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June 25, 2009 at 10:29 PM #15943June 25, 2009 at 10:55 PM #420497
Eugene
ParticipantGenerally speaking, hydrogen is less efficient as a store of energy than lithium-ion batteries. If you want maximum possible fuel efficiency, it has to be battery powered, not fuel cell.
Freeway fuel efficiency depends, in large part, on aerodynamics. I don’t have their specs, but just the fact that they use side-by-side seating, means that their cross section is comparable with Tesla.
If you scale that car to the point where it can go 85 mph, it will get heavier, more expensive, and less efficient. There’s no reason for it to be more economical than Tesla or Aptera.
June 25, 2009 at 10:55 PM #420728ParticipantGenerally speaking, hydrogen is less efficient as a store of energy than lithium-ion batteries. If you want maximum possible fuel efficiency, it has to be battery powered, not fuel cell.
Freeway fuel efficiency depends, in large part, on aerodynamics. I don’t have their specs, but just the fact that they use side-by-side seating, means that their cross section is comparable with Tesla.
If you scale that car to the point where it can go 85 mph, it will get heavier, more expensive, and less efficient. There’s no reason for it to be more economical than Tesla or Aptera.
June 25, 2009 at 10:55 PM #420999ParticipantGenerally speaking, hydrogen is less efficient as a store of energy than lithium-ion batteries. If you want maximum possible fuel efficiency, it has to be battery powered, not fuel cell.
Freeway fuel efficiency depends, in large part, on aerodynamics. I don’t have their specs, but just the fact that they use side-by-side seating, means that their cross section is comparable with Tesla.
If you scale that car to the point where it can go 85 mph, it will get heavier, more expensive, and less efficient. There’s no reason for it to be more economical than Tesla or Aptera.
June 25, 2009 at 10:55 PM #421067ParticipantGenerally speaking, hydrogen is less efficient as a store of energy than lithium-ion batteries. If you want maximum possible fuel efficiency, it has to be battery powered, not fuel cell.
Freeway fuel efficiency depends, in large part, on aerodynamics. I don’t have their specs, but just the fact that they use side-by-side seating, means that their cross section is comparable with Tesla.
If you scale that car to the point where it can go 85 mph, it will get heavier, more expensive, and less efficient. There’s no reason for it to be more economical than Tesla or Aptera.
June 25, 2009 at 10:55 PM #421227ParticipantGenerally speaking, hydrogen is less efficient as a store of energy than lithium-ion batteries. If you want maximum possible fuel efficiency, it has to be battery powered, not fuel cell.
Freeway fuel efficiency depends, in large part, on aerodynamics. I don’t have their specs, but just the fact that they use side-by-side seating, means that their cross section is comparable with Tesla.
If you scale that car to the point where it can go 85 mph, it will get heavier, more expensive, and less efficient. There’s no reason for it to be more economical than Tesla or Aptera.
June 26, 2009 at 2:01 AM #420527Anonymous
GuestThe only EV car in production for some years: http://www.revaindia.com
Though it is on the other end of the scale, compared to Tesla 🙂
June 26, 2009 at 2:01 AM #420758GuestThe only EV car in production for some years: http://www.revaindia.com
Though it is on the other end of the scale, compared to Tesla 🙂
June 26, 2009 at 2:01 AM #421029GuestThe only EV car in production for some years: http://www.revaindia.com
Though it is on the other end of the scale, compared to Tesla 🙂
June 26, 2009 at 2:01 AM #421096GuestThe only EV car in production for some years: http://www.revaindia.com
Though it is on the other end of the scale, compared to Tesla 🙂
June 26, 2009 at 2:01 AM #421257GuestThe only EV car in production for some years: http://www.revaindia.com
Though it is on the other end of the scale, compared to Tesla 🙂
June 26, 2009 at 5:51 AM #420542Nor-LA-SD-guy
Participant[quote=temeculaguy]Two Think of it, we wont have to trasfer as much wealth out of the country, the air will be cleaner, people will have more $ in their pockets, terrorists will lose their funding source and be back to throwing rocks, we will get in fewer wars, the list goes on. I don’t want universal health care, I want 360 mpg! I want an iCar from apple.
http://nctimes.com/articles/2009/06/25/science/ze3ae7f1fd1a5f7d0882575d90008ee5c.txt%5B/quote%5D
I agree,
I think we should start to see these EV’s and 100+mpg cars hitting the market in 2010, they will be expensive and unreliable for the first 5 or so years then they will get much better and more practical very quickly IMO .
The ICE and OPEC will be relics of a bygone era in 10-15 years.
Seems like a long time but the world is about to be changed (for the better) in a very radical way.
June 26, 2009 at 5:51 AM #420773Participant[quote=temeculaguy]Two Think of it, we wont have to trasfer as much wealth out of the country, the air will be cleaner, people will have more $ in their pockets, terrorists will lose their funding source and be back to throwing rocks, we will get in fewer wars, the list goes on. I don’t want universal health care, I want 360 mpg! I want an iCar from apple.
http://nctimes.com/articles/2009/06/25/science/ze3ae7f1fd1a5f7d0882575d90008ee5c.txt%5B/quote%5D
I agree,
I think we should start to see these EV’s and 100+mpg cars hitting the market in 2010, they will be expensive and unreliable for the first 5 or so years then they will get much better and more practical very quickly IMO .
The ICE and OPEC will be relics of a bygone era in 10-15 years.
Seems like a long time but the world is about to be changed (for the better) in a very radical way.
June 26, 2009 at 5:51 AM #421044Participant[quote=temeculaguy]Two Think of it, we wont have to trasfer as much wealth out of the country, the air will be cleaner, people will have more $ in their pockets, terrorists will lose their funding source and be back to throwing rocks, we will get in fewer wars, the list goes on. I don’t want universal health care, I want 360 mpg! I want an iCar from apple.
http://nctimes.com/articles/2009/06/25/science/ze3ae7f1fd1a5f7d0882575d90008ee5c.txt%5B/quote%5D
I agree,
I think we should start to see these EV’s and 100+mpg cars hitting the market in 2010, they will be expensive and unreliable for the first 5 or so years then they will get much better and more practical very quickly IMO .
The ICE and OPEC will be relics of a bygone era in 10-15 years.
Seems like a long time but the world is about to be changed (for the better) in a very radical way.
June 26, 2009 at 5:51 AM #421111Participant[quote=temeculaguy]Two Think of it, we wont have to trasfer as much wealth out of the country, the air will be cleaner, people will have more $ in their pockets, terrorists will lose their funding source and be back to throwing rocks, we will get in fewer wars, the list goes on. I don’t want universal health care, I want 360 mpg! I want an iCar from apple.
http://nctimes.com/articles/2009/06/25/science/ze3ae7f1fd1a5f7d0882575d90008ee5c.txt%5B/quote%5D
I agree,
I think we should start to see these EV’s and 100+mpg cars hitting the market in 2010, they will be expensive and unreliable for the first 5 or so years then they will get much better and more practical very quickly IMO .
The ICE and OPEC will be relics of a bygone era in 10-15 years.
Seems like a long time but the world is about to be changed (for the better) in a very radical way.
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