Electrical cars

who need batterys? just run wires overhead. it works for cable cars & light rail vehicles.

The charge time is a problem which is being dealt with. A company called Altair Nanotechnologies has developed batteries that can be recharged in minutes, rather than hours. These are curently being used by the Lightning Car Company in their new car

| Tim Perry wrote: |> Jean wrote: |> The problem of the electrical cars' range can be solved if we install |> terminals of recharging everywhere, including on the aeries of |> freeways. Since the complete recharging takes several hours, it is |> possible to reduce it by equipping every battery of an independent |> male electrical plugs, and every demarcation of recharging of so much |> female plugs. So the time of recharging of n batteries will take so |> much time as the recharging of one of them.

| who need batterys? just run wires overhead. it works for cable cars & light | rail vehicles.

Why limit yourself to light rail vehicles. See entry for "Little Joe" (named from Little Joe Stalin's locomotives in 1946) electric locomotives. ___________________________________Gerard S.

How do you propose to reduce the *time* to recharge by having more recharging stations? Do you also believe nine women can have a baby in one month?

You plan is not going to work real well for cross-country driving. I don't feature sitting in a "rest area" for 10 hours waiting for my battery to charge, every couple of hours (if you can do that good, and you can't). It would play hell on the average MPH.

No thanks.

Electric cars are not cross country vehicles but they do make sense for short trip drivers who only drive 50-100 miles a day. Golf carts on a golf course are a very good analogy. Electric carts make sense for golfers who just commute around the course but the maintenance staff who drive all day and are never sure where they are going to have to go have gas carts. You could have an electric as your drive to work or houseperson car and a regular gas car/truck for trips, hauling your boat or whatever. Maybe if they gave you a break on the electric car insurance, tags etc when you have another vehicle it would help the idea. I know I would like an electric at this stage of my life for local trips (replacing a Honda) but I am still keeing my F-150.

Declassify the documents seized by the government after Tesla's death and utilize his power broadcast technology.

And that's exactly the problem. Since electric are only good for commutes and short trips, having one pretty much means you either 1) Don't take any long trips, ever... or 2) have two vehicles even though you can only drive one at a time.

daestrom

Exactly my point. They could certainly nudge this project along if you could get a tax break on the electric. People will probably be "shocked" at how much they end up using the electric once they have it. Most trips are short and not feeing the pinch at the gas pump could be addictive.

Then, given the cost of an automobile, I would say electric vehicles are useless. Few are prepared to have two sets of wheels, one for

The golf courses I'm familiar with have gas carts for everyone. Most golf courses are You could have an electric as your drive to work or houseperson car

Why would the insurance companies subsidize another liability? Are you proposing that they be forced to?

I have *no* use for a car that only goes 50mi. and then needs to rest for 10Hrs. I don't care if there are recharging stations every 50' and electricity is free. I don't think an F-150 is the perfect cross-country vehicle either, though I'm 600mi; from home with my Ranger right now. ;-)

For some people, it may not be as much of a problem as you think. I know plenty of two (or more) car families where one car could be a dedicated short-range commuter vehicle. It won't be practical for everyone, of course. Among my co-workers, the EV will probably be the other car since some of our work requires 50-100 mile trips to a client's site on top of the

That's not counting the effect of Central New York winters on battery range and a general lack of supply (and demand) for a public charging infrastructure.

Mike

I think most 'two-car families' would end up with three cars under your scenario. Two electrics for the two adults to drive most days and a third for longer trips. Heck, to get to a decent book store I have to drive 30 miles each way.

For that situation, a small alcohol-fueled heater or something makes sense. Then just an electric fan to defrost the windows. Of course, windshield wipers would take there toll.... :-)

daestrom

All you're proposing is that someone else be forced to pay for your grand schemes.

Umm, you're in the wrong group. This is alt.ENGINEERING.electrical not ALT.CONSPIRACY.KOOKS.

When it comes to who was the greatest inventor of the twentieth century, I pick Tesla over Edison. If you think I'm pulling your leg about the seizure of Tesla's papers after his death by the US government, look it up for yourself. Tesla actually did research on wireless power transmission and had some success. Of course, these days a modern mad scientist would be slapped down by homeland security if he/she/it tried any of the wild huge experiments done by Tesla. I would suggest that you study the work of Nikola Tesla since our modern electrical power systems are based on his great ingenuity.

Perhaps true, but I had nothing to say about Tesla.

You don't believe in physics, eh?

He wouldn't get slapped down, rather slapped into a loonie-bin. He was quite nuts.

I know Tesla's accomplishments quite well, thank you. OTOH, I would suggest you call your shrink immediately. You need help.

Whoopie! Still doesn't make you any less of a nut-job.

You're both idiots. They are already doing exactly that.

Try the last couple months of Popular mechanics.

Not that I would want to be proximal to such an animal, but they ARE doing it, and they are doing it without the sparks that his system exhibited.

You're of the wrong mindset, fucktard.

You do not know physics.

What physics you know would fit into a thimble, much less a 100W lamp "bulb".

Bwuahahahaaha!

Yup that is the plan. I bet in the end most families would figure out it was cheaper to rent a "long trip" car than to own one.