the "generator on the wheels" question refers to charging the batteries as you drive down the road
On Friday, September 27, 2002, at 07:43 AM, Andre Blanchard wrote: > Technically there is a generator connected to the wheels of every EV. > Any > voltage at the motor, greater then that which can be accounted for by > (current * series resistance) is being generated by the motor. Guess > that > would be more difficult to explain then, you can't get something for > nothing. > > Andre' B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If something cannot be defined, it does not exist. > Isaac Newton > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Seth Murray > yeah, I get the rain question too, plus these other gems. these are > REAL questions that people have asked me: > > After looking the truck over: "So where's the engine?" > Seeing the truck on display at a school: "Does it work?" > Annoying as heck Solar Misconceptions (SMs): "If there's no solar > panel, how can it go?" > Of course, no demonstration would be complete without the generator on > the wheels question =) > > Seth > > > > > -- QUESTION INTERNAL COMBUSTION My electric truck page, with lots of photos and a 25 page conversion journal. Check it out! http://www.wpi.edu/~sethm My EV Album page http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/387.html
