Terry Blanton
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:18:59 -0700
Came through fine. I gather that's it's umbilical cord sticking out the trunk. Hows about some more info: 1) DC operation? 2) Voltage? 3) Motor type/rating? 4) Propulsion control? Kewl. On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Terry Blanton wrote: >> >> However, looking at my automobile: >> >> A gallon of gas contains about 36.7 kWhr of energy. Assuming a >> mechanical efficiency of about 70% and a thermal efficiency of about >> 30%, the car would be about 20% efficient providing about 7.3 kWhr. >> >> If I get 30 mpg and drive for an hour I consume 2 gal/hr driving at 60 >> mph or about eight bucks. With an electric car, I need 14.6 kWhr plus >> the inefficiency of transport of the electric power, figure 80%, or >> 18.25 kWhr. >> >> At 10 cents per kWhr the $8.00 of gasoline is displaced by $1.83 of >> go juice. And guess what, the power plant pollutes someone else. >> >> :-) > > Yup, it's a slick deal. And the boiler at the power plant is typically a > lot cleaner than an ICE as well. (There is an extra "hidden" cost, though, > which is that you must replace the batteries every few years; that tends to > even out the operating expenses a bit. EVs still seem to be cheaper to > operate, tho.) > > Attachment (if it comes through) is the back end of my wife's "new" car. > Got it second hand a few months back; it's a conversion which was done for > an old gentleman last year, using a 1990 Jetta for the base vehicle. The > owner moved into a nursing home, which is why his car went on the market; we > found it through Google. > > Only trouble is the range, which isn't so hot, as it runs on flooded lead > acid batteries, like nearly all "converted" EV's. >