>going into the hood and say "go it" . Hay maybe we all should put little >fans on our hoods and tell people there their to charge the batteries and >that the plugging in is just to drain off that excess power. >> Hi All - >> >> I know that to us EV-minded folks and certainly anyone who knows >> anything about electricity or physics this whole thing is ludicrous - >> energy from nothing? No way! But there are a good number of people who >> see nothing wrong with it - I routinely get asked by people I show my >> electric pickup to "Why don't you put a generator on the wheels and >> recharge as you drive? I can't believe nobody has thought of that!" >> (separate from regen questions) or "Why not just put a big wind >> generator on top? Then the wind going by could recharge your >> batteries."
Yup. All the time. Just in everyday conversation. >> >> On a fairly unrelated note, I am just starting college at Worcester >> PolyTech here in Massachusetts. I have been poking around, trying to >> start an EV club or organization or something. Turns out that GM gave >> the school an EV1, but they just garaged it and nobody knows where it >> is! I am going to ask around in the ECE department and see if I can >> find the thing. At the very least someone should be driving it! Seems >> a crying shame to just have it sitting somewhere with no one caring for >> it =( WPI. Good School. Could you please report back if the EV1 has a battery and is driveable? I have heard of another tech school that was given one with the battery removed and not driveable. jl
