https://www.autoevolution.com/news/insane-lemon-battery-used-to-power-volkswagen-electric-supercar-126590.html Insane Lemon Battery Used to Power Volkswagen Electric Supercar... Sort Of 24 Jun 2018 Mihnea Radu
[image https://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/images/news/insane-lemon-battery-used-to-power-volkswagen-electric-supercar-126590_1.jpg 3 photos Lemons used to power VW superca Lemons used to power VW supercar To celebrate its impressive electric supercar's attempt at Pikes Peak, Volkswagen asked YouTuber Mark Rober to charge the car in the way he saw fit. What ended up happening is a classroom science experiment on a monumental scale ] Cars and lemons being mentioned in the same sentence usually imply somebody bought a broken motor. But here, the word "lemon" is used referring to the fruit, which can be used to produce electricity. Copper and zinc strips were cut out of sheet metal on a water jet. These were then assembled into large racks for the lemons to be impaled on. Don't worry, as the fruit were Class 2 - overripe, misshapen or too small to be sold commercially. The two metals have special properties which in combination with the juice of the lemon creates an electrical current. The problem is not an amazingly strong one, which is why they use a lot of lemons here. Our rough count says they used around 1,200 lemons, but you're welcome to count each one. Even so, the electricity provided is less than that of a regular AA battery. Mark and his buddy put on another experiment, which uses the electrolysis current to lift a bag of lemons, which then helps squeeze some lemon juice. It's not very useful for the race car, but entertaining to watch anyway. So how do over a thousand lemons end up powering the Volkswagen supercar? The company sent over a big battery to which Mack adds a little bit of current. But because he didn't want to make such a small contribution, the guy makes a fun zip line regenerative braking rig and "uses" children to make electricity. The lemons turn into lemonade, which in turn powers the children. But even that's not enough, and the sun is revealed as the ideal source of electricity. Because it turns out, everything from lemons to fossil fuel energy comes from that glowing ball in the sky. But you can't use lemons to power a car. And before we forget, the Volkswagen I.D. R just set a new overall Pikes Peak record - 7 mins 57 seconds. [© autoevolution.com] ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_battery Lemon battery ... zinc metal (such as a galvanized nail) and a piece of copper (such as a penny) are inserted into a lemon and connected by wires. ... The zinc and copper are called the electrodes, and the juice inside the lemon is called the electrolyte ... ... [video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhbuhT1GDpI How to Make a Lemon Battery Nov 6, 2012 Hank shows us another SciShow: Experiment! This time he's tackling what may be the most cliche, well-known and misunderstood experiment of all time: the lemon battery. The take home message in this one is: the electricity is NOT in the lemon. Just that delicious juice ... ] https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/volkswagen-id-r-ev-demolishes-overall-pikes-peak-record/ar-AAz67MZ Volkswagen I.D. R EV demolishes overall Pikes Peak … For its reentry into Pikes Peak … http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Amazing-Pikes-Peak-EV-race-tp4690412.html Amazing Pikes Peak EV race Jun 25 2018 ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/IT-has-FINALLY-Happened-EV-Domination-tp4690411.html IT has FINALLY Happened - EV Domination + https://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/lamborghini-is-skeptical-about-battery-powered-supercars-ar181641.html Lamborghini is Skeptical About Battery-Powered Supercars June 27, 2018 And, for what it's worth, Lamborghini is owned by the Volkswagen Group, which just sent the Volkswagen I.D. R all-electric race car to Pikes Peak to break the ... https://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/201711/lamborghini-terzo-mi-6_800x0w.jpg For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
