> > That's stretching it a bit. I could stretch that further > > and say my ICE is an electric car because the gas > > pump that fills it is driven by an electric pump. Or > > solar powered if filled up at a BP station with overhead > > solar... > > I'd disagree that that is a stretch. Any car that uses electricity as a means > of propulsion is an electric car. An ICE doesn't necessarily need the > electric pump to run, it's there so fuel tank can be placed in any position > on the car that is bellow the carburetor, it's the ICE that is providing the > force for propulsion and not the electric pump.
You misread. I was referring to the gas retailer's island gas pump, not the electric fuel pump in a vehicle. > Compressed Air, fuel cell, batteries are just different means of storing > energy, if the end result of that stored energy is electricity that powers > the electric motor that moves the car, than the car is electric. Does the compressed air spin a generator that produces electricity, that is used to run an electric motor that propels the car? You did just state that "end result of that stored energy is electricity that powers the electric motor that moves the car". I apologize if this is the case, I assumed that the air car is powered by a non-combustion air pump motor, fueled by compressed air. If the compressed air results from a windmill or waterwheel transferring mechanical power to an mechanical air pump, then how is the vehicle then refered to as electric? > > > An electric car is a car with electric motor drive. > > Period. > > Yes period. An electric car with and electric motor drive that stores energy > as ************ is an electric car. I respectfully disagree. If a vehicle has an electric motor to propel the car, and the vehicle has an onboard fuel cell, which draws on a hydrogen storage tank, then I'd say the vehicle is a hydrogen powered electric drive vehicle. It could still be loosely termed an electric car since it has an electric drive motor, but it is a series hybrid. If it has an intermediate battery pack to better size the fuel cell to meet average load, then it's a charge maintaining series battery/hydrogen powered fuel cell hybrid electric drive car. If something offboard compresses air, and the stored compressed air is used on board the car to propel it via an air driven motor, then I can't imagine how anyone could call that an electric driven car. -Chris
