[LINK] Electric vehicles and generation

[Jan Whitaker]

At 02:03 PM 23/07/2006, rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au wrote:
>The absolute - if we're close to maximum battery capacity and motor 
>efficiency - is the simple weight-power-distance-elevation calculation. 
>So: can the car be light enough to use little enough electricity to be 
>practical, cheap, cover long distances, and be rechargeable from an 
>accessible source?

You may have missed a critical variable:  safe. You can have a very 
lightweight car if you are willing to forgo the structural elements that 
keep them from flying apart of crushing the occupants in a high speed crash.

Jan


Jan Whitaker
JLWhitaker Associates, Melbourne Victoria
jwhit at janwhitaker.com
business: http://www.janwhitaker.com
personal: http://www.janwhitaker.com/personal/
commentary: http://janwhitaker.com/jansblog/

'Seed planting is often the most important step. Without the seed, there is 
no plant.' - JW, April 2005
_ __________________ _