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Febo
09-30-2008, 10:34 PM
You know what I just realized. Electric car drag races just dont have the same coolness to em that combustion engines do. Its just so quiet.

311evo
09-30-2008, 11:58 PM
id love to see an electric car go a 12 second 1/4 mile (one that drove to the track :D)

Febo
10-01-2008, 12:03 AM
I smell a Mitsustyle project coming on. Im interested in building one. Someone should donate a shell, or at least a tranny. I have a shell.

john
10-01-2008, 12:03 AM
The biggest issue right now in the persuit of the electric vehicle is the battery. Nobody wants to puchase a car with a $2000 battery pack and have it go out right away. Companies are throwing a lot of money at this as they are going to have to have a hell of a warranty to persuade customers.

I would argue against the safety holding them back as they have made hybrids since 2000 without any safety issues.

I personally will trust an import manufacturer when they bring out an all electric car (honda and toyota) as they have been at the drawing board for a bit longer and have success with their hybrids.

john
10-01-2008, 12:04 AM
id love to see an electric car go a 12 second 1/4 mile (one that drove to the track :D)

google/youtube: Tesla Roadster. Car has been around for a couple of years and is pretty sweet. I would love to own one.

SnoEclipse
10-01-2008, 01:09 AM
Tesla just started delivering cars last month. 2 per month to the US for now.

also....

http://www.eaaev.org/

Scrmegl
10-01-2008, 05:14 AM
I get that batteries and range are a challenge. But safety? What is dangerous about batteries and an electric motor that isn't already in modern cars? If it is in an available production platform the safety is already there.

I would think cold weather could be a problem here though.

JET
10-01-2008, 11:49 AM
There is a safety aspect when comparing a car like the one this was originally about. The batteries he used are lead acid, they are heavy and of course have acid inside. One of these in your car isn't a big deal, throw 20 of them in and it becomes a bigger deal. There is the inertia you have to deal with in an accident, as 1600 lbs of batteries won't want to stop easily. Then you have the problem of them breaking open and spilling lots of battery acid if you are in an accident. That is part of the reason why you don't see lead acid batteries in production cars, they normally use lithium ion batteries. It is also a packaging and weight issue.

We are getting close to making this feasible, but are not quite there yet for a pure electric car. A dual mode like the Volt coming out is the closest we can get right now.

Project2G
10-02-2008, 05:45 PM
Nice. Should take the car to SEMA haha

cmspaz
10-02-2008, 06:44 PM
My question is where he gets off finding a clean 1g in a junk yard with the engine still in it, 420a or not...