Posted on 08/07/2013 10:51:24 PM PDT by grundle
I agree with your premise, however, Tesla has come up with a novel idea that destroys battery’s primary energy source.
Imagine, a vehicle that can 200 miles and pull into a “recharging station”....
Said station can remove the installed battery pack of a vehicle and press into the chasis a new energy pack, that delivers up to 200 more miles of travel.
If you’d like I can provide links that support.
LOL!!!!
How many illegals can California stuff in a Tesla, is the efficiency question now in this lala land.
The funny part that the Tesla may go out of business in ,lets say, 7 years...
Ohhh...NSU RO 80 wankel engine...good old times...:-(
You will in the next version.
You couldn’t catch me dead in one these pieces of feces!!!
Why not enough solar power? Ran out of gas? Probably broke down!!!
My ‘99 Durango has the 5.9 liter V8 (360 cu in). My economy isn’t a good as yours, but I’m able to tow quite a lot. The power is there when I need to move quickly. I think I already mentioned it is at 247,000+ miles.
There wasn’t a solar recharge on the vehicle - strictly a battery powered EV that requires a recharge station, of which there were none.
There wasn’t a solar recharge on the vehicle - strictly a battery powered EV that requires a recharge station, of which there were none. Yea I know I was just funin!!!
Hard to catch sarcasm in print a lot of the time.
Hey i know it!!!
Wankel engine is nice.. Until you try to race someone going uphill. LOL They lack compression, unless they’ve fixed that but I think it’s inherent weakness in rotary design.
Turbo a Wankel? But how do you get compression out of rotary? Tough proposition, no?
No Turbo-Compounding...Like they did the the 3 tailed Connie’s and the B-29’s if I am not mistaken. Google it! It is a forgotten technology that Detroit Diesel ( and others ) have revisited with their trucks for better fuel economy!
37% from coal on a national basis.
Obviously some local areas are 0%.
Wankel’s biggest problem is emissions.
That long thin combustion chamber has a very high surface-to-volume ratio which is just the opposite of what you want.
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