Hey, did you guys hear about the car a guy made with laptop batteries? http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.08/tesla.html
rg2 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 7:35 AM Subject: Re: Doomsday is coming upon us? > Godfrey, > > I've met your car in person and think it is pretty neat. > The only think that I can imagine is exotic about it is the batteries. > I was just inquiring if you knew how exotic or not they were. > > For the past 30 years, various incarnations of the electric car have > been discussed. The issue has always been energy density & power to > weight ratios for the batteries. Sometimes very exotic materials were > used to meet requirements, without much thought of pollution. > > Regards, Bob S. > > On 12/28/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Dec 28, 2006, at 6:18 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> >> > Only difference over a regular car would be some electronics, electric >> > motor, and batteries. >> >> I'm not sure what you mean by this. Yes, it does use a four cylinder >> internal combustion engine and a differential, suspension and brakes. >> As a difference, it has no transmission, no starter motor, two drive/ >> generator motors, and a drive battery pack in addition to the >> standard 12V gel cell battery that your car uses. >> >> > What is the pollution associated with creating >> > and disposing of the batteries over the life of the car? >> >> I couldn't tell you what kind of pollution is associated with the >> battery manufacture specifically for the cars, although we all know >> it is a manufacturing process with similar kinds of pollution to the >> creation of most of your daily household use items like kitchen >> appliances, stereo, television, etc. It's not like a battery >> manufacturing process was created out of nothing specifically and >> only for these automobiles. They're made through the same >> manufacturers/plants that make camera batteries, for instance, and >> batteries for other applications >> >> The battery is fully warranted for 8 years and 100,000 miles, and >> it's designed to be recyclable (as is most of the rest of the car as >> well). I doubt the vehicle's lifespan is just that, or that the >> battery will last only that long, but it's a heck of a lot better for >> the environment that everything was designed for recycling in the >> first place. >> >> Godfrey >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
