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If we could easily have by now replaced the internal combustion engine with a motor using nano-lithium battery technology why do we still drive with internal combustion engines? Its not really new technology. It is derived from Lithium-ion technology. This has been around since the 1960's. Its only been recently that the technology has been applied. These batteries can be charged with power sources not using fossil fuels therefore no pollution is added to the atmosphere. There are even cargo trucks now using this technology in the UK. These batteries have a range of 250 miles.
Top speed of 95 MPH and 0-60 in 10 seconds. Never stops at a gas station again. Cost $50,000 which is not to far off from the price of your average new large diesel truck. These are the specs for a truck.
Any cars with much less weight will go faster and farther.
Tesla Roadster goes 0-60 in 4 seconds, top speed over 130 MPH, 250 mile range, charges in 3.5 hours. Battery life is over 100,000 miles. Bye BIG OIL!
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How much is it to install this?
----------Isn't it amazing how many people assume that no progress has been made in battery and EV design in 30 years?
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The Phoenix electric truck is not the only vehicle using the new Altairnano batteries. There is also this vehicle:
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http://www.slashgear.com/zap-x-suv-is-64...
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The ZAP-X SUV gets 350 miles per charge, has 644 horsepower, does 155mph, and also charges in 10 minutes. How can people look at a car like this, and still say that EV batteries are not up to the task?
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Incidentally, the Altairnanos are good for 250,000 miles, not just 100,000. You should never have to replace these batteries in the car's lifetime. But they are fully recyclable anyway.
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Driving on electricity is also much cheaper than gasoline, only a penny or two per mile. I know this firsthand, I drive an EV. Don't worry about powerplant emissions. This is oil-company propaganda nonsense. EVs cause much less pollution because of their high efficiency, even when dirty fuels make electricity.
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One of the more remarkable aspects of this story is how our government, major automakers, and media are ignoring these cars (developed without government money), while touting much less viable options like hydrogen and ethanol - probably because these fuels can still be processed and price-gouged by oil companies. No wonder people scratch their heads and declare that practical EVs can't possibly be real.
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Wake up! Join me! Drive an impossible car! Here are some cheap EVs (as little as $5000), if you want to 'get your feet wet' before spending lots of money:
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http://www.squidoo.com/cheap-electric-ca...
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You know what my project is this year? I'm putting a solar panel on my garage, to charge my EV. Then I will drive for ZERO cents per mile, with ZERO emissions.
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What about the new road charges?
Lithium is not as plentiful as internal combustion fuels.Remember "ACID RAIN" ? Processes for building these powertrains create more emissions than the vehicles they would replace.
Wat does 4 low and 4 high stand for in a truck?
Because we are governed by the big oil companies...they'd never allow automotive companies the latitude to construct plentiful alternative fuel vehicles to any degree that we would no longer be reliant upon oil.because internal combustion engines are cheap to manufacture and because it has a high size to power ratio, also they have many years of research behind them, making them reliable, and it is difficult to make a massive infrastructure change overnight
What's up with these high A** gas prices?What's the highest and lowest where you live?
also, be wary of people who try to sell you pie in the sky ideas about what cars can be
Windshield cleaning tips needed please...?
the tesla roadster is about $100,000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tesla_roads...
We are coming to U.S. on a tourist visa.we want to buy a car is it possible ?
and do not forget that most of our electricity is generated with coal, a fossil fuel, albeit a domestic one
lithium ion batteries are difficult to make, if you dont believe me just look up the latest recalls of laptop batteries that explode
also, 0-60 in 10 secs is pretty bad, and so far electric does not have enough power to replace a real truck (a real truck being a working one, the kind that needs enough power to haul itself and another one on a trailer) though it might do fine with one of those toy trucks people buy to drive around town
Is it possible to get rid of a car sunroof?
basically, you arnt smarter than the people who design and sell vehicles for a living, stop trying to look like it
the free market is a wonderful thing, let it work
Why do germans love their Cars more than their women?
Because battery cars suck.. They look and sound stupid. They still depend on other sources to get there battery's recharged. I would love to see the power bill from some one who has one. I don't care about the environment or pollution.And I think you will find out the general public doesn't either.Cause we have enough demand for them...
Your favorite car with good gas mileage?
We want to drive 1600km (1000 miles) to visit relatives in another state taking two adults and children aged 10 and 8. We plan to visit a few places on the way. The range of an inadequate "toy" car, the Tesla roadster, built very lightly and a two seater is 250 miles. Illegally squeezing the children behind the seats, which I am sure they will find quite comfortable, we can travel 250 miles on a charge. While this is a bit further than just out of our own backyard, it is still only a quarter of the way. We then have to spend what? 14 or more hours waiting for the thing to recharge.Florida Driving Laws HEEEELPPPP!!!!!!?
And where, pray, 250km from home do we find a non-fossil fuelled charging station? If we plug the thing in at a motel the management are going to have a fit over their electricity bills. While staying overnight in town X, the car cannot be used as it has to stay on charge.
Show us a four passenger sedan capable of carrying four people with adequate luggage at least 650km/400miles on a charge, that can be charged fully over ten hours, no more and we might, just might be interested. Our present vehicle which is not particularly fuel economical is capable of more than this distance with the air-con running and can be recharged in 10 minutes. In fact this kind of performance was available from cars built in 1937, let alone 2007.
Most long distance road transport in the USA, Canada and Australia travels distances like three or four thousand kilometres in a week or two. Even some shorter "delivery" hauls are 300km or more in a day.
Battery power is laughably inadequate.
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