<VV> Fast electric car - no corvair

[ScottyGrover at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/30/2006 7:13:05 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
FrankCB at aol.com writes:

The  difficult part of any electric car is the  BATTERY.  Certainly the  
lithium ion type that this uses is probably the  best commercially  available 
and the 
same type that powers modern laptop  computers but  it's very $$$$$.  Plus 
you'll notice that it's only good for   100 miles of driving and permits only 
112 
mph top speed.  If they can  get  this power source cheaper (and lighter 
weight), they might  really have something  here.
While these cars get an  infinite miles per gallon,  the question in my 
mind is how efficient  is the entire power concept, i.e., of  the KW electric 
power put INTO  the batteries, just how much comes out and turns  the drive  
wheels.  Electric power energy is lots more costly in the USA   than the 
energy in 
gasoline (even at $3 per gallon).  But the  efficiency of  the electric drive 
is 
much higher than an internal  combustion engine.  So  it comes down to what 
percentage of the  electric energy that goes INTO the  battery comes OUT of 
the  
battery.
The ultimate spec. is how many miles per   energy $ it costs to run.  
Frank "intrigued"   Burkhard



try _www.corvair.org/chapters/corsawest_ 
(http://www.corvair.org/chapters/corsawest) .   The President of Corsa West drives an electric-powered Corvair 
pickup  truck.
Scotty