<VV> Fast electric car - no corvair

[cjcavitt at comcast.net]

ya, how often do people drive that fast?not only that but it says it is "regulated" to only 112mph so it can go faster they just didnt want it to
curt

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From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com> 

> ONLY 112 mph??? How fast do you drive your FC to the store? 
> RonH 
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> > 
> > In a message dated 6/30/2006 9:30:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> > ricorvair at cox.net writes: 
> > 
> > http://www.wrightspeed.com/x1.html 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 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 
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