On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 15:13:27 UTC, "John Anderton"
wrote:

At 100% energy efficiency, enough to get you half a mile? So, you're
saying you only need to be towed *half* the way home...

I'm sorry to say I've been really, really bored today and I've actually
spent time thinking about this. :-)

Although I don't doubt that towing a standard electric car half a mile
will enable it, at best, to then go about half a mile under it's own
power, it *is* actually possible, in theory, to impart enough energy to
an electric vehicle in that distance to enable it to travel many miles.

I'm sure that's true, but pretty unlikely in that case. I think the
driver of the towing vehicle might require a contribution for fuel...

(yes, I did actually think of that before posting; rather akin to those
'pull back a little and let go' toy cars)
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