Tom,
you reminded me, I saw a clip of a programme, I think on the BBC a few
years ago which covered electric cars in CA>
Guess what 2 of the cars were they had converted- ALPINES !!
Does anyone know of the cars or has seen the film ?
I will see if its on utube or somewhere similar.
regards
Jeff
In message <9433D64AC237453094AEBCB76CF2CAAF@student2>, Thomas Witt
<atwittsend@verizon.net> writes
>Until a cost effective, light weight battery is created, this type of
>hybrid sure seems the way to go. The infastructure (gas stations) are
>there for the power source.
>
>I have the powertrain from a Jet Electrica 007
>http://www.davisengineering.net/Jet.html .It got it when gas was $4.59
>here in So. Cal.. The project killer is the $2,000 + for lead acid
>batteries with a life expectancy of 2 years. I got the motor,
>controller, battery box, in car charger and accessories for $105 from
>Pick A Part. The body shell to put it all in (Earlier Omni/Horizon or
>VW Rabbit - both used the same trans) maybe $500-$1,000. But at this
>point $3.00 gas in my Mazda 323 is still the better deal - at least for
>the time being.
>
>Not quite the Lotus design here, but I had thought about a trailer
>hitch mounted gas engine with an alternator array for extended range.
>
>"Living on the cutting edge of obsolescence," Tom
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