I don’t think range has ever been the issue, it’s speed and range combined that’s hard.
The Detroit Electric was also in that range. The listed range was 80mi (130km) using NiFe batteries. There was a range ’test’ done where it reached 211mi (340km) but at a speed of about 20mi/hr. There are details on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Electric <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Electric> The wikipedia article on Frichie - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Parker_Fritchle <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Parker_Fritchle> is also fascinating. It says he worked on a hybrid electric after gas cars started to really take over. Based on his patent filing the battery was probably lead acid but I don’t see anything that says that. It does show a hydrometer calibrated to show charge instead of specific gravity - neat. Lawrence > On Feb 17, 2016, at 3:34 PM, Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fascinating! I hadn't heard of the Fritchle EV before. 100 miles on a charge > was an amazing achievement, especially considering the roads in those days. I > wonder if there are any details about his batteries? > > > -- > Excellence does not require perfection. -- Henry James > -- > Lee A. Hart http://www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160217/86ecb8a4/attachment.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 3579 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160217/86ecb8a4/attachment.bin> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
