All electric vehicles?
I guess electrically powered vehicles are coming but seems to me they are presently only a rich person's toy with present technology. By that I mean, they're only good for around town and short trips ...
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time2roll wrote:wilber1 wrote:Yes because the fuel tank does not contain the reactant. We use the air we breathe to react with the fuel and dispose of all the byproducts. Compared to a petrol vehicle carrying all the oxygen needed and a container to capture the byproducts... battery is quite amazing and recharges very easy.
The fact is, you cannot store as much energy in a battery as you can in a fuel tank, nor can you refill it as quickly. I think the future will have a place for both technologies in different applications. I think an EV would be cool and would suit the needs of many but at the present state of the technology, I would still need an IC vehicle as well.
I'm not knocking electricity, just pointing out its limitations as a portable fuel. IC does not have to carry its reactant, that's one of the things that make it more practical.
EV's also have a problem with producing maximum power for extended periods. The Tesla Model S is a super fast car but the reason it has never tried a fast lap at the Nurburgring is it has to reduce power after 8 miles to protect the batteries and a lap is 12.9 miles.
