Re: Electric cars

James Arthur <bogusabdsqy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Jim Yanik wrote:
James Arthur <bogusabdsqy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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As a first step to ultraefficiency, superlight, streamlined cars
make sense.


Essentially,enclosed electric scooters.

Or electric Smart4Two.(I read they're making them now...)


No!! There's a load on Amory Lovin's Rocky Mountain Institute
website, but the gist is you can make a same-size car a bunch
lighter with lightweight materials. Then, it needs less power
plant to propel it, so you can use a smaller engine for equal
performance, which makes it lighter still. Both measures save
gas. It's a virtuous circle.

except in REALITY,you have to pass safety and crash tests.
Cars USED to be a lot lighter than they are today,and that is because of
crash standards and added equipment.
Many people today are still stuck on big heavy cars/SUV/trucks because they
think it makes them safer(at the expense of other's safety...).
They simply DONT WANT small cars,fuel efficient or not.

Me,I LIKE small cars;they're easier to drive,more maneuverable(safer),more
fun,and better on gas.I've only owned ONE big car,the rest have all been
small cars.Mostly Hondas,1 Triumph Herald,1 English Ford Cortina GT!)


He also addresses making such a car _safer_ than current cars
with simple, energy-absorbing cones placed inside.

yeah,and WHY hasn't anyone else used this "simple" technology?
If it's that good,and simple.....

Propulsion technology is a separate, independent issue: the
improved body design equally benefits gas, hybrids, and electrics.

There's an _excellent_ video on the site, but it takes an hour
to watch. .PDF notes of the presentation too. (hard to interpret
without watching the video)

Good stuff. Really.

Cheers,
James Arthur


I have dialup,so I'm not going to watch any video.
But,I suspect it's all Utopian dreaming;
not PRACTICAL for manufacturing in any volume at prices people could
afford.

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Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
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