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http://www.teslamotors.com/
Made by Lotus and will do low flying. A saloon available in around 18 months time. Well by, by, internal combustion engine. http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0...ory_page_prev2 |
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:27:01 +0100, Doctor Drivel wrote:
http://www.teslamotors.com/ Made by Lotus and will do low flying. A saloon available in around 18 months time. Well by, by, internal combustion engine. http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0...ory_page_prev2 Well I suppose the usanians might get excited about it but on this side of the pond we've had the C5 for years :-) |
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"Doctor Drivel" wrote in message reenews.net... "John Stumbles" wrote in message news On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:27:01 +0100, Doctor Drivel wrote: http://www.teslamotors.com/ Made by Lotus and will do low flying. A saloon available in around 18 months time. Well bye, bye, internal combustion engine. http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0...ory_page_prev2 Well I suppose the usanians might get excited about it but on this side of the pond we've had the C5 for years :-) - Equiv to 135mpg - 130mph - 250 miles range (will be better when more improved batteries are out in a few years) - 0-60 in 3 secs or so. Not all at once though. If equiv to 135mpg and range 250 miles that suggests about $4 to recharge the battery. Assuming 15cents/kWh thats 26kWh stored energy. As max power is 185kW which assume for 130mph, actual range approx 8.5 minutes or about 20 miles. All assuming 100% efficiency which of course is crap. I am in UK so someone check my figures, but they don't stack up from where I am sitting. Slurp |
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:42:09 +0100, Slurp wrote:
If equiv to 135mpg and range 250 miles that suggests about $4 to recharge the battery. Assuming 15cents/kWh thats 26kWh stored energy. The 3.5 hour home charger needs a 70 Amp 220V supply. 70 * 220 * 3.5 / 1000 = 49 kWatt-hours so the stored energy must be quite a lot higher than 26kWH otherwise you'd be cooking the batteries + charger if you lost 23kWH in heat. |
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Slurp wrote:
Without picking through your figures, you probably are right. Max speed is about power to drag. So going fast is very energy inefficient. Picking through the specs, the vehicle weight is not quoted,and acceleration is power to weight - so that'll be another battery-eater. So that 250 mile range probably requires gentle acceleration and moderate speed - but there are no concrete figures for the test conditions - so we don't know. On the plus side it quotes 1000lb for the battery pack weight, and it sounds like it's using a single electric motor through a conventional powertrain. Lotus make a light car - so maybe around a ton kerbweight? And people from the electronics sector do know a few things about power management - they're used to doing everything possible to get the most out of a battery. That many Li-ion cells must be a large proportion of the price - I wonder if you get good quality or even hand-matched cells? And how long before the battery pack has had enough and requires replacing? |
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:28:56 +0100, Doctor Drivel wrote:
.... - 250 miles range (will be better when more improved batteries are out in a few years) A saloon is due in 18 months time. They predict the miles range will be even better as a new generation of batteries comes in. .... The company is based in Silicon Valley. .... Designed, and funded, by IT people No vapourware here then? :-) |
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"John Stumbles" wrote in message news On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:28:56 +0100, Doctor Drivel wrote: ... - 250 miles range (will be better when more improved batteries are out in a few years) A saloon is due in 18 months time. They predict the miles range will be even better as a new generation of batteries comes in. ... The company is based in Silicon Valley. ... Designed, and funded, by IT people No vapourware here then? :-) Apparently not. Do a Google of Tesla Motors. They are well funded and backed. The car is available in a few months time and made by Lotus. I doubt Lotus would get into Vapourware after the DeLorean fiasco. DeLoren wasn't actually vapourwarwe. They made 1000s of cars. Greed shut that outfit down. This appears the first mass produced "modern" electric car. They were mass produced pre WW1. Battery technology is improving by the month without a doubt. A small Fiesta sized car designed for optimal usage and efficiency would be a great success. A car like this would never come from the traditional car industry. It had to be outsiders who look at it from a different angle and don't have their heads full yesterdays technology and ways. They want the status quo and keep selling us antiquated polluting crap. Larger vehicles may have an onboard charger of a Stirling engine if needed. This could also do the a/c., heating and lighting to extend range for long tourers. A full EV would do 90% of people in car usage. It may do 100% if the advances keep on rolling. |
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In article ews.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote: http://www.teslamotors.com/ Made by Lotus and will do low flying. A saloon available in around 18 months time. Well by, by, internal combustion engine. Care to take a little bet of say 1000 quid that the saloon won't be on sale in 18 months time? And another that the price won't be anywhere near competitive in the UK with a diesel of equivalent performance? http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0...ory_page_prev2 -- *Money isn‘t everything, but it sure keeps the kids in touch Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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In article ews.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote: It seems like the EV is here now for good. I'll have to buy one. In the same way as you bought a Prius? ;-) -- *Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Slurp wrote:
"Doctor Drivel" wrote in message reenews.net... "John Stumbles" wrote in message news On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:27:01 +0100, Doctor Drivel wrote: http://www.teslamotors.com/ Made by Lotus and will do low flying. A saloon available in around 18 months time. Well bye, bye, internal combustion engine. http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0...ory_page_prev2 Well I suppose the usanians might get excited about it but on this side of the pond we've had the C5 for years :-) - Equiv to 135mpg - 130mph - 250 miles range (will be better when more improved batteries are out in a few years) - 0-60 in 3 secs or so. Not all at once though. If equiv to 135mpg and range 250 miles that suggests about $4 to recharge the battery. Assuming 15cents/kWh thats 26kWh stored energy. As max power is 185kW which assume for 130mph, actual range approx 8.5 minutes or about 20 miles. All assuming 100% efficiency which of course is crap. I am in UK so someone check my figures, but they don't stack up from where I am sitting. Where are you going to do 130mph for 20 miles? Efficiency overall charge to wheel should be around 90%. I think you will find the range is cruising at 55mph, or 65mph, or an averaged cycle. I also calculated about 30Kwh is what it takes to achieve this sort of performance. Slurp |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ews.net, Doctor Drivel wrote: http://www.teslamotors.com/ Made by Lotus and will do low flying. A saloon available in around 18 months time. Well by, by, internal combustion engine. Care to take a little bet of say 1000 quid that the saloon won't be on sale in 18 months time? And another that the price won't be anywhere near competitive in the UK with a diesel of equivalent performance? I wouldn't bet the former, but would bet the latter. In bulk I could probably get lithium cells at 50c a watt-hour..that's around $15,000 for a 30KWh pack... http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0...ory_page_prev2 |
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In article ews.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote: Larger vehicles may have an onboard charger of a Stirling engine if needed. This could also do the a/c., heating and lighting to extend range for long tourers. This would be why Toyota have dropped the Stirling cycle engine on all their new designs after it proved so uneconomical in the Prius? -- *I'm not your type. I'm not inflatable. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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The Natural Philosopher wrote: Care to take a little bet of say 1000 quid that the saloon won't be on sale in 18 months time? And another that the price won't be anywhere near competitive in the UK with a diesel of equivalent performance? I wouldn't bet the former, but would bet the latter. Then it should be a sure thing for dribble? I'm willing to take one or the other or both from him. Of course he'd never put his money where his gob is. In bulk I could probably get lithium cells at 50c a watt-hour..that's around $15,000 for a 30KWh pack... Indeed. And a tiny company just ain't going to sell at a loss - unlike Toyota, etc. Everyone and his dog announce an electric car every few years as 'the technology is now here' Except that it's not, and is a long way off at an economic price to replace the IC engine. And of course domestic electricity isn't taxed unlike road fuels. So if it became the norm for road use the price advantage would soon disappear. -- *Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" through a haze of senile flatulenece wrote in message ... In article ews.net, Doctor Drivel wrote: Larger vehicles may have an onboard charger of a Stirling engine if needed. This could also do the a/c., heating and lighting to extend range for long tourers. This Sad isn't it. A hot day and I hope they took him to the beach. I hope he hasn't made his loafers dirty. |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" through a haze of senile flatulence wrote in message ... In article ews.net, Doctor Drivel wrote: It seems like the EV is here now for good. I'll have to buy one. In Sad isn't it. I hope medical science makes a breakthrough. Then the babbling will stop. So sad. |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" through a haze of senile flatulence wrote in message ... In article ews.net, Doctor Drivel wrote: http://www.teslamotors.com/ Made by Lotus and will do low flying. A saloon available in around 18 months time. Well by, by, internal combustion engine. Care Yes, care. The care is not good enough for him. It is nice they let him near the Internet though. But they think this is doing him good - all it does is make him worse. Maybe more Omega 3 is what he needs. |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" through a haze of senile flatulence wrote in message ... In article , The Natural Philosopher wrote: Care to take a little bet of say 1000 quid that the saloon won't be on sale in 18 months time? And another that the price won't be anywhere near competitive in the UK with a diesel of equivalent performance? I wouldn't bet the former, but would bet the latter. Then it should It is sad. All this babbling drivel. These hot days make them this way. Very sad. |
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"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message ... I wouldn't bet the former, but would bet the latter. In bulk I could probably get lithium cells at 50c a watt-hour..that's around $15,000 for a 30KWh pack... http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0,71414-0.html?tw=wn_story_page_prev2 This car competes with the Porche types, outperforms them, is simpler and super quiet.......and is the same price. |
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This appears the first mass produced "modern" electric car. They were mass
produced pre WW1. Battery technology is improving by the month without a doubt. A small Fiesta sized car designed for optimal usage and efficiency would be a great success. A car like this would never come from the traditional car industry. It had to be outsiders who look at it from a different angle and don't have their heads full yesterdays technology and ways. They want the status quo and keep selling us antiquated polluting crap. Yes I suppose the electric car does it crapping elsewhere.. at the power station?.... Larger vehicles may have an onboard charger of a Stirling engine if needed. This could also do the a/c., heating and lighting to extend range for long tourers. A full EV would do 90% of people in car usage. It may do 100% if the advances keep on rolling. -- Tony Sayer |
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:29:46 +0100, "Doctor Drivel"
wrote: "The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message . .. I wouldn't bet the former, but would bet the latter. In bulk I could probably get lithium cells at 50c a watt-hour..that's around $15,000 for a 30KWh pack... http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0,71414-0.html?tw=wn_story_page_prev2 This car competes with the Porche types, outperforms them, is simpler and super quiet.......and is the same price. It's not the same price because there aren't any to buy. You can't buy one at any price. HTH DG |
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"Doctor Drivel" wrote in message reenews.net... http://www.teslamotors.com/ Made by Lotus and will do low flying. A saloon available in around 18 months time. Well by, by, internal combustion engine. http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0...ory_page_prev2 not cheaper to run than the LOREMO then? (diesel 135mpg) |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message ... In article ews.net, Doctor Drivel wrote: Larger vehicles may have an onboard charger of a Stirling engine if needed. This could also do the a/c., heating and lighting to extend range for long tourers. This would be why Toyota have dropped the Stirling cycle engine on all their new designs after it proved so uneconomical in the Prius? 60 mpg is uneconomic? |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , The Natural Philosopher wrote: Care to take a little bet of say 1000 quid that the saloon won't be on sale in 18 months time? And another that the price won't be anywhere near competitive in the UK with a diesel of equivalent performance? I wouldn't bet the former, but would bet the latter. Then it should be a sure thing for dribble? I'm willing to take one or the other or both from him. Of course he'd never put his money where his gob is. In bulk I could probably get lithium cells at 50c a watt-hour..that's around $15,000 for a 30KWh pack... Indeed. And a tiny company just ain't going to sell at a loss - unlike Toyota, etc. Everyone and his dog announce an electric car every few years as 'the technology is now here' Except that it's not, and is a long way off at an economic price to replace the IC engine. And of course domestic electricity isn't taxed unlike road fuels. So if it became the norm for road use the price advantage would soon disappear. I think we've been down this route befo Suffice to say that if large amounts of electricity are made from non fossil fuels, then there is no reason for a similarity of fuel costs to be a bar to electric cars. It is. e.g. more efficient to use wind power to generate electricity to stuff in batteries than to use it to make liquid fuel to be burnt at 40% efficiency. On the battery costs, well there is nothing magic, or expansive, in a lithium battery. Apart from the development and tooling up. They are just bits of foil and plastic in a plastic bag with a secret witches brew of gels. I can foresee DRAMATIC price reductions in them if they go into large scale production. If the Tesla gets things along to the stage where its ONLY a matter of battery cost, then I am all for it. I personally think we ARE on the edge of a realistic and practical battery-electric car. Simply because lithium batteries are JUST good enough to get the range, and more than good enough to get the performance. |
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tony sayer wrote:
This appears the first mass produced "modern" electric car. They were mass produced pre WW1. Battery technology is improving by the month without a doubt. A small Fiesta sized car designed for optimal usage and efficiency would be a great success. A car like this would never come from the traditional car industry. It had to be outsiders who look at it from a different angle and don't have their heads full yesterdays technology and ways. They want the status quo and keep selling us antiquated polluting crap. Yes I suppose the electric car does it crapping elsewhere.. at the power station?.... Indeed. it might. Unless other than fossil fuel is used, the whole thing doesn';t make sense from any but a *local* pollution point of view. Change over to other forms of electrical power generation that don't involve fossil fuels, and can't be used in cars, and the picture changes dramatically. |
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mrcheerful . wrote:
"Doctor Drivel" wrote in message reenews.net... http://www.teslamotors.com/ Made by Lotus and will do low flying. A saloon available in around 18 months time. Well by, by, internal combustion engine. http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0...ory_page_prev2 not cheaper to run than the LOREMO then? (diesel 135mpg) Depends on whether the diesel is taxed at the same rate as the electricity. |
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"Derek ^" wrote in message ... On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:29:46 +0100, "Doctor Drivel" wrote: "The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message .. . I wouldn't bet the former, but would bet the latter. In bulk I could probably get lithium cells at 50c a watt-hour..that's around $15,000 for a 30KWh pack... http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0,71414-0.html?tw=wn_story_page_prev2 This car competes with the Porche types, outperforms them, is simpler and super quiet.......and is the same price. It's not the same price because there aren't any to buy. You can't buy one at any price. The price has been set, deposits are being taken and the first delivered will be around September. |
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"mrcheerful ." wrote in message . uk... "Doctor Drivel" wrote in message reenews.net... http://www.teslamotors.com/ Made by Lotus and will do low flying. A saloon available in around 18 months time. Well by, by, internal combustion engine. http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0...ory_page_prev2 not cheaper to run than the LOREMO then? (diesel 135mpg) Since when does a tractor do 135mpg? |
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"mrcheerful ." wrote in message .uk... "Dave Plowman (News)" through a haze of senile flatulence wrote in message ... In article ews.net, Doctor Drivel wrote: Larger vehicles may have an onboard charger of a Stirling engine if needed. This could also do the a/c., heating and lighting to extend range for long tourers. This would be why Toyota have dropped the Stirling cycle engine on all their new designs after it proved so uneconomical in the Prius? 60 mpg is uneconomic? He is confused you know - the weather and all that takes its toll on them. Currently electric motors assist an IC engine in hybrids. In an EV, a Stirling would only be charging and doing ancillary electrical work. They use them in boilers and they only have a freewheeling piston. No crank either. |
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"tony sayer" wrote in message ... This appears the first mass produced "modern" electric car. They were mass produced pre WW1. Battery technology is improving by the month without a doubt. A small Fiesta sized car designed for optimal usage and efficiency would be a great success. A car like this would never come from the traditional car industry. It had to be outsiders who look at it from a different angle and don't have their heads full yesterdays technology and ways. They want the status quo and keep selling us antiquated polluting crap. Yes I suppose the electric car does it crapping elsewhere.. at the power station?.... 75% of a car's tank of fuel is wasted. It is cheaper, and envormentally better, to pour the fuel in a turbine maximised for efficiency with the latest stack scrubbers, make electricity, send to homes or charging points, charge a battery in a car and run a car on an electric motor. Only 5% of the energy stored in a battery is wasted. It is not just shifting the pollution to another place, although any pollution produced is not in the way of human lungs. Electric cars do not pollute at point of use, and the lungs of millions of people in cities will be spared (it is worth doing for that alone). Battery technology has come along way in the past 5 years and all is here now and feasible, with power management making a big impact now. Not only that there is the "just introduced" batteries that will make matters even better, and as time moves on battery technology will improve even further as competition takes hold. Current cars are scrapped because they are uneconomic to repair. The body and suspension may be sound and management system may have gone, so scrapped they are. They are complex and highly inefficient. Electric cars have little to them and will last a hell of a time, about three times that of current cars. So, imbedded energy in making cars is far less too. All adds up. You know it make sense. http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/energie_elektrotechnik... http://www.greencarcongress.com/electric_battery/ .....and on and on..... |
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"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message ... Dave Plowman (News) through a haze of senile flatulence wrote: In article , Everyone and his dog announce an electric car every few years as 'the technology is now here' Except that it's not, and is a long way off at an economic price to replace the IC engine. As you can see the senile comments above were total and utter babble. I think we've been down this route befo We haven't. This car is in the Porche category and outperforms it in every way; it is the "same" price in the USA. Suffice to say that if large amounts of electricity are made from non fossil fuels, then there is no reason for a similarity of fuel costs to be a bar to electric cars. It is. e.g. more efficient to use wind power to generate electricity to stuff in batteries than to use it to make liquid fuel to be burnt at 40% efficiency. See my post on this point. On the battery costs, well there is nothing magic, or expansive, in a lithium battery. Apart from the development and tooling up. They are just bits of foil and plastic in a plastic bag with a secret witches brew of gels. I can foresee DRAMATIC price reductions in them if they go into large scale production. If the Tesla gets things along to the stage where its ONLY a matter of battery cost, then I am all for it. I personally think we ARE on the edge of a realistic and practical battery-electric car. Simply because lithium batteries are JUST good enough to get the range, and more than good enough to get the performance. The power management system has made it. And not having automotive people in the setup. |
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mrcheerful . wrote: This would be why Toyota have dropped the Stirling cycle engine on all their new designs after it proved so uneconomical in the Prius? 60 mpg is uneconomic? Try 35 or so on a motorway. -- *Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Doctor Drivel wrote: He is confused you know - the weather and all that takes its toll on them. Currently electric motors assist an IC engine in hybrids. In an EV, a Stirling would only be charging and doing ancillary electrical work. Sad, your total lack of engineering knowledge. You think you've invented perpetual motion. They use them in boilers and they only have a freewheeling piston. No crank either. They use them in boilers? Must be ideal for a road vehicle then. After all they're the same thing. -- *Do paediatricians play miniature golf on Wednesdays? Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Doctor Drivel wrote: This car is in the Porche category and outperforms it in every way; it is the "same" price in the USA. It's not on sale. You're reading adverts again. One day you'll realise they are often fantasy. -- *I didn't drive my husband crazy -- I flew him there -- it was faster Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message ... Where are you going to do 130mph for 20 miles? If I was in a hurry that would just about get me to the nearest Tesco's - but then I would have to catch a bus back. |
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"Doctor Drivel" wrote in message reenews.net... "Derek ^" wrote in message ... On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:29:46 +0100, "Doctor Drivel" wrote: "The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message . .. I wouldn't bet the former, but would bet the latter. In bulk I could probably get lithium cells at 50c a watt-hour..that's around $15,000 for a 30KWh pack... http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0,71414-0.html?tw=wn_story_page_prev2 This car competes with the Porche types, outperforms them, is simpler and super quiet.......and is the same price. It's not the same price because there aren't any to buy. You can't buy one at any price. The price has been set, deposits are being taken and the first delivered will be around September. Anybody can set a price, take deposits/specify a delivery date for a fantasy widget. |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Everyone and his dog announce an electric car every few years as 'the technology is now here' Except that it's not, and is a long way off at an economic price to replace the IC engine. And of course domestic electricity isn't taxed unlike road fuels. So if it became the norm for road use the price advantage would soon disappear. I don't know. They'd have to apply duty to all electricity then - it's not like you can stick a chemical marker on the electrons. I suspect duty on all electricity would be a real vote killer. I was wondering about the 70A charging mentioned earlier too. 63A would be more convenient as there are plugs and sockets already available at this rating. In theory the RECs should love this, if the car could be charged on a timer overnight when other demands are low. I've always suspected that an electric car could kick the nads off IC engined types. Motor and control technology is already pretty polished - problem has always been with storing enough electricity. Back in the 80's someone developed a sodium battery that was supposed to be the answer. Then there were batteries based on aluminium. This one does sound a bit more hopeful as it is using mainstream technology - the residual problem 1 now being cost - but we've seen many cases where that's sorted itself out (early mobile phones were not cheap for example). Problem 2 is infrastructure - for this to really take off, you need to have top up points available, probably at roadside cafes or car parks. Not insoluble. Cheers Tim |
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Fully Electric Car available soon
Doctor Drivel wrote:
http://www.teslamotors.com/ Made by Lotus and will do low flying. A saloon available in around 18 months time. Well by, by, internal combustion engine. http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0...ory_page_prev2 (assuming you meant "Bye Bye", as in the end of the IC... Still very limited - such that for most people it could not replace a conventional IC car 100%. $80,000 price?, say £55,000 on an optimistic $:£ technology ratio. 250 miles for a 2 seater driven frugally, then a specialised 3.5 hr recharging time. Hmmm, there goes the weekend trips. Still, no boot space to support a weekend trip. The saloon is expected to have a significantly reduced range, due at least in part to the increased weight. Less range (still with a 3.5 hr recharge time) - less practical. Oh, and if you think oil was scarce, try the Lithium used in the batteries. Replace all ICs with lithium powered electric and I think you'll hit a minor snag. Maybe a nice toy for whacking around country lanes, and for the local commute. Beyond that and it is simply not practicable. Please note that I'll welcome the day that electric replaced IC - but that day isn't here yet, nor will it be in 18 months with the release of the saloon. With the recharging limitations of this technology you need to be looking at something like a three-fold range improvement before you can start scrapping the IC. Close, but no cigar. Whatever happened to hydrogen fuel cells? |
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Fully Electric Car available soon
Slurp wrote:
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message ... Where are you going to do 130mph for 20 miles? If I was in a hurry that would just about get me to the nearest Tesco's - but then I would have to catch a bus back. If you could afford a Tesla you wouldn't be shopping at Tescos. QED. |
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