A student team from BYU is drag racing an EV1. They're into good time
for a Corvette in the quarter mile. No batteries on board but two
banks of capacitors and a two speed transmission. They have enough
power to destroy clutches. The second bank of capacitors is enough to
get them through the quarter under power.
Wes
On Jun 8, 2006, at 5:51 PM, Dick J wrote:
> I understand that deisel locomotives are actually hybrid electric.
> the diesel engines only run a generator which runs an electric motor
> which, in turn, powers the locomotive. Maybe some new breakthrough in
> that technology? Maybe something like running a high speed, efficient
> internal combustion engine for a minute or two to charge some sort of
> capaciter instead of a battery, and then shut off that motor and run
> on the electricity for an hour or so. I'm sure there are still some
> fantastic breakthroughs on the horizon. I mean, look where computers
> were in 1976 ! ! !
> Dick J
>
> Rich Fox <v4gr@rcn.com> wrote:
> I don't rremember the name of the thing. But my point is that what
> ever we
> use it needs to be transportable in the same way that gasoline is.
> Electric
> cars are great, but it's ackward to fill up on the way to El Mirage. It
> almost has to be some licquid, maybe gas, so that you can refill and be
> gone. There are many potential means to generate electricty.
> The hard part may be making it something you can carry around with you.
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