Tesla vs Lotus Elise on Top Gear...
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Tesla vs Lotus Elise on Top Gear...
...and the Tesla kicks the Lotus' arse all over the road!
$12 Billion for General Motors? Screw them! We should be giving Tesla Motors $12 Billion to help them design an electric car anyone can afford.
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$12 Billion for General Motors? Screw them! We should be giving Tesla Motors $12 Billion to help them design an electric car anyone can afford.
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A $100,000 car is hardly something everyone can afford. I would like to see this produced tho, they do seem like a great idea.
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This is a specialty sports car like a Lotus, and priced accordingly. Tesla is working on a sub $50K car for the average consumer.
THAT'S what we should be investing government bailout money on, so that they can crank them out for $20K.
These guys are WAY ahead of Detroit in electric drive technology. They're using direct drive for one thing.
THAT'S what we should be investing government bailout money on, so that they can crank them out for $20K.
These guys are WAY ahead of Detroit in electric drive technology. They're using direct drive for one thing.
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I think that once fuel cell technology comes of age, we'll see much more electric cars. Until then, cars like the Volt where you have a generator to compensate for the depleted battery is the way to go. I wonder what a small car like the Smart would get mileage wise if the car had electric motor driven drivetrain powered by a generator?
That is what the VOlT is...but it wont die on the side of the road.
gets 40 or so miles on electric alone and then the gas motor turns on to recharge it. Very smart idea...only i would have done it a little differently.
Diesel or a 2-3 cilinder motor. Tee Geo Metro had a nice little 3.
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gets 40 or so miles on electric alone and then the gas motor turns on to recharge it. Very smart idea...only i would have done it a little differently.
Diesel or a 2-3 cilinder motor. Tee Geo Metro had a nice little 3.
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There is far, far less lithium reserves in the world than oil. Think of all the lithum we are going to need for billions of cars. Also are you going to want to replace a $10k battery pack every year or two. How many of you have had a laptop battery last longer than 1-2 years. Now throw in extreme temps(hot and cold) and see how far you get. I think cost is the huge limiting factor and I don't see that changing any time soon unless lithium goes way cheap, or we get another battery tech with a better life cycle.
I mean I had a 9-cell dell battery that would power my laptop for 5 hours. It was brand new 1.5 years ago. Now one of the cells shorted out, it will only charge to 66%, and lasts about 1.5hrs.
I mean I had a 9-cell dell battery that would power my laptop for 5 hours. It was brand new 1.5 years ago. Now one of the cells shorted out, it will only charge to 66%, and lasts about 1.5hrs.
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Ok cool, I'll have to look into thatnormalicy wrote:I believe that they are working on a different battery tech for just that reason (can't recall right now). But you're right, Lithium is not the way to go in the long term.
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Silver Zinc (PDF file) is one alternative, but I know that most manufacturers are looking at fuel cells.
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Yes Lithium is scarce AND also only available in quantity from unstable countries in Africa.
Long term we need a better storage solution.
Ultimately it may be Ultra Capacitors. They should never wear out (not within the life of the vehicle), should be more efficient and charge faster:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercapacitor
Long term we need a better storage solution.
Ultimately it may be Ultra Capacitors. They should never wear out (not within the life of the vehicle), should be more efficient and charge faster:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercapacitor
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