What a train wreck of a thread.
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Originally Posted by arsenal
Electricity is also an energy carrier, not a source. What's your point? By that argument, electricity is not a good idea for cars either.
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That's the smartest thing you've said in this thread.
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Originally Posted by Igottago
Nice..I'm not a big car buff but its nice to see a car that sheds some of the myths about electric cars and their performance. These guys seem to have engineered a pretty sweet ride. I liked the video with Jay Leno driving it. If I had the cash the environmentalist in me would consider this car.
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If you were an environmentalist, you'd consider switching to a car that plugs into an outlet, which gets it power from coal-burning power plants?
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Originally Posted by FlameFanStuckinEDM
Does anybody know if the idea of a self-charging car has been brought up in the industry?
What I am thinking of, is a car with a wind turbine somehow incorporated into the design. The car would have the battery power to move the car, then the battery could be charged by the wind turbine as the air passes through it. I know it probably would not be the best looking vehicle, but, I am sure that over time the more aesthetically pleasing designs would be produced.
With this design, you would be able to drive as far as you wanted to and maybe only plug the car in for a short time when you reach your destination. I am not quite sure yet how the issue of traffic jams would be solved though.
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That's called a perpertual motion machine. It doesn't work. The US patent office rejects ideas like this because so that the patent system doesn't get clogged by a bunch of things that don't work. You'd just be losing energy by converting it into kinetic energy (the motion of the car) and then back into electricity (via the turbine).