Now this could be a game changer...
1 posted on
10/23/2011 9:57:26 PM PDT by
aquila48
To: aquila48
Get it to 1000 miles and it’ll be suitable for vacation travel.
2 posted on
10/23/2011 10:02:58 PM PDT by
buccaneer81
(ECOMCON)
To: aquila48
Wow, now all we need is a heap of COAL the size of Nevada, and the EPA to go “F” itself so we can burn the coal to make electricity!
3 posted on
10/23/2011 10:06:07 PM PDT by
LyinLibs
(All moslems are somewhere on the killing-you spectrum)
To: aquila48
You still have to modify your household electric just to charge it up.
4 posted on
10/23/2011 10:08:58 PM PDT by
Crucial
To: aquila48
5 posted on
10/23/2011 10:25:11 PM PDT by
TigersEye
(Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
To: aquila48
Have to wonder what the recharge time is, if it takes that long to discharge.
6 posted on
10/23/2011 10:28:36 PM PDT by
ApplegateRanch
("Public service" does NOT mean servicing the people, like a bull among heifers.)
To: aquila48
Relax folks it is still a hybrid. The tip off is the term "secondary battery".
5x40 is 200 miles, the other 400 miles is from the primary gas engine.
12 posted on
10/23/2011 11:01:42 PM PDT by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afghanistan and Iraq))
To: aquila48
Ditto. Now how long will charge last running an AC in summer or heater in winter?
14 posted on
10/23/2011 11:03:57 PM PDT by
Sea Parrot
(Democrats creation of the entitlement class will prove out to be their very own Frankenstein monster)
To: aquila48
Isn’t 1000 KM about 12 and a half miles? Maybe my calculator is broken.
16 posted on
10/23/2011 11:08:16 PM PDT by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: aquila48
More importantly, can one of these be used in a cellphone?
32 posted on
10/24/2011 12:22:58 AM PDT by
eclecticEel
(Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
To: aquila48
That 1000 km/621 miles range happens to be the approximate range of a VW TDI Diesel, and the TDI only takes 10 minutes to “recharge”.
36 posted on
10/24/2011 2:15:35 AM PDT by
Fresh Wind
('People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
To: aquila48
A new and improved coal powered car!
Too bad 0bama wants to put coal out of business, making electricity “neccessarily skyrocket”.
37 posted on
10/24/2011 2:20:40 AM PDT by
airborne
(Paratroopers! Good to the last drop!)
To: aquila48
Definitely an improvement, but think of all the other things in your vehicle that would also have to run off that battery and thus reduce the mileage. It is unavoidable to need headlights, heaters, defrosters and windshield wipers while driving. Most drivers would not be too likely to give up air conditioning, the stereo system or power windows (especially if you want to avoid using the air conditioning). Batteries also do not perform well when the temperatures are below freezing or above 100 degrees. That 1000km range might be theoretically possible under ideal conditions like driving in daylight, over flat roads, with no wind and 70 degree temperatures, but in real world conditions could I trust that battery to take me on vacation?
43 posted on
10/24/2011 5:20:59 AM PDT by
The Great RJ
("The problem with socialism is that pretty soon you run out of other people's money" M. Thatcher)
To: aquila48
Charge time? How much $ for a full charge? I haven’t seen many comparative reports for electric vehicles and corresponding electric bill increases.
44 posted on
10/24/2011 5:24:35 AM PDT by
Caipirabob
( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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