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that is a long standing point... Posted by Snowmobile [Email]

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[Profile/Gallery] (more from Snowmobile) on Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:42:24

In Reply to: Great point!, Noel, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:04:44 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

electric cars are not a new thing... been around 100 years... my understanding of it though was a problem of energy density - it was just too hard to get enough range + "go" compared to ICE, which therefore took off in the market... but as I understand it, even the old electric cars were reliable, more so than ice - they just didn't meet the consumer's need for power. Reliability is one of the reasons EV "convert" types cite for swapping out ICE with EV systems... of course part of it is the fun DIY activity. Having an EE/physics background, it mildly appeals to me, but the options available to the general public (never mind adding "at any sort of reasonable cost") are pretty darn limited technically still. I really liked the motor tech from PML Flightlink (now, HiPa drive? was used in Volvo Recharge), at least as a concept... addresses many technical hurdles + would be fun to play with, but not available to the public...

If you want energy density, maybe we need to go back to "the atomic age" haha... I think this one is a joke, but Ford had a moderately serious concept (clay model stage only I think)...

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It's actually getting serious now., John Myers, Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:24:15
- Re: It's actually getting serious now., BobS, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:04:48
  - battery-charging room ventilation, AeroEd, Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:05:27
    - Re: battery-charging oxygen, BobS, Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:28:27
      - Re: battery-charging oxygen, AeroEd, Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:19:46
      - My shadow behaves most days Bob., John Myers, Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:22:21
- Well let's see..., Noel, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 06:19:56
  - Lest we forget the cones of death., John Myers, Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:40:46
    - Valid reasons for "cones of death"., Bill Homer , Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:56:50
      - Ouch!, John Myers, Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:20:05
  - Critics aren't always a bad thing..., John G, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:10:57
  - I felt the same way about the EV-1., John Myers, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:13:37
    - More dangerous? Do you have any evidence?, Noel, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:10:46
      - Just that a car filled with lead/acid batteries is, John Myers, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:10:17
        Um..., ELaw , Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:57:04
        You're right, John Myers, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:07:37
        Re: You're right, ELaw , Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:23:41
        It's all risky., John Myers, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:59:51
        Heh..., ELaw , Sat, 14 Apr 2012 04:15:32
        Like I said. In this particular thread., John Myers, Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:05:31
        That's what I thought-- NiMH and LiON, Noel, Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:43:04
    - I disagree,, Rich, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:55:40
      - Great point!, Noel, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:04:44
        I hate tire work!, John Myers, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:19:03
        that is a long standing point..., Snowmobile , Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:42:24 <-- Viewing This Message
        Petroleum has two big advantages, Bruce, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:06:18
        The charging station will require more subsidies., John Myers, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:17:20
        You know..., Justin VanAbrahams , Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:51:18
        They have had walkaway safe reactors for years., John Myers, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:13:44
        there're some certain limits, Siegfried, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:11:49
        Re: there're some certain limits, Justin VanAbrahams , Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:16:12
        oh, that's a good idea, Siegfried, Sat, 14 Apr 2012 04:29:37
        Hiroshima and Nagasaki, John Myers, Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:12:48
        yes, that's a famous man, Siegfried, Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:24:22
        If he had owned a SAAB Thor would have let him be. n/m, John Myers, Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:34:25
- Sensationalism, Coggs, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:32:48
  - One or two maybe., John Myers, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:16:37
- Re: It's actually getting serious now., Justin VanAbrahams , Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:25:01
  - Risk vs reward., John Myers, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:21:06
    - Huh?, ELaw , Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:59:05
    - Re: time, Siegfried, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:29:41
      - Umm, ANWR?, John Myers, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:33:22
    - excuse me, AeroEd, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:26:17
      - Apple does pretty well without susidies., John Myers, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:24:52
        Re:, Siegfried, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:29:01
        I'm serious., John Myers, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:48:15
- Is it?, Siegfried, Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:09:06
  - Is it? worth it?, John Myers, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:26:22
    - Re: Is it? worth it?, Bruce, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:00:28
      - Bell Labs invented the transistor., John Myers, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:41:24
    - OT re: Edison, Siegfried, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:14:35
      - Regardless how Edison did what he did, John Myers, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:03:20
- The perils of testing till failure..., MI-Roger , Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:04:31
  - The Vauxhall/Opel V6 made it to 17000 rpm., John Myers, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:30:30
    - A high RPM flex plate does wonders to concrete block, MI-Roger , Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:53:45
      - They should record that stuff., John Myers, Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:02:23

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