im in australia and im paying $1.65 litre and im reading itll be up to 2 bucks a litre soon, damm!

Honda make a hybrid, but it’s not as good as the Prius, a real fantastic car, despite what you say. They are the only electric vehicles in Australia because the Rudd Government won’t pass legislation to allow the sale of pure electric cars. So much for his greenie mates!!!!!!!!

1. jack hammer
2. bull dozer
3. fork lift
4. manual can opener
5. swiss army knife
6. squeegy
7. car jack
8. food processor
9. electric knife
10. Christmas lights
More than one answer is cool…=)

thanx~

squeegy
food processor
Christmas lights
Manual can opener

(you dont want to give me power tools)

If EVERYONE had Electric Cars tomorrow, and solar panels on our homes, what would happen to our economy? Would millions lose their jobs? Is this why we DON"T have a decent electric car? Has anyone seen the movie "Who Killed the Electric Car?" I think the car makers, the government and the oil industry are working together to keep the US from having an all Electric Car?

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Luckily, large changes like this don’t happen overnight. There will be plenty of time to adapt.
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As for peoples’ comments here on the viability of electric cars, why would people assume no progress has been made in 30 years? Take a look at what a modern electric car is like:
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http://phoenixmotorcars.com/models/fleet.html
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The Phoenix electric pickup truck - using new, advanced Altairnano batteries - can:

-Travel up to 250 miles per charge
-Carry 5 passengers plus cargo at 95mph.
-Charges batteries in as little as TEN MINUTES.
-Has batteries that last 250,000 miles (never need replacement.)

This is a real car - it is not just a concept. Orders have been taken, and cars are being built for fleet customers (sales to individuals begin next year.) So why don’t we hear about this car from our press, our government, or the auto companies?
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Keep an eye on the Phoenix. It might just ‘disappear’.
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i am 15 and i was at toys r us with some of my friends and were riding in the electric toy cars and one of my guy friends who wasn’t with us when we went into the store (it was coincidence) came up to me and came up to me a shook my hand and was like im james im 16 what are you like 2? and then just walked away
we weren’t in the cars for very long just taking pix of eachother because it was funny

may be he just cared about your public image, and couldn’t find a better way to tell you that.

on rob’s dyredks fantasy factory episonde 12 with the dusty monkey they give away a mini motor car thing where do you get those??

Toys R Us

I’m planning on building my own electric rc drift car using a kit from yokomo. the kit includes parts for a full chassis, wheels, tires, and a body. it requires i purchase a radio system, sub c type 7.2v battery, and a motor. I’ve got most of the parts i would like picked out but i was wondering if someone knew of a website or something that has a checklist of all parts required to construct a complete rc car? I have a pretty good idea but when i was looking into batteries, i noticed you have to get a certain type of connector to match something (different brands were listed), so do you have get a switch and connector that on the "IN" end hooks up to your battery and the "OUT" end is made to fit in certain brands of recievers? Thanks, any info will be appreciated!

I’v been racing for yrs,both electric and nitro,i have 6 nitro powered on road cars,and one buggie,this question i’m not sure of though,go here join and these fellas will answer this for you,you’ll have to join,become a member and go to forums,o man i’v been a member here for ever,you can ask and answer question + buy sell trade,it’s one of my favorite sites,i’m always there http://rcuniverse.com

All electric sports car. 137mph. 0-60 in 4 secs. 250 miles on a full charge that takes 3 hours. That is soooo much better than going to the pump so often. I can’t wait for the next ones they make under $50k.

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People may not realize it quite yet, but this is the beginning of a revolution in transportation. It has been in our local newspapers here in Detroit, that Tesla is coming here to hire engineering talent for their upcoming electric family sedan.
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The Tesla is not alone, either. Look at this car:
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http://phoenixmotorcars.com/models/fleet.html
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The Phoenix electric pickup truck - using new, advanced Altairnano batteries (based on research from MIT) - can:

-Travel up to 250 miles per charge
-Carry 5 passengers plus cargo at 95mph.
-Charges batteries in as little as TEN MINUTES.
-Has batteries that last 250,000 miles (never need replacement.)
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Plus, I have been following, over the past year, news of at least two other emerging battery technologies that are as good or better than the Altairnanos above.
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Incidentally, in response to one of the other posters, new Li-Ion battery designs are not hazardous - the Altairnano design has been tested by crushing and puncturing, with no fire or explosion resulting (which makes it safer than gasoline.)
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Likewise, other negative speculations you may see about EV batteries are usually based on the assumption that battery technology has not evolved in the past 30 years.
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Technology does not stand still.
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if i have a 3.2HP 48V what number of splines would i need in the differential to gain speeds of 20mph+? Also its a 96 electric club car, thanx

you don’t have enough info here to get to the answer of your question.

motor RPM or RPM per volt for a starter, diameter of tires, mechanical advantage of drive train, all are needed.

How much does a decent electric car need to be to be cost effective if you don’t need to pay for gas?

If an average U.S. person drives approximately 12000 miles per year; 1000 miles per month @ 18mpg which is 55 gallons per month and at the current national avg. of approx $2.50/gallon comes to roughly $138 per month.

So what is the average cost of a car payment minus the 138 dollars per month you no longer have to pay for gas?

Well let’s see…
Gasoline has about 8.6 kwh/liter of energy.
That’s about 33 kwh per gallon..
So 55 gallons would be the same as 1830 kwh of electricity.
I pay $0.10225 per kwh for electricity.
So my electric bill would go up by $187.00
So the electric car would have to be $49.00 a month cheaper than the gasoline car.

for a 12V 10A electric motor car jack, how does it possible to produce a torque to withstand the weight of a car? i have calculate by using simple mechanics that the torque required at the end of the jack(radius 1.5mm) to move a 1000kg load is about 400Nm(from its lowest position where the arm is at 10degree from the horizontal). I think if you guys try to calculated the torque required it would not be the same but wouldnt go far off from mine,this required torque is too large when the motor could only provided a torque which is much less (<1Nm)

This actually just comes down to hydraulics. Electric jacks have a different force ratio (input versus output) than manual ones do and therefore require less input force (torque). The trade-off is that they require more "turns", which a motor can do faster than a person. So a motor provides more RPM, but less force per revolution. A manual (spinning type) jack requires less RPM but more force per revolution (torque).