday, the price system between differen energy sources and technologies for usage in the area of mobility changes durable.
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| Camping fair CBR Munich in 2006
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Fair report from the CBR in Munich February 2006. As already in 2005 we show the possibility for inexpensive solutions by camping-buses and delivery vans.
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| Service car equipment
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Who holds order is only to lazy to search, or he does not want to pay wage for the time where his employees search tools instead of working. Perfect order in the service car.
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| Loremo
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Sensation on the automobile salon 2006 in Genf. Loremo introduces the 1.5 liter car. How is this possible after other vendors had stoped the 3 litre car?
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| Scooter test E-Max S
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With 2295.-EUR end user price in Germany and very low operating expenses a opportune entry into electric mobility. The end of the 50ccm 2 stroke rattle stink scooters is near.
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| RenExpo Augsburg 2006
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A whole hall on the Reneexpo in Augsburg (Germany) was about the theme enivronment friendly mobility. Detailed fair report about the presented electric vehicles.
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| EICMA motorcycle fair 2006
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Fair report from the EICMA 2006 general part. Further all about 45km/h limited license free scooters and special part about the big presenation from the Vectrix Maxi Scooter.
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| 2006 EICMA scooter fair
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Fair report from the EICMA 2006, all about 45km/h limited scooters. Further special part about the huge fair representation of Vectrix Maxi Scooters and general part.
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| 2006 EICMA motorcyle fair- Vectrix
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Fair report from the EICMA 2006, special part about the huge fair representation from the Vectrix Maxi scooter. Further parts about 45km/h limited scooters and general part.
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| Electric scooter E-Max S long time test
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After the good performance in our short test in Septmeber, the E-Max S has qualified to proof his quality in a long time test over at last 10,000km
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| 2007 fun at economizing CO2
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From wasting time in traffic jams and for searching a parking lots to an electric scooter driver. When will it be possible to replace my fossile car?
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| Efficiency car and mobility
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What is the real efficiency of our mobility with cars? Enlightenment about a lot of misunderstoods about the efficiency of engines and the production of fuel.
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| E-Max S long time test 2007
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Our long time with the E-Max S goes in the next year. Our vehicle goes with 1678.2 km in the year 2007.
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| EVER Monaco 2007 fair for ecological vehicles
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Report from the EVER ecological vehicles renewable energy fair in Monaco end of March 2007
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| Monaco dangers for the tourism
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They have only 50ccm cylinder capacity, but their noise and exhaust gases are the greatest threat and limitation for the tourism in the dense built town on the montain.
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| Hannover industrial fair 2007 hall 13
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Fair report from hall 13 of the industrial fair Hannover about renewable energy and environment friendly mobility.
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| Bad Reichenhall - electric scooter in commercial use
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How much money is necessary to invest in a car for the company? Humpmayer Robert found a much better logistic solution for his asia shop.
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| Vectrix Freiburg
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During the Intersolar fair in Freiburg, the Solon inc. established a solar filling station at the place of the old synagogue and offered some Vectrix maxi scooter for test driving.
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| CO2 and mobility
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How much greenhousegases GHG are emitted at what sort of mobility? What sort of mobility is possible according to climate change and other limiting factors?
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| Düsseldorf Caravan Show 2007
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Fair report from the caravan show in Düsseldorf, the world wide largest camping fair.
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| IAA International Motor Show (cars) 2007
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Fair report from the 62nd international motor show in Frankfurt, all in the sense of ''See what's driving the future''. Part 1: Plug-in-Hybrid PHEV. Part 2:other just building.
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| See what's driving the future IAA 2007
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Fair report from the 62nd international motor show in Frankfurt, all in the sense of ''See what's driving the future''. Part 1: Plug-in-Hybrid PHEV. Part 2:other, just building.
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| Key questions for a future after peak oil
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The Energy Watch Group shows, peakoik is history and happened 2006. PEGE creates a catalog of questions for a path to our future energy system.
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| 2008 the countdown for electric mobility runs
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A revolution is coming as significant as the change from horse cabs to cars. How can we accelerate the countdown to electric mobility?
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| News about car, traffic and mobility 2008
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Comments, background information and calculations daily acutal to messages around car, traffic and mobility.
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| Geneva international motor show 2008
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Geneva fair report. While Fisker is more for the rich people, BYD shows the big surprise on the Geneva car exhibition.
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| Innoscooter 2500 Lithium electric scooter
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First short test with an Innoscooter 2500 with 50 Ah lithium polymer battery- Ideal for all living distant from the next town in ''Without car impossible'' areas.
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| Hannover industrial fair 2008 hall 13
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Fair report from hall 13 of the industrial fair Hannover about renewable energy and environment friendly mobility.
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| Fuel conversions
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The crude oil age announces it's end with dramatic incrasing oil prices. We have to change to new types of fuel. A collection of calculators to understand the new types of fuel.
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| Intersolar 2008 - the fuel fair for our future mobility
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PEGE writes since 1991 about the linkage of solar electric power and mobility. Special part of our fair report about solar mobility Main part fair report Intersolar 2008
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| Scooter test 2008 top models in the 45km/h class
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The latest top models from 2008 in the 45 km/h class are compared in our test: E-Max 110S against IO-Scooter Lithium.
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| Training for the driving license 125 ccm 11 kW motorcycles
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Premiere September 26th at the driving security center Saalfelden. The traing for the B111 driving license upgrade (motorcycles up to 11 kW up to 125 ccm) with an electric scooter.
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| Solar Scooter Sport Test
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In the 45km/h limited class, electric scooters are state of art, now the first test with an electric scooter with L3E registration, this means the 125 ccm class up to 11 kW engine power.
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| Berlin electric vehicle conference
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Germany projects only 1 million cars with electric drive until 2020. A little bit more than 2%. It's time that Germany awakes from the illusion to have eternal time.
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| 2009 car factories banished by fosil recession
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Peak-oil pricked all economy bubbles and created the first fossil recession. The fossil propulsion of cars is at the end, but some governments do not want to recognise this.
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| 2009 E-Max S long time test continued
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We have the E-Max S electric scooter since October 26th 2006 in a long time test. Our long time test vehicle has January 1st 2009 11488 km.
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| Wels energy saving fair 2009
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Fair report at the energy saving fair Wels 2009, special about our future mobility. Electric scooters to win at electric power vendors.
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| Geneve car exibition 2009
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Compared with the Geneva car show was less able for the future to see. The heavy sales crisis did not convince the car industry from the necessary change.
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| Salzburg Automesse 2009
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On the car fair did more than 99% not have the minimum requirements for a sales recommendation. Interesting was only the part with the electric scooters.
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| News 2009 around electric scooters
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Short tests and actual news around electric mobility on 2 wheels. The scooter as the first vehicle class where electric propulsion goes mass market.
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| Lithium Revolution - consequences for mobility
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What influence has the just filed patent for lithium batteries of the company Ogron on the mobility? A analysis how this new invention influences the development.
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| Hannover industrial fair 2009
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Fair report from the industrial fair in Hannover, renewable energy and environment friendly mobility.
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| Lead acid battery: discontinued model like the tube
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The tube had been replaced by the transistor. We just experience the replacement of the picture tube by flat screens. The next discontinued model is the lead acid battery.
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| Elmoto HR2 Test
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Short test in the land of mountains, direct at the general importer for Austria in Fulpmes Tyrol. Who prefers the moto design against a scooter can now also drive electric.
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| IAA 2009 international motor show
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Time runs backwards, the fair of destoied hopes. Nothing shown reaches only nearly the Renault Kangoo Cleanova 2 tested by me 2007.
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| Munich electric mobility conference
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1. international fair and congress about electric mobility on the new fair ground in Munich October 13th to 15th 2009.
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| Mobility in the future - Questions and answers
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Enlightenment over false arguments and dissinformation campaigns. Facts about our mobility in the future.
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| E-Max 90S electric scooter test
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Our new long time test starts with an E-Max 90S changed to lithium batteries and some other modifications.
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| 2010 new dimensions in electric mobility
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BYD plans to sell their EV in the US market at the end of 2010. The car market will be transformed when they do. Who comes to late will be punished by life.1990 Erich Honecker and 2010?
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| Long time test electric scooter E-Max 90S 2010
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Many electric scooter owners don't use their scooters year 'round, but our long term test tells a different story. Your electric scooter can do far more than you think!
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| Geneve car exibition 2010
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We will attend in March the journalist days from the Geneva car exhibition and write about all what is useable in the future.
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| BYD E6: fair sensation at the Geneva automobil salon 2010
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The first electric car, where it would be possible to drive with my familiy to Spain for vacation. The begin of the end of the ICE internal combustion engine.
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| Electric car BYD E6
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4 different engine variants announced: 75 kW in front, 75 kW + 40 kW rear, 160 kW and 160 kW front and 40 kW rear. I will choose the 75+40 kW variant.
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| Green tech for tumorrow
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BYD is a producer taking green tech for tumorrow honest, really creates. Driving cars with 100% electric power from sun and wind instead of insignificant less consumption.
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| The begin of the end of the ICE
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The 380V 100A three-phase current quick charging column and the BYD E6 behind symbolize the begin of the end of the internal combustion engine. An age ends for luck.
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| BYD Charging cabinet for quick charge
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Fast charging is only necessary at long range travels, continuous use as a cab or no power outlet at the parking lot.
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| Language selection at the fast charging cabinet
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BYD comes to Europe! The charging cabinet can be used in French, German, Englisch, Spanish and Italian. That ist customer service, I missed 2005 very much at a gasoline station in San Marino.
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| Socket for 400 Volt three phase current with 100 Ampere
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Right from the quick charging socket is the covering for a 230V 16A socket. This to compare the size of the 2 sockets.
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| Interior of a BYD E6
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Typical minvan comfort is in the passenger room. The details match cars with internal combustion engines in the same price class.
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| BYD cooperation with mercedes
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My first impression from BYD at the Geneva car salon 2008 was ''When the sun rises in the east, the stars dim''. It seems that BYD made also a strong impression at Mercedes.
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| Front area BYD E6
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To calculate driving resistance, it's very important to find out the size of the front area. The evaluation of the photo results in 2.5 m².
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| Sell 10000 times more battery per customer
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BYD started 1995 as a producer for cell phone batteries. BYD purchased 2003 a car factory. Here the battery from my Samsung Galaxy Spica in front of the huge BYD battery.
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| Engine department BYD e6
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Presumably engine controller and battery charging arre here to find. Right in the photo a 30 Ah 12 V lead acid battery.
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| Air flow side window
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On the side of the dashboard is an air opening, on this are the rubber seals of the front door. The air is direct blown to the window in the area of the side mirror.
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| Critics at the Geneva car salon 2010
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Advertisement and promotion shattered. What is presented to the consument as a big step forward, but in reality not up to date.
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| BYD Built Your Dreams 2010 news and analyses
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On the way to the most important car producer in the world. News and analyses about BYD building our dreams from being stable and environement friendly mobile.
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| IO Scooter electric scooters new models for 2011
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3 new models, all with 13'' rims and big wheel hub engines shows IO-scooter, Vienna for the city, Manhattan as maxi scooter, King Kong for the post.
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| 2011 waiting for the mass market of electric cars
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On fairs seen since years, BYD F3DM, BYD e6, now we wait for this cars in every day traffic outside of China
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| BYD Built Your Dreams 2011 News and analysis
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On the way to the main car manufacturers in the world. News and analysis about BYD in 2011 our dreams of building a durable environmentally friendly mobility.
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| 2012 Jamming about the price of gasoline and more jamming
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In order to achieve only 1% less oil consumption, the oil price must be increased by 20%. The car driver drives a car at any cost, but it's big when it comes to complaining.
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| Electric bus from BYD in Salzburg
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Since middle August 2012 is a 12m electric bus from BYD in Salzburg for tests and
presentations in Salzburg. It was tested 7 times on the famouse Gaisberg mountain street.
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| IAA International Motor Show (cars) 2013
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Only electric and pug-in hybrid cars are considered. To recommend something else would be, because off the -40% oil production in 2030 forecast of the Energy-Watch-Group<7a>, completely wrong.
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| IAA International Automobile Exhibition Frankfurt 2015
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Reports from the IAA 2015, the first Tesla competitor, problems with the plug in hybrid consulting,
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| EMVO Novi electric scooter test
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After a long break again an electric scooter test. A lot has changed since the last test. Here the EMCO Novi after a few weeks of testing.
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