Thank you for checking out the ADVISOR® Software and adv-vehicle-sim project discussion list! This list can be used to ask questions or discuss topics related to the ADVISOR Software or adv-vehicle-sim project. We will also use this forum/ mailing list to provide official announcements such as the availability of new releases.

Please be aware that the list maintainer has limited time for questions. I do get to questions as soon as I can but it can sometimes be several days between responses. Please have patience! Also, I encourage you to help each other. If you think you might know an answer, please feel free to speak up.

Additional information on the tools are available at the ADVISOR/adv-vehicle-sim project page.

Before asking a question please consider the following guidelines.

Try to find an answer by searching the archives of this forum.
Try to find an answer by searching the Web.
Try to find an answer by reading the documentation (http://adv-vehicle-sim.sourceforge.net/).
Try to find an answer by searching the ADVISOR reports hosted at NREL (http://www.nrel.gov/publications/ use keywords "advisor vehicle")
Try to find an answer by inspection or experimentation.
Try to find an answer by asking a skilled friend.
If you're a programmer, try to find an answer by reading the source code.

If in the process of answering your own question, you find something you think is worth sharing, please do! Also, please feel free to share any publications using ADVISOR or discuss vehicle modeling topics. Again, welcome to the ADVISOR community!

Sincerely,

Michael O'Keefe

on behalf of the ADVISOR Community

ADVISOR® is a registered trademark of the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, the manager and operator of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the United States Department of Energy.

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Michael O'Keefe