[BFix] I want an electric car

[ts]

The electrics at Pikes Peak have had to have "squealers" for several years. They had a couple near accidents due this as well.

Bronco Kathy <70bronco at btsapps.com> wrote:        v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}       st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }           Another thing to consider is electric vehicles are silent.  I went to an electric car rally once in Willits, CA, you didn’t have much notice of them passing by.  I saw several near misses when pedestrians stepped out in front of them.  There were all kinds of converted cars; a VW rabbit (Voltswagon), a green Karman Ghia (Ampeater), a Porche 914, those are the ones I remember.
   
  I suppose if you could negotiate a perk from your employer for a plug-in at your parking spot; you wouldn’t have to bear the cost of charging and the business could write off the electricity 

   
    Kathy
  70 Bronco
  I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as quick as I could!
  
      
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  From: bfix-bounces at broncofix.com [mailto:bfix-bounces at broncofix.com] On Behalf Of ts
 Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 9:01 AM
 To: robert goodrich; bfix
 Subject: Re: [BFix] I want an electric car
  
   
  Pure electrics look good at first glance. If you factor in all of the energy transmittance and conversion losses I highly doubt that they are actually more efficient. Start with looking at how much power has to be generated at your local plant to charge your car. The efficiency in that part of the system is appallingly low, lower than the power production efficiency of an Infernal Combustion (IC) engine in a vehicle.
 Then look at the emissions generated per unit of energy consumed by the end user. I suspect that the results will be appalling even though the plants now run fairly clean.
 
 These are the dirty "secrets" that the Electric Vehicle lobby never mentions. Makes me wonder if they are even aware of them.
 
 The energy density of the best affordable battery chemistry for an EV is nowhere close to that of a hydrocarbon fuel. So the Mass to Range ratio of an EV really sucks compared to an IC powered vehicle.
 
 Now, if you have access to a free charging station............
 
 
 Sign me as an alumi of my college's HEV/EV team.
 
 robert goodrich <broncobones74 at hotmail.com> wrote:
  does anyone know where I can get a citicar or any converted electric vehicle?
 Bob Goodrich m 74 Sport (Bones)
  
 
 
    
    
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