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E-Dragsters Go for Gas-Powered Records
Associated Press ^
| Sunday July 29, 2:10 pm ET
| Aaron Clark
Posted on 07/30/2007 1:30:10 PM PDT by GBA
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Racin' improves the breed.
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posted on
07/30/2007 1:30:12 PM PDT
by
GBA
To: GBA
Let’s see how these batteries hold out at -20F.
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posted on
07/30/2007 1:33:54 PM PDT
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
To: Westlander
Lets see how these batteries hold out at -20F.
At that temperature....longer than the rider. :)
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posted on
07/30/2007 1:34:49 PM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: Westlander
You need to move somewhere warmer.
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posted on
07/30/2007 1:35:36 PM PDT
by
Ben Mugged
(Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.)
To: 230FMJ; 68 grunt; absolootezer0; AdamSelene235; AJMaXx; angry elephant; archy; bad company; ...
To: GBA
From article:”If you have a car that is faster than everyone else’s, if it’s electric so be it, but people will buy it.”
That is the truth, especially in the USA.
To: GBA
"Who are we to strip-mine Lithium from Mother Earth?!"
To: martin_fierro
That’s KillaCycle?
Given that electric motors achieve 100% horsepower at initiation, you’d think they would have a bigger chain (or possibly shaft drive). Titanium-alloy racing chain?
To: GBA
Only 87 tons of CO2 from a coal fired plant to charge it too!
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posted on
07/30/2007 1:41:21 PM PDT
by
xcamel
("It's Talk Thompson Time!" >> irc://irc.freenode.net/fredthompson)
To: Westlander
The battery industry is behind this.
It's time that government went after big batteries and their windfall profits.
To: Westlander
Lets see how these batteries hold out at -20F.
Or a summer of 110-plus. Batteries don't live long lives here in the desert.
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posted on
07/30/2007 1:43:29 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
To: GBA
Yea, but I’d like to know how many times he can hot lap the thing!
To: GBA
But how many miles will it go on a single charge?
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posted on
07/30/2007 1:43:48 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Killing all of your enemies without mercy is the only sure way of sleeping soundly at night.)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Given that electric motors achieve 100% horsepower at initiation, youd think they would have a bigger chain (or possibly shaft drive). Titanium-alloy racing chain?Just proved that you know nothing about traction and racing slicks.
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posted on
07/30/2007 1:43:54 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: GBA
from the article .... very interesting
In December, the KillaCycle will receive a second-generation battery pack that will have twice as much juice as its current 374-volt system, giving it close to 1,000 horsepower. Fulop said he believes the KillaCycle can break the drag racing motorcycle record within the next year.
Electric drag racers are test-driving the technology that will eventually spill over into mass production cars, analysts say.
Today's hybrid cars, like Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius, use nickel metal hydride batteries, which cost less than lithium-ion batteries.
But the price of lithium-ion is expected to drop. In addition, the latest generation of batteries offers a higher rate of conductivity and takes less time to charge -- the KillaCycle's battery pack can be juiced up in five minutes. New materials also mean the battery is less prone to overheating and explosions -- a danger of earlier generations.
Experts say lithium-ion batteries that will power a car tens of thousands of miles over their lifetime and deliver more horsepower are on the horizon.
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posted on
07/30/2007 1:45:33 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Killing all of your enemies without mercy is the only sure way of sleeping soundly at night.)
To: Centurion2000
But how many miles will it go on a single charge? The answer is obvious...one quarter mile.
To: GBA
Not recommended for use with Al Gore, III.
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posted on
07/30/2007 1:52:00 PM PDT
by
zencat
(The universe is not what it appears, nor is it something else.)
To: ErnBatavia
It is true that lipo cells often have a maximum operating temp specified of 40C, but in practice work much above that.
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posted on
07/30/2007 1:54:16 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
To: GBA
Yeahbut, that sewing-machine whine just ain't gonna grab the fans the way a fire-breathin' nitro-burnin' flames-from-the-exhaust-stacks Top Fueler will....
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posted on
07/30/2007 1:54:28 PM PDT
by
GoldCountryRedneck
("Flying is like Life: Know where you are, where you're going, and how to get there." - 'Ol Dad)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
What?
Horsepower equals Torque times RPM.
What are we teaching kids in science classes now a days?
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