Water Powered Car - thank you Japan!

[voodoochile78]

Originally Posted by Mkopec1

You fucking hippies are idiots. They made their fist hybrids back in the 90s but no one wanted them except a few of you faggots (NO MARKET). They were making Suburbans and Expeditions F150's because thats what people were buying. Believe it or not.

Hybrids are still a blip on the overall car market. Even with the $4/gal gas.

You're just angry because you live in Detroit, and your dad probably got laid off cause he helped make shitty cars and accountancy trucks for accountants.

[dak]

I'm not even sure how long the supply of Uranium we have would last if we used it for more of our purposes such as powering our electric cars.

I hear Iran has a lot of uranium...

[Quineloe]

Originally Posted by Zarcath

why?

because demand will go down, doesn't matter if it's not all the way down to 0.

[Chanur]

If we had spent much time developing electric cars we would be alot farther along. Instead we liked to buy gas

Timeline: History of the Electric Car . NOW | PBS

[Burf]

Originally Posted by Gauss

On the other hand, he claimed if we could harness fusion power that we would have basically infinite energy.

Uh, and you'd win a shitload of awards for figuring that one out, too.

[Kaio]

Originally Posted by Chanur

If we had spent much time developing electric cars we would be alot farther along. Instead we liked to buy gas

Timeline: History of the Electric Car . NOW | PBS

Eh no ones gonna start chasing after what seems like a dead end tech. Even with many battery advances in the last 20 years electric cars are barely usable. The best upcoming electric cars under 35k will run at around 100 miles on battery charge.

When gas is under 2 bucks a gallon or even a dollar a gallon who the hell cares. Now that electric cars are becoming economical and batteries are kind of sufficient for normal use people are developing them.

[dak]

The best upcoming electric cars under 35k will run at around 100 miles on battery charge.

True but the best in the 100k category have a range of 220 miles, a battery life of 100,000 miles, take 3.5 hours to fully charge, have a top speed of 125 miles, accelerating from 0-60 in 4 seconds.

The technology is there, like everything else in the world bringing the price down is just a matter of the demand warranting mass production.

[Kaio]

I dunno man, lithium ion batteries cost a fuckton. Lithium-ion batteries are also used in so many applications so it's not like the cells are rare.

The chevy volt battery costs like $20k or so I hear. I have to look it up.

The Tesla probably costs a good deal more. The hybrid makers are going with cheaper batteries (toyota is using and will continue to use NIMH) and a smaller size.

[Zaniel]

Originally Posted by Gauss

On the other hand, he claimed if we could harness fusion power that we would have basically infinite energy.

That isn't just a big "if", it's a 30-storey-monolith-built-out-of-black-granite-"if". Fusion power is still an ultra long term dream unless someone makes a quantum leap past the massive science and engineering blockages in current implementation.

That could happen tomorrow or not for 50-100 years, not something to base one's hopes on.

[Cybsled]

"hey guyz...elektrik carz r imposble cuz batteriez suk now!"

Flash back 30 years

"hey guyz...small laptopz and cellphonez r imposble cuz batteriez suk now!"

[mylek]

The real question is what sort of innovations, if any, they are using to make their design more efficient than traditional hydrogen powered vehicles. The status quo seems to heavily favor electric and even gas electric over hydrogen power. I believe that hydrogen combustion is actually less efficient than hydrogen fuel cells which makes this new hydrogen vehicle dubious at best.

[Mkopec1]

Originally Posted by voodoochile78

You're just angry because you live in Detroit, and your dad probably got laid off cause he helped make shitty cars and accountancy trucks for accountants.

Wrong on all counts, because youre still an idiot.

[Gauss]

FWIW, /. will probably have a good discussion on this

Slashdot | Japanese Company Says Laws of Physics Don't Apply — to Cars

[Tripamang]

Originally Posted by kedwyn

I forgot to add, we need to start building nuclear power plants like right now. The power grid in many areas is at capacity as is, much less when everyone starts plugging in their electric / fuel cell cars at night.

We shouldn't give up on other alternatives but we need constant power and we are going to need a shit load more of it really soon.

Unfortunately Congress is too busy bickering as usual to get any real work done.

Most people would charge at night during off peak hours when there is a massive excess of electrical production (it takes days to ramp up/down nuclear reactors, dams produce the same energy 24/7 etc). Most people would be using what is essentially waste electricity.

[GrobbeeTrull2.0]

Originally Posted by Lyrical

That sounds great. Wait a minute, I live in Atlanta and we are almost out of water (drought). Maybe we better stick with gas

Ohio moves to join Great Lakes agreement -- chicagotribune.com

Semi-related, but fuck you get your own water