The future

[enjenjo]

Is here now    

[UGLY OLDS]

NEAT video....  

Does this mean that I should sell my carburetor collection  :?:  

Bob...

[lofat46]

Very cool but can it cruise from Northern Illinois to Louisville on one charge? :?:  :?:  :?:  :?:

[Rrumbler]

I find that video excites some "thing" in me; not just the thrill factor of extreme acceleration, but a sense of a future with some semblance of real performance.  And, being an old "Sparky", and having been involved in a good bit of early unconventional power production in my job with a major power company, this "new" tech is interesting in the extreme.  I could get into this if I had the means and opportunity.

[Carnut]

Yeah, I tend to prefer a bit more than a 40 to 50 mile range.

[UGLY OLDS]

Very cool but can it cruise from Northern Illinois to Louisville on one charge? :?:  :?:  :?:  :?:

 You could prolly accelerate from Chicago to say , Indian-noplace & coast the rest of the way ... :?:  

A LONG extension cord   :?:  :?:

A Booster Pack   :?:  :?:  

Bob...

[wayne petty]

back in the early 1990s.. i ran across something in a magazine i got from boeing surplus.. it was an preview for a motor from inland motor..  it had a overall shaft length of 8"  yes 8 inches. the case was 23" square..  it was a perm magnet pancake motor.  it made 1,000 foot pounds of torque from 0 to 3600 RPMs and 360 horsepower..  320 pounds each.

i really wanted 2 or 4 of those... to install on the back of the twin disc transmissions in the 104' boat..  one or 2 on each prop shaft.. so we could run off the generator sets instead of the main engines.. kinda a back up system..   or convert to straight diesel electric like locomotives  using those.

i never did get any info back from inland motor.. nobody knew about them.

they were supposedly for transit bus and truck applications..

i love that dual electric motor install.   there was another video in the side bar about how they use gear vendor overdrives stacked up to keep the electric motor RPM right around 2000..

[Crosley.In.AZ]

I do not see the future there.

This Mustang was on another TV show.  I forget which one.

Standard problem with Alt power like Lectric only for power.  No extended travel range.  50 miles range?  LOL

[58 Yeoman]

Why don't they mount a generator somewhere to charge the batteries?
Remember Mother Earth News years ago, where they used an airplane starter motor for power, and a small 5hp gas engine to keep the battery charged?

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Why don't they mount a generator somewhere to charge the batteries?
Remember Mother Earth News years ago, where they used an airplane starter motor for power, and a small 5hp gas engine to keep the battery charged?

Like the GM Volt car?

Local guy, well known in the  elctrical car - electric dragster area.  Dennis Berube has a S-10 with electric power for many years.  Honda generator under the hood.  Keeps truck going with lectric power if needed.  He claims (jokingly)  it was the first Hybrid - Plugin electric vehicle.  

It is all about range for electric power.  Tesla is doing the best on battery power only.

[idrivejunk]

That thing is frightening. What happens if all them zots decide to take a walk? Bzzt

I heard from a young guy at work that this car was wrecked bad on TV. :?:

Hybrids make the most sense to me, for the street. Electric launch assist   like some stuff already uses holds the funnest potential in my mind. Big engine, small motor(s), really high gears.

[jaybee]

IMO there will still be performance through hybrid technology. There are some hybrid exotics out there which are REALLY fast, and F1 is doing some remarkable things along those lines with their KERS-based power units.

The next question is if people will still be able to do anything cool, or if we'll be limited to buying something cool IF we have the money due to the high technology and complexity. I'd say I'm hopeful. People are hacking today's electronic systems probably 30 years after I heard people saying "cars are too complicated to work on these days.