No, it's not the same at all! All the energy to move a air power car can be delivered to it via electricity. That's not true in either of the cases you mentioned.
I think that a electric car is a car which receives it's energy via electricity. S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Meier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 1:43 PM Subject: definition of electric car? was, Re: Air powered car OT > 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... > > An electric car is a car with electric motor drive. > Period. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Shay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 2:44 PM > Subject: Re: Air powered car OT > > > > This is an electric car! The air compressor, tank, > > motor, etc. are just the means to convert the electric > > energy to propel the vehicle. It's closer to being > > an electric car than the Insight which is powered > > entirely by essence of dinosaur. > > > > Tom Shay > > >
