interesting:- electric cars

[thered]

Land speed record - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

the first land speed records from 13/12/1898 to 29/04/1899 ranged from 39 mph to 65 mph.

65 mph in 1899? thats good going surely..
even better when this car and all before it were electrically driven.

an electric car capable of 65 mph about 110 years ago?

fast forward to today... no viable all electric vehicles..

makes you wonder about the fuel companies suppressing it....

i believe that its probably had something more to do with batteries being good enough to run cars efficiently and their being ready made charging points ect all over that didnt need a 12 hour charge to run for 15 minutes or whatever than a conspiracy but thats just my opinion

you would have made money from fuel regardless of cars anyway electricity has always been made from fossil fuels anyway

[iwahn]

you would have made money from fuel regardless of cars anyway electricity has always been made from fossil fuels anyway

Good point!
There is a paradox producing electricity driven vehicles, when the manufacturing and recycling results in polluting waste products at bigger level than ordinary cars. And not at least
driving them with electricity from coal burning powerplants.

[mesersmith]

i wonder if we can find more detail for the car that has this record...
amean, in that time, what kind of bateries was to be able to put that speed in those weels?

i'm really interested of all things wich can make from nothing, electrical energy...
i've in my future project an magnetic engine, wich have like basic ideea, the sincronic movment of the magnets...
so, i'm so curious about that car...

[elcarpuz]

I think electric is not the future...

Hydrogen is the future

[phuser]

Very interesting. It's a heated debate for sure, I've heard stories of people saying that hybrid cars are actually causing more harm to the environment than IC due to the manufacturing/recycling of batteries etc. I think it's an interesting option, especially for a daily commuter, but things would have to radically change for them to become the norm.

Anyone seen Who Killed The Electric Car?

[paul hick]

back to the subject of hydrogen power cell cars,these are definatly the way forward as you can use the cell to power your house very cheaply.this has got to be the future when the oil runs out.

[thered]

I think electric is not the future...

Hydrogen is the future

doesnt hydrogen make electric though

[thered]

back to the subject of hydrogen power cell cars,these are definatly the way forward as you can use the cell to power your house very cheaply.this has got to be the future when the oil runs out.

not an expert but dont you need an electric current to pass through water to then turn water into hydrogen and electricity

so to make these fuel cells ect work dont we need electric or gas anyway to power them

unless we use windmills or solar panels on our cars and houses i dont think they are that effiecient or pollution free

[rideon]

Just wondering...how come MH didn't find this thread?

[georgegt]

First thig first the busines of oil must go tu the end after that the electrical cars will rise in performances

[flyguyvan]

electric cars suck... end of story. no power no purr no fun

[das-1874]

They can be entertaining and fun, [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FKI_KfJCMI"]YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.[/ame]

[windy1603]

No the future is pi$$. LOL

BBC News - Urine could be used as renewable energy source

[georgegt]

Subject has gone away
Whay you don't what to here about electic cars
Old fashion supercharged gasoline is to good ?
I'snt
the electric pover is greather but tehnology isn't implemented yet oil is much expencive than MWh
so I decide to take my work back undergroun to use gasoline supercharged after that aspect the power of technology

[wait4me]

gas will always be number 1. Untill they make batteries that last longer, are lighter, and hold more charge. Even then, gas will always be number 1 for vehicles.