On Oct 29, 4:30*am, Dave__67 > wrote:
> On Oct 29, 6:59*am, Dave Head > wrote:
>
> >http://www.caradvice.com.au/89483/au...cle-sets-600km...
>
> > Maybe, if it doesn't cost a million dollars. *These guys have run a
> > car for about 400 miles on a single battery charge at around 70 - 80
> > mph. *That's awesome if true. *It could be America's way out of buying
> > foreign oil, and greatly reducing ur operating costs.
>
> > My Subaru WRX gets 25 mpg on a typical long trip. *A Chevy Volt goes
> > 40 miles on a 10 KwH charge. *Around here, 10 KwH costs 62 1/2 cents.
> > The WRX takes premium and costs about $4.72 to go 40 miles. *Big
> > difference. *Maybe we have cheap transportation again? *CAFE
> > standards? *Unncessary. *And we have absolutely oceans of domestic
> > natural gas to build clean power generation for these cars.
>
> > Just hope its real.
>
> liPos are great- use them in *my model airplane.
> Very light, awesome capacity.
>
> They have a huge downside though- physical trauma tends to make them,
> well, explode.
> So does overcharging.
>
> They are also damaged if they are discharged beyond a certain point.
>
> Dave

I haven't really dug into the electrics but I don't see them ever
replacing IC powered, augmenting, yes. I would love to have one but
it would have to be a 3rd vehicle and used just for local trips
(within around 40 miles). I live in a sparsely populated farming
rural area withing 4 miles of town but that town is less that 2,000
pop and thus shopping is limited. Nearest real shopping (and it is
not all that great) is a 60 mile round trip.

Electrics, even the current ones, should do fine in an urban setting
but the price is going to have to come down.

Harry K