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URL: http://riceornot.ricecop.com/?auto=80733
Submitted by: wannabemustangjockey
Comments: 4  (Read/Post)     Favorites: 0  (View)
Submitted on: 02-18-2010
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1920 Detroit Electric Model 81 Brougham


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#1
2-19-2010 @ 01:55:47 AM
Posted By : Skid Reply | Edit | Del
Who Killed the Electric Car?

For those of us paying attention, the answer is "a century of failed experimentation."


#2
2-19-2010 @ 09:38:05 AM
Posted By : DiRF  Reply | Edit | Del
Batteries are heavy. Batteries are expensive. Batteries take a lot of rare and toxic resources to be produced. Batteries wear out quicker than simple mechanical components. Batteries take a long time to charge up.

THAT'S what's effectively killed the notion of electric cars.

Doesn't matter how many George Clooneys drive around in $150,000 Lotus Elises crammed to the brim with laptop batteries... full battery-electric cars will never be practical or cheap enough to replace the internal-combustion-powered car.


#3
2-19-2010 @ 09:45:24 AM
Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck Reply | Edit | Del
#2 Barring a sudden leap in materials technology that would cut that cumbersome weight, and short service life.

And, said leap hasn't yet come, despite being promised that it's "just around the corner!" like civilian space flight and colonies on Mars and that 500 mile-per-gallon carbuerator that Henry Ford buried in his backyard....


#4
2-19-2010 @ 05:16:50 PM
Posted By : Obsidian Reply | Edit | Del
#2, That - and comparison to the performances of comprible internal combustion engines.

Yes - fuel economy and range are performance figures - BUT if a comprible electric engine can excel in those characteristics - but not in others (like those were the internal combustion engine exceeds) - then the shortcomings of electric powertrains becomes evident and the technology becomes fruitless to impliment.

Remember kids! You can't expect to be 'the next big thing in automotive powertrains' by excelling in one performance characteristic and falling short in all others.

[Edited by Obsidian on 2-19-2010 @ 05:17:16 PM]


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