<VV> Converting a Corvair to electric viable?

[JVHRoberts at aol.com]

It's practical for a LOT of applications. And BY FAR the most practical  
electric car to date, from a technological standpoint. Add a genset like the  
Volt, and it would be even more cool!
 
In a message dated 12/31/2008 12:06:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
ronh at owt.com writes:

If I  bought a Tesla, I couldn't even make it home from the dealer.  That is  
not the definition of a viable car!  You'd have to truck it around  like a 
Sedgway.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From:  <JVHRoberts at aol.com>
To: <jekepler at amplex.net>;  <alan.wesson at atlas.co.uk>; 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent:  Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:46 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Converting a  Corvair to electric viable?


>
> I think the lithium ion  battery makers and the builders of the Tesla might
> disagree with  you...
>
> In a message dated 12/30/2008 11:04:17 A.M. Eastern  Standard Time,
> jekepler at amplex.net writes:
>
> No   electric cars are viable, and there is no prospect of them becoming
>  viable  in the next 20 years, so Corvairs will be no more or less viable  
> than
>
> any other vehicles (i.e. not so at   all).
>
> Cheers
>
> Alan
>
>  Hooray!  Somebody that actually  sounds like an  engineer!
>
> Don't b!tch-up a classic car just to make   something that won't work worth
> spit even if you design it from the  ground  up!
>
> John


 
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