Hey Lawrence, Yeah I don't believe that is true. Their may be some game by reducing weight I don't think aerodynamics is going to play into it unless it's a sports car. Most people purchase a car For other reasons then economy. Comfort, utility, whatever fits their lifestyle. Weight is the greatest factor in the range of your vehicle. I have two electric vehicles and they both follow the rule of thumb weight/10 = watts per mile. This changes based on how you drive but that's the average again. I believe battery technology will continue to improve for another 10 years. I think the bigger problem is the charging infrastructure. The cars are good enough now and the batteries are good enough now there's just a shortage of places to charge. They shouldn't start charging stations at every gas station preferably fast chargers.they need to quit giving away free energy and start charging for the electricity so that the stations are reliable and maintained by someone making a profit. Then there would be no obstacle as to where you could drive your car and that's coming I'm sure of that. Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 12, 2016, at 10:10 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Clearly the next frontier in electric automobile design is not the battery > but the efficiency of the vehicle. If it is lighter and more aerodynamic > this will allow the use of smaller packs and longer range. With smaller > packs the charging time is reduced taking away the #1 problem with electric > cars. The charging time. Currently Solar Cars from the Tesla Crusier Class > at the World Solar challenge with out solar assistance have a 400 mile range > on 15kw of batteries. Of course the vehicles weigh under 1000 pounds have > seating for four and the tires are very narrow. I've been in Stella. It is > comfortable and practical. The next electric vehicle I build will be light > and efficient. Lawrence Rhodes..... > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160913/b3b7c29f/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > 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) > _______________________________________________ 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)
