Is Corbin actually selling Sparrows anymore? I thought they were moving into their Merlin line completely (ie. ICE engine).
James Slayden On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Darryl McMahon wrote: > murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > > The concept of grid-chargeable hybrids isn't mentioned but I think it > is > > on the minds of many activists. Once a hybrid owner has the chance to > > drive on Electricity alone, he or she might well be interested in a > pure > > EV. At the least it allows petroleum-free operation. At present none > are > > offered to the public nor talked-about by the major makers. > > Precisely why the major automakers are not allowing drivers to experience > true > electrics. I maintain a list of many of the electric vehicles on the > road in North > America (http://www.econogics.com/ev/evwhere.htm). One "trend" I am > noticing is > that people that have had their OEM EVs (eg Honda EV+, GM EV-1) taken > back (lease > up, no offer to renew or extend) are purchasing Corbin Sparrows. Quite a > step down > on the price curve, and a single-seater, but still electric. > > > > > There is nothing about a hybrid which precludes the use of a fuel cell > in > > place of an internal combustion engine. I'm guessing that we might see > > such a thing if a durable good fuel cell powered by a conventional > liquid > > fuel as developed. I'm skeptical of the success of hydrogen. > > > Actually, "hybrids" as offered today from Toyota and Honda, and proposed > by Daimler- > Chrysler are really electric-assist gasoline burners. They do not have > an electric > motor large enough to sustain extended accelerations or acceleration at > highway > speeds. To build a car where the ICE could be replaced by a fuel cell > would > require an all-electric drive train, which is not being provided by the > automakers > yet. In the case of a series hybrid (where the ICE just charges the > batteries, but > does not power the drive train directly), then I would agree with your > statement. > > Personally, I'm skeptical of fuel cells for mobile use altogether. > Hydrogen just > presents more handling, storage and production issues than current liquid > fuels. > Diesels today can already achieve the efficiencies the fuel cell guys are > still > shooting for. Clearly, biodiesel should be the fuel of choice in those > diesel > engines. > > (Still working toward my biodiesel-electric hybrid car as cashflow > permits.) > > > > Darryl McMahon 48 Tarquin Crescent, > Econogics, Inc. Nepean, Ontario K2H 8J8 > It's your planet. Voice: (613)784-0655 > If you won't look Fax: (613)828-3199 > after it, who will? http://www.econogics.com/ > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
