There is an X-Prize contest for the best high mileage vehicle. But a 1973 contest shows a 300+ MPG souped up Opel already. Are we ignoring existing "hardware", thereby wasting time with a "new circus"? There is also a "Low Amp Draw" electric pickup truck in Vancouver which needs your help, to calculate the MPGE conversion.
Some cars and trucks (series hybrid and electric) are measured in MPGE, not MPG, such as the X-Prize contestant, "eVaro", by the Future Vehicle Techologies company, near Vancouver, which is said to get 275 MPGE.
Another Vancouver vehicle, "FREEB", in the evalbum.com, is shown on Youtube to draw only 15A at 120VDC (nominal, or 128VDC actual) at a constant 45-50 KPH (around 30MPH) on a flat road.
Can you calculate the MPG-E for Freeb with the information above? What is Freeb MPGE compared to the eVaro or a Prius or Tesla?
You can surf for Freeb in Youtube LOW AMP DRAW ELECTRIC VEHICLE 15A 120VDC on a LEVEL ROADWAY.
You can Google for eVaro with a text search for "Future Vehicle Technologies - evaro electric sports car plug-in"
You can also Google for this souped up car, which won a Shell mileage contest: "Opel P-1 - 376 Miles Per Gallon Car in 1973 VideoSift"
among available cars, it would be a two stroke dirt bike, just weight to power, the stroke is of little concern, a carborator, or lower emissions takes room away from a smooth well built engine, since there’s no tube magnet rotor which would be the ultimate mod just using the right hand rule and a transmission obtaining the full meter cube, then there are the tricycle cars. Power to weight, have to beat a geo metro 100mpg car. Also, its not getting up to speed, which is ludicrous of a cheap vehicle to assume, just the weight to power in any conditions. Maybe 200 mpg.
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Star if you laughed!
People can be so cruel. I read your jokes and loved them they are hilarious i heard some of them before but they are still awesome. keep up the good work.
i want to convert my electric r/c car to gas for my senior project. where to i begin?
most people are going from gas to electric now cause of lipo’s and brushless . tell us what type of r/c car you have to see if its feasible
love2hat corruption is our gov. giving o-zone 500mill of tax money and sending his jobs elsewhere
He received a 500 mill. grant to build a car and hes doing It overseas what corruption
I was a grant not a loan
he did, but Toyota I believe, made a deal with Bush so they didn’t have too.
I thought it was a thought-provoking movie. I think more people should see it.
http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/electric.html
I watched parts of it…. It’s interesting….
But we are still f ucked…. Oil Co’s rule the world…
EPIC FAIL.
Often confused for Bigfoot by the Weekly World News.
Norelco Electric Razor Salespeople harass on your way to your car.
Your AOL login name is Cousin IT.
You’re banned from all the local pools due to clogging their drains.
Date comments on the great furry toilet seat you don’t remember buying one.
You get real paranoid when you light a cigarette.
Hair Club For Men members picket your house out of jealousy.
Your stylist uses Hedge Clippers to trim you.
Your dog can’t find a leg to hump.
Bald guys accidentally run into you with glue on their heads hoping to score
a cheap toupee.
The waxing salon tell you that the poodle parlor is next door.
Its impossible to go buy a rug as you get touched up the whole time you are in-store
People nick name you wolfboy
you use a rake to comb
Your mom rents you out as a wookie
and I like to know if I can use it and import it to the USA and Canada?
This is the car:
http://www.greenvh.com/Products/123-electric-car-ts100000.aspx
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If the thing has not been tested to comply with CMVSS (For Canada) and FMVSS (for the US) then, nope, you won’t be able to drive it here.
Why not use the "Contact us" link on their website and ask them?
Energy that is used to power the electric cars is stored in batteries. To run an AC motor you have to convert the DC from the battery to AC current.
To make it simpler, a DC motor should be used as it can be driven by DC current.
I know that you can buy one in the store, etc etc, but my car is already at the shop, and I wanted to know the general cost for a mechanic to charge the battery in my car. It’s a 1994 Ford Explorer, if that helps. The battery is a little over a year old. Thanks! I will be choosing best answer!
You really need to call some auto service people around in your area and ask for a free estimate.
Better yet, I recall plusrecipes.com having a small auto section where they offer great deals, like free estimates from local auto mechanics in your area, whom I would think would know the cost of their charging your car battery–heck right now one ad-link says you could save like 50% through what I read as competitive bidding or something like that–here’s the link:
http://plusrecipes.com/PlusRecipes_Free_Estimates_Auto_Repair.htm
Yeah, so call around or use the above link. I hope this is helpful. Good luck!
I need to find out two suspects and why the killed them? I have to write a essay about it?
Thank you, thank you!
I did watch the movie, but i still don’t get it. Bc i missed the first day when we watched the movie.
Not who, What? No cost effective technology at this time. Don’t believe the that greedy companies or executives killed it to keep selling gasoline powered cars or oil. The very fact that they accuse someone or something of being greedy makes their argument contradictory. Greedy means they want to get all they can no matter what. So they could care less whether they sell oil, gas powered cars, electric cars, electricity, batteries. A greedy person sells what is most profitable. They don’t care what. Not very many people want an electric car as they are today, price inclusive.