for the future of batteries, you should look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_iron_phosphate_battery they are a little less efficient than usual Li accumulators, but much less dangerous, and very robust.
also you should know that the average speed, when engine on of a car is about 25km/h (<15mph)... it has been mesured simply by dividing mileage by on-time (a researcher did that for curiosity)... for highway travel, especially in europe where highway go fast (130km/h in theory) I don't know what is the needed power. also in that case, one could count a food break for the driver and the car, meaning that we should ask for an autonomy of 4h at 130km/h... since those travel are exceptional, one could accept to need frequent refueling of battery, or event swap, or installation of a range extender trailer/roof box. else maybe use combined train or trucks shuttle to travel long... the fact that LENR cost few, make it possible to reload at night for normal use. however like today, electricity produced on the grid (with big LENR) should be cheaper than on-board, but wasting is not to exclude. another idea could be to make the car participate to the grid, pumping or feeding the grid depending on the needs. same for the heater/CHP. but if the energy is cheap, onece again simple solution that waste, are not to exclude. an idea that I have, is that if your LENR engine is strong enough to power you 4hour at 130km/h, the electric battery is only needed for very temporary use. it can be very small (5min autonomy at peak acceleration/speed), yet have to exist (because LENR slow to throttle) the problem of today is that we think with the mentality of expensive energy (I like it), but LENR could change that and promote cheap and wasting solutions. 2011/12/2 Horace Heffner <[email protected]> > ... > > >
