The electric future is emerging at last. For Electric cars
(EV's) have made some progress since my last writing.
GM who crushed all those EV1's is now offering a hybrid
called The Volt, which will run on electric alone and
re-charge from the built in generator, or can be plugged
into an outlet to re-charge.
In addition Toyota is offering the Leaf Hybrid, and the
Rav4 is making a come back. Tesla Motors is working
on a third model, and Aptera is suppose to also go on
sale.
Someone once said, " Necessity is themother of
invention". But I think lazinessis the mother of
Invention. More majorinventions have come about since
the turnof the century, then any-other time. And ifyou
take a good look at them, you will seethat most make
something easier to do.Electricity is the future not only
for carsbut everything. If we are to see thegolden age
of man, we must stop usingfossil fuels and nuclear
energy. I knowthere has to be something better out
there.The Government and other investors arespending
millions of dollars on researchand development every
year. For newtypes of batteries, fuel-cells, wind,
andsolar electric sources. When mostimportant
inventions have come from thepoor little guys working
on their own.Never realizing the impact their
inventionswould have on the world. And neverobtaining
adequate compensation for theirideas.Today's inventors
are more cautious, theydo not want to take a chance on
losingtheir ideas, and as long as theres a buckto be
made from oil, the Fat Cats aregoing to try to keep it off
the market.
Then there are those who claim that using an all electric
will still pollute, because they use power to charge from
a generator that burns fossil fuel. Considering the
number of cars, and other vehicles who's daily
emissions amount to many times that of the generator
stations, this is simple not true.Most of us use our cars
only once a year for any long trips. The rest of the time
it is just back and forth to work, and around town for
shopping, and entertainment. Which has been found by
studies to be no more then 40 miles a day. We burn
more gas in stop and go traffic, then is used to get
where we are going.
(EV's) have made some progress since my last writing.
GM who crushed all those EV1's is now offering a hybrid
called The Volt, which will run on electric alone and
re-charge from the built in generator, or can be plugged
into an outlet to re-charge.
In addition Toyota is offering the Leaf Hybrid, and the
Rav4 is making a come back. Tesla Motors is working
on a third model, and Aptera is suppose to also go on
sale.
Someone once said, " Necessity is themother of
invention". But I think lazinessis the mother of
Invention. More majorinventions have come about since
the turnof the century, then any-other time. And ifyou
take a good look at them, you will seethat most make
something easier to do.Electricity is the future not only
for carsbut everything. If we are to see thegolden age
of man, we must stop usingfossil fuels and nuclear
energy. I knowthere has to be something better out
there.The Government and other investors arespending
millions of dollars on researchand development every
year. For newtypes of batteries, fuel-cells, wind,
andsolar electric sources. When mostimportant
inventions have come from thepoor little guys working
on their own.Never realizing the impact their
inventionswould have on the world. And neverobtaining
adequate compensation for theirideas.Today's inventors
are more cautious, theydo not want to take a chance on
losingtheir ideas, and as long as theres a buckto be
made from oil, the Fat Cats aregoing to try to keep it off
the market.
Then there are those who claim that using an all electric
will still pollute, because they use power to charge from
a generator that burns fossil fuel. Considering the
number of cars, and other vehicles who's daily
emissions amount to many times that of the generator
stations, this is simple not true.Most of us use our cars
only once a year for any long trips. The rest of the time
it is just back and forth to work, and around town for
shopping, and entertainment. Which has been found by
studies to be no more then 40 miles a day. We burn
more gas in stop and go traffic, then is used to get
where we are going.
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As I wrote before the all electric should be less expensive
to build than any ICE car, when you consider what is not
used in them compared to the ICE cars. There are two
systems DC or AC that can be used in EV's. Most of the
home built or conversions have been DC which required
no cooling system, converter, or in some cases the
transmissions, and operate on lower voltages. The
commercial built ones seem to favor the AC that require
the above mentioned and higher operating voltages. They
also use more support equipment that drive up the cost,
bring the base vehicle with out the batteries closer to that
of the ICE vehicle. The addition of which drives the cost
higher then the ICE one. The only significant cost to
building EV's is in the batteries, and the law of supply and
demand usually brings down the price the higher the
demand, but some manufactures seeing a new demand for
their product may deliberately raise their price.
It seems the best battery for automotive use was the
NiMH used in the EV1 the patent rights to which was sold
to Chevron who refused to license anyone to use them in
EV's. So all efforts are directed towards lithium-ion
batteries and other possible new innovations. Some of
which I have been reading about are Super capacitors
which charge faster and are suppose to have a long range.
Another company has developed a paper battery which is
no bigger then a postage stamp, and can be folded, bent,
or cut into various shapes.
There are those who are not worrying about new
batteries and are driving along on regular lead acid ones.
These include ICE cars that have been converted to
electric, by removing the IC engine and associated parts
and linking an electric motor directly to the transmission.
Others are still using small manufactured cars that are no
longer being made, or have changed hands and names.
Such as the Corbin Sparrow that is now called the NmG (
No More Gas), and built in Ohio. Many people are using
solar panels on their home roofs to supply power for their
home and their cars, 250 in one area alone. The rich end
of the spectrum are purchising the Tesla Motors, Tesla
Roadster a beautiful car I would like to own myself.
Do a search of the internet and you will be surprised at all
the electrics being offered. If you have not viewed the
movie," Who Killed The Electric Car" you should, as it is
an eye opener on the oil and auto companies negative
actions to kill the wide spread use of these cars.
Copyright June, 2011 by Gordon K. Glatz
to build than any ICE car, when you consider what is not
used in them compared to the ICE cars. There are two
systems DC or AC that can be used in EV's. Most of the
home built or conversions have been DC which required
no cooling system, converter, or in some cases the
transmissions, and operate on lower voltages. The
commercial built ones seem to favor the AC that require
the above mentioned and higher operating voltages. They
also use more support equipment that drive up the cost,
bring the base vehicle with out the batteries closer to that
of the ICE vehicle. The addition of which drives the cost
higher then the ICE one. The only significant cost to
building EV's is in the batteries, and the law of supply and
demand usually brings down the price the higher the
demand, but some manufactures seeing a new demand for
their product may deliberately raise their price.
It seems the best battery for automotive use was the
NiMH used in the EV1 the patent rights to which was sold
to Chevron who refused to license anyone to use them in
EV's. So all efforts are directed towards lithium-ion
batteries and other possible new innovations. Some of
which I have been reading about are Super capacitors
which charge faster and are suppose to have a long range.
Another company has developed a paper battery which is
no bigger then a postage stamp, and can be folded, bent,
or cut into various shapes.
There are those who are not worrying about new
batteries and are driving along on regular lead acid ones.
These include ICE cars that have been converted to
electric, by removing the IC engine and associated parts
and linking an electric motor directly to the transmission.
Others are still using small manufactured cars that are no
longer being made, or have changed hands and names.
Such as the Corbin Sparrow that is now called the NmG (
No More Gas), and built in Ohio. Many people are using
solar panels on their home roofs to supply power for their
home and their cars, 250 in one area alone. The rich end
of the spectrum are purchising the Tesla Motors, Tesla
Roadster a beautiful car I would like to own myself.
Do a search of the internet and you will be surprised at all
the electrics being offered. If you have not viewed the
movie," Who Killed The Electric Car" you should, as it is
an eye opener on the oil and auto companies negative
actions to kill the wide spread use of these cars.
Copyright June, 2011 by Gordon K. Glatz
