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Originally Posted by Shadow
I agree. Once they catch on, it's Katie bar the door  The trick is, alternative recharging or, regeneration (ala the Prius) 
And there's always the arguement about the batteries and thier eventual environmental impact.
Hell! Everything has it's problems. You trade one set for another.
Here's a question for you:
What is the total capacity of your tank?
Depending on the amount of fuel and the market price, there could still be quite a savings in that 100 mile trip
When I drove the Priius for a month, 100 miles wouldn't even move the fuel needle 
And with 3k torgue and almost instant full throttle (remember-it's electric), @ 4.3 seconds you're within the "hand them their asses" range of most the performance cars, stock and modified, on the road today 
And I didn't catch it, but if this thing is AWD...well, it could certainly be a force to be reckoned with
And imagine, all this while doing so quietly so as not to wake, I mean alert, the local constabulary
Many people still want styling and performance along with thier economy.
The styling on this one is nice (been very impressed with Audi the last several years ), and if the price point is right, this should be a big seller.
Now, if they would get their regenerative act together like Toyota and dump the plug, you could tell the fuel companies that they won't be seeing you as much any more and the electric companies to bite your ankle!  , and still go out and have some fun  |
Shadow, you and LS2POWA have got it ALL wrong. There HAS to be a trailer hitch somewhere
on that car!!!! That way you are able to tow the motor-generator that will be used to
supply the electricity to keep the batteries recharged.
Actually, my Father-In-Law had a very good solution for that back in the early eighties.
He said that the car manufacturers should remove EVERYTHING that was engine driven,
from the engine and let the engine be used to only power the car. Then hook up all of those
horsepower robbing add ons to a small turbine and run the exhaust from the engine, thru the turbine.
There may be enough unburnt fuel to make it run, and if there isn't, add what's necessary.
Design the turbine to be efficient (low fuel use, and low emissions) at ONE particular RPM
and that's where it would run. Turbine spool up lag would be eliminated because it
wouldn't be used to propel the car, and would not have to increase and decrease RPM's.
Take it one step farther, and use a small turbine to run a generator, and keep the
batteries of a hybrid charged. Cycle the turbine up and down (idle and run speed) or
on and off as necessary to keep the batteries charged. A turbine designed to run at 1 speed
can be made to be very efficient. Maybe that's the way it'll go in the future.....Who knows!
Chrysler's Turbine car .................
.........could be making a comeback in a slightly different form .............
Most of the inherent difficulties in using a turbine to power an automobile would be
eliminated, and fuel mileage would probably be increased as well. The turbine may be able
to be designed in such a way as to be able to power the car, at a very reduced speed,
for a short distance of less than 5 - 10 miles as well in case of emergency. Just throwin' some ideas out there.
Andy
