----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:58 AM Subject: Re: [eaa-phev] Outside the box - car pods
> > Your pod concept probably should be carried another step and be used to > carry a motor generator to be used to extend the range for your all > electric > vehicle when you take it beyond a "normal range" of say 100 miles between > charges. Such a BEV+ could be sold with optional batteries to extend the > "stock" to longer range before a charge or a motor generator would be > needed. The motor generator itself could well be a rental / optional item > to reduce the purchase cost of the basic BEV+ car. > > Jim Baber - Fresno CA - <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My interests are; P H E V vehicles, Solar Power, renewable energy, the > environment and C O P D issues. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Bruninga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:39 AM > To: 'eaa-phev' > Subject: [eaa-phev] Outside the box - car pods > > > > Felix et al, > > In addition to pushing PHEV's to encourage energy efficiency, I > wonder if we should push another incentive that might also have > a significant affect on the US fuel consumption. That is, > "Car-pods" for small cars. > > Many people are unwilliing to go from an SUV down to an > economical small car because they occasionally need to carry > lots of junk. Either to the beach or to work. Therefore they > drive everyday and everywhere in a gas guzzling big car when > most of the time they don't need to carry all that empty space. > > The solution would be a mandate on all new small economical cars > to have a built-in 1" trailer hitch receiver. Having every > small economical car pre-configured with a modest built-in > structural tow hitch capability would help encourage people to > use small cars most of the time, but still be able to "tow" > their junk when needed. We could maybe involve U-Haul to also > promote this national campaign to "leave the junk at home except > when you need it"... > > In fact, the small car industry could even make aerodynamic > "pods" that attach to their car model that not only provide the > extra carrying capacity when needed, but do so with minimum > drag. Some small pods could even attach completely to the > receiver hitch and have no wheels and become part of the > aerodynamics which could actually improve the fuel efficiency in > some cases. > > PHEV's promote fuel efficiency by using gas only when needed. > The car-pod idea would similarly promote fuel efficiency by only > carrying add-on trunk space when needed too. I can envision > split-apart vehicles that can optimize this concept. Leave the > pod at home for comuting, but attach it on weekends as needed. > > This is a simple "thinking outside the "box" concept. > Detachable cargo space (pods) outside the box (small cars) might > be something we should be including in our designs. > > Or look at it this way. These days, most SUV's come with > built-in big 2" trailer hitch receivers. Why not outfit tiny > commuter cars with tiny 1" receivers. Then SELL the concept of > leaving our junk at home except when needed. > > Bob, WB4APR > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > The EAA-PHEV website is at http://www.eaa-phev.org > The list archive http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eaa-phev > If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of: unsubscribe eaa-phev > > The EAA-PHEV list is intended primarily for the discussion of > the technical aspects of PHEV conversions. Other lists that > relate to more generic or specific PHEV topics include: > * http://www.greencarcongress.com -An online publications about green > cars. > * http://groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news -PHEV News from CalCars.org > * http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gridable-hybrids -Info on gridable > hybrids. > * http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edrivephev -PHEV and EDrive group. > * http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hybridsplus -PHEV and Hybrids-Plus group. > For even more generic discussion of stock hybrid vehicles see the links > to specific forums for each vehicle at http://www.eaa-phev.org/wiki/Hybrid > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > The EAA-PHEV website is at http://www.eaa-phev.org > The list archive http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eaa-phev > If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of: unsubscribe eaa-phev > > The EAA-PHEV list is intended primarily for the discussion of > the technical aspects of PHEV conversions. Other lists that > relate to more generic or specific PHEV topics include: > * http://www.greencarcongress.com -An online publications about green > cars. > * http://groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news -PHEV News from CalCars.org > * http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gridable-hybrids -Info on gridable > hybrids. > * http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edrivephev -PHEV and EDrive group. > * http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hybridsplus -PHEV and Hybrids-Plus group. > For even more generic discussion of stock hybrid vehicles see the links > to specific forums for each vehicle at http://www.eaa-phev.org/wiki/Hybrid > _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list [email protected] http://www.floridaeaa.org
