Alan Arrison via EV wrote:
There is simply no way a viable, fully enclosed, highway capable,
electric vehicle ( that can pass safety tests ) can do anywhere near
55wh per mile.
"Well now, I wouldn't say that..." (catchphrase of Richard Q. Peavey
character, from The Great Gildersleeve).
James Worden's 1996 Solectria "Sunrise" was a full-size 4-passenger
sedan, built from the ground up to be an especially efficient EV. He
drove it on many occasions from 200-400 miles on a charge. The results
were verified in several American Tour de Sol competitions, and in
demonstration drives between Boston and NYC at freeway speeds. The
Sunrise had a 25 KWH pack of Ovonic nimh batteries, so going 400 miles
on a charge meant 62.5 watthours per mile.
The Sunrise was successfully crash-tested, and met the DOT and NHTSA
standards at the time.
And this was 20 years ago. I'm sure that today's batteries and
technological advances can do even better.
I'm still working to build a kit-car version of the Sunrise; but it's
been slow going due to lack of funds. A paradoxical side effect of the
big automaker's EVs is that it's like pulling teeth to get people
interested in conversions or kit cars.
--
The prime instinct of children at play is to build and to create.
They will make things of whatever materials are at hand, and use the
whole force of dream and fancy to create something out of nothing.
-- Alfred P. Morgan
--
Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com
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