..., is a mistake, at best. Electricity specifically being something wide open to...'platform' that allows batteries to drive vehicles. Currently, even if you ... important. In series hybrids, electricmotorsdrive the wheels, and the ... this would immediately increase the (electric) driving range, and NOT compromise ... again becomes more expensive than electricity or when batteries become better ...
...work only a Pelton wheel can approach an electricmotor's 95+%% efficiency. In sharp contrast all...> efficiency still more. Toss in incomplete combustion and other parasitical losses and electricmotors start to look pretty. Bret Cahill internal combustion engines have that unfortunate ... at constant speed, even for longhaul highway driving, but for what most of us do with...
... reduction in the first lines). Hint : ALL pollutants are down when we use grid electricity to drive vehicles. Sure. Light, aerodynamic vehicles that don't go very far will in fact reduce ... the studies. What was stated is that vehicles driven from grid electricity pollute significantly less that similar vehicles driven from gasoline or diesel. ...
... you even read the rest of Daniel's post (after you noticed the letters CO2 reduction in the first lines). Hint : ALL pollutants are down when we use grid electricity to drive vehicles. Sure. Light, aerodynamic vehicles that don't go very far will in fact reduce pollution. John
... (after you noticed the letters CO2 reduction in the first lines). Hint : ALL pollutants are down when we use grid electricity to drive vehicles. Besides that, with different starting fuels (coal or nat gas->electric->EV versus gasoline->ICE) it is hard to talk about efficiency differences, but in absense of ...
... one form of energy one way to mechanical work only a Pelton wheel can approach an electricmotor's 95+%% efficiency. Yup. But the gas/oil/coal-fired power plants needed to generate the ...out The Atomic Rockets Homepage http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/index.html), driving a magneto- hydrodynamic generator (which has a theoretically high efficiency, but...
...t be much of a problem for IC engines running at constant speed, even for longhaul highway driving, but for what most of us do with our cars, it's less than optimal. ... You can buy SPORT model diesels in Europe now. The torque gives them that low end advantage. UK driving programme Top Gear put a sport model Gasoline and diesel car of the same model round their ...
...'t be much of a problem for IC engines running at constant speed, even for longhaul highway driving, but for what most of us do with our cars, it's less than optimal. ... You can buy SPORT model diesels in Europe now. The torque gives them that low end advantage. UK driving programme Top Gear put a sport model Gasoline and diesel car of the same model round their track ...
...'t be much of a problem for IC engines running at constant speed, even for longhaul highway driving, but for what most of us do with our cars, it's less than optimal. ... You can buy SPORT model diesels in Europe now. The torque gives them that low end advantage. UK driving programme Top Gear put a sport model Gasoline and diesel car of the same model round their track ...
... wouldn't be much of a problem for IC engines running at constant speed, even for longhaul highway driving, but for what most of us do with our cars, it's less than optimal. Diesels are...You can buy SPORT model diesels in Europe now. The torque gives them that low end advantage. UK driving programme Top Gear put a sport model Gasoline and diesel car of the same model round their track ...
