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Guesswhokk (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
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2006 - Mini QED is real
2010 - x price winner for 100mpg challenge
2012 - Volvo still in lost concept, My god the main players in auto industry are slow and uncreative.
szaki (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
WW2 submarines had diesel-electric drive and recharging system!
That was 70 years ago. Hehe!
They haven't built a diesel electric car yet, because it would blow the oil companies away, with over 100 mil/gal or more.
When Bush the oil man became president, he had it shred all the existing electric cars.
AAAZ2A (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thats it. Volvo is a environment fag.
baldandold (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
the larger car manufacturers build internal combustion engines and have a vested interest in keeping electric cars OFF the road, add the self-interest of the oil companies and we will never see viable electric cars within 100 years, when the oil runs out we may do
enticed2zeitgeist (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It's kind of obvious isn't it? This whole electric vehicle thing. It's just too easy.
cold0ero (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@DarkPrince013 look up "law of conservation of energy" to understand why that doesn't work. In a nutshell, generator creates resistance which requires more power output to overcome. That means more power waisted. The reason regenerative braking works well is because we are recapturing energy already used by propelling the vehicle forward. We will always need an outside fuel source to move a vehicle forward, it's only a question of how efficient this outside source is.
losdiketown (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Do any of you guys know what kind of battery spec is needed to power this car???
Crazylalalalala (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@kickinbackinOC
that is true the idea had been around for a long time. over 100 years actually, in the 1890s it was first patented.
purche even manufactured electric model with wheel motors in 1900.
i personally think its not a great idea to have them on the wheels due to all the bouncing and such it would likely damage them. it would be smarter to just have small drive shafts so that they would be able to take advantage of the cars suspension to dampen any bumps.
HeleighnaDalney (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Electric Motors tend to have more torque, and leave gas engines by the way side... although in these early days of transition from gas to electric... the car industry tend to utilize the smallest electric motors to weight ratio of car...robust electrical motors would outpace the fastest (Formula 1 racer)...... since fuel cars are only 20% efficient while electric motors are 90% efficient by comparison.
felipewer (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@fakiir Flex fuel engines are being used in large scale here in Brazil for more than 6 years. Almost all new cars in the country come with this engines now.
And come on, do you consider it a bigger fire hazard than let`s say a gasoline tank? We all have this batteries in our pockets these days. |
