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G0TEZ > CAR 31.05.12 16:33l 34 Lines 1093 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Read: DK3UZ GUEST
Subj: Going electric, but when.
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From: G0TEZ@GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EU
To : CAR@WW
I think everyone is waiting to see an effective electric car with plenty
of refuelling points but, as I see it, the big problem has always been
onboard storage. Whether it be very heavy batteries or fuel cells.
That is what i liked about the so called 'aircar'. We all imagine gas
storage in compressors, welders etc; to be enormously heavy, e.g. an
acetylene cylinder is about 1 cwt (50kg) the associated oxygen cylinder is
about 2 cwt (100kg), far too heavy to be any use in a road vhicle but the
aircar gave the only useful answer to that problem by making its air tank
out of extremely tough,lightweight, modern plastics.
If anything has a chance, whether solar powered or topped up by a little
lawnmower motor. some kind of light storage is needed.
That is what I keep my eye on. I don't know whar the Nissan Leaf uses,
probably some kind of battery. Maybe some Japanese station can send us a
schematic i 1000 7Plus parts (?)
73 - Ian, G0TEZ @ GB7CIP
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