From: Neil Gerace on
On Jun 23, 11:37 am, Diesel Damo <Diesel_...(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On Jun 22, 8:52 pm, Qansett <qan...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Why cant they build and electric car that can recharge its
> > own batteries while in motion.?
>
> Rumour has it the sun emits energy...

You certainly can't generate enough power that way to get a net
benefit while the car's running. The batteries will still need
charging after you shut down for the night.

From: Toby on
On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:51:15 GMT, Athol wrote:

> Qansett <qanset(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Read about this in the motoring section of Sydney Saturday Telegraph.
>> This car has only 160 kms range on a full battery charge and costs $40K
>> plus to buy. Unless youre a city driver only, who would buy this car at
>> that price.?
>
>> Heres the big question:
>> Why cant they build and electric car that can recharge its
>> own batteries while in motion.?
>
> As far as I can find out, every current straight electric and hybrid
> electric vehicle uses regenerative braking to charge the batteries
> when slowing down or going down hill. That's a major part of how
> they get the range that they do. Without that, the above vehicle
> might have a range of say 60km.
>
> On average, only about half of the energy makes it back into the
> batteries, due to a combination of inefficiencies in the motor when
> operating as a generator, wiring, electronics, etc., plus the limit
> on how fast charge can be put into batteries.

Yes, well - we're still waiting for the Insurance Shysters to calculate the
risks of capacitor batteries - and of course the military applications of
the things will have to be explored first.
All that and more before we see a real rechargeable battery in a normal
vehicle.
--
Toby

The solution could not possibly be more obvious.
We can no longer afford the rich.
T. Hussein Mississippifarian - July 2008
From: Diesel Damo on
On Jun 23, 4:22 pm, Neil Gerace <gera...(a)iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On Jun 23, 11:37 am, Diesel Damo <Diesel_...(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
> > On Jun 22, 8:52 pm, Qansett <qan...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Why cant they build and electric car that can recharge its
> > > own batteries while in motion.?
>
> > Rumour has it the sun emits energy...
>
> You certainly can't generate enough power that way to get a net
> benefit while the car's running. The batteries will still need
> charging after you shut down for the night.

I know, but something is better than nothing.
From: Bernd Felsche on
Toby <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:51:15 GMT, Athol wrote:
>> Qansett <qanset(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>>> Read about this in the motoring section of Sydney Saturday
>>> Telegraph. This car has only 160 kms range on a full battery
>>> charge and costs $40K plus to buy. Unless youre a city driver
>>> only, who would buy this car at that price.?

>>> Heres the big question: Why cant they build and electric car
>>> that can recharge its own batteries while in motion.?

>> As far as I can find out, every current straight electric and
>> hybrid electric vehicle uses regenerative braking to charge the
>> batteries when slowing down or going down hill. That's a major
>> part of how they get the range that they do. Without that, the
>> above vehicle might have a range of say 60km.

>> On average, only about half of the energy makes it back into the
>> batteries, due to a combination of inefficiencies in the motor
>> when operating as a generator, wiring, electronics, etc., plus
>> the limit on how fast charge can be put into batteries.

>Yes, well - we're still waiting for the Insurance Shysters to
>calculate the risks of capacitor batteries - and of course the
>military applications of the things will have to be explored first.

>All that and more before we see a real rechargeable battery in a
>normal vehicle.

The electric car nuts need to get a grip on reality and realize
that electrolytic storage of energy is unsuitable for general
automotive traction power. All the plausible (and some implausible)
anode/cathode pairs in a myriad of electrolytes have been explored
and still the energy storage density (by mass and/or volume), charge
rate, durability, safety and recovery efficiency are nothing like
competitive with liquid fuelled vehicles (including LPG).

Time to bite the bullet. Fuel cells still have some way to being
engineered for automotive traction use in hot climates, but that
can possibly be achieved within a decade. Which gives time to
develop synthetic, liquid fuels for such applications. Liquids that
are as easy and convenient to store and handle as petrol or diesel.
Energy to synthecise such fuels can be taken from "waste" heat of
nuclear power stations; or conventional ones.

Hydrogen is interesting but a dead-end.

Even if the synthetic liquid fuel only has half the recoverable
density of petrol/diesel, the ease of handling and refuelling will
not be a severe constraint on personal mobility.

Personal, independent mobility is what the car game is all about.
--
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From: Milton on

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>> Heres the big question:
>
> Uh-huh.....
>
>> Why cant they build and electric car that can recharge its
>> own batteries while in motion.?
>
> And how would you propose that they do that?
>
ERR! He's asked the question, so why ask him?? Do you ask questions if you
already know the answer...........yep bet you do! ; )

Regards

Milton