March 28, 2024, 04:41:55 AM *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
News: NEW CHILD BOARD CREATED IN THE POLITICAL SECTION FOR THE 2016 ELECTION
 
   Home   Help Login Register  
Pages: 1   Go Down
  Print  
Author Topic: CAR TECHNOLOGY - Electric ride powering a transportation revolution  (Read 1380 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
WhiskeyGirl
Monkey All Star Jr.
****
Offline Offline

Posts: 7754



« on: July 08, 2008, 09:14:00 PM »

Quote
GARY MASON

gmason@globeandmail.com

July 7, 2008

The Solar Taxi made a pit stop in Vancouver last week. At the wheel was Swiss adventurer Louis Palmer, who set off from Lucerne almost a year ago in his quest to become the first person to circumnavigate the globe in an electric car.

Thirty-two thousand kilometres down, 18,000 km to go. Mr. Palmer is hoping to traverse five continents and visit 40 countries as he spreads the word about the Swiss technology fuelling his journey.

But perhaps more than anything, he is focusing attention on the profound revolution under way in the world of electric car technology.

The Solar Taxi uses solar cells to absorb light and a new high-energy battery made from common salt, ceramics and nickel. It can travel about 300 km on a single charge. The battery can be charged about 1,000 times, which would allow the vehicle to travel between 200,000 and 400,000 km.

Quote
Renault-Nissan, meantime, is entering into a massive electric-car project with Israel. More than 500,000 electric-charging stations will be installed throughout the country to help power the up to 20,000 electric cars the company plans to begin shipping there in a few years time. The cars are expected to be able to travel 100 to 160 km on a single charge.

Quote
The biggest concern consumers have about the electric car is its capacity, Mr. Chandler says. How far can it go? But most people aren't aware of just how little mileage capacity they actually need. According to Statistics Canada, Canadians drive an average of 50 km a week. And their average commute to work is 7.2 km.

"So 95 per cent of the time they don't need a car that can go 700 km on a tank of gas as cars do today," Mr. Chandler says. "An electric car that can go 150 km on a single charge is more than enough for most people."

read the whole story here -

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/GAM.20080707.BCMASON07/TPStory/TPComment

Logged

All my posts are just my humble opinions.  Please take with a grain of salt.  Smile

It doesn't do any good to hate anyone,
they'll end up in your family anyway...
Pages: 1   Go Up
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Use of this web site in any manner signifies unconditional acceptance, without exception, of our terms of use.
Powered by SMF 1.1.13 | SMF © 2006-2011, Simple Machines LLC
 
Page created in 6.164 seconds with 20 queries.