Hi Lee, Alan and All, I even have the
Sunrise crash video to prove it. It isn't that hard
to build an all composite EV's that can do that if one is good at composites,
especially with today's batteries that are less than 50% of the weight of
NiMH's, reducing rolling drag.
Jerry Dycus
From: Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]>
To: Alan Arrison <[email protected]>; Electric Vehicle Discussion List
<[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 12:27 AM
Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: 3000km Bridgestone World Solar Challenge
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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