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Originally posted by Nohup
Electric car, my Aunt Fanny. There are plenty of electric cars out there, and hybrids are partially electric, using the small gasoline engine to charge the batteries. Nobody's putting a stop to electric cars except consumers, who find them woefully underpowered, slow, deadly dangerous in crashes, and worst of all, unsexy.
Charges itself while it drives? What's it got, a sail? Even the Toyota Prius uses its motor/generator to recharge the batteries as it coasts. No new technology there.
And yeah, gas is expensive, but what's my electric bill going to look like after charging my car all night?
I don't see why the oil companies would want the OP dead. Everything he's offering is already available on the open market.
Originally posted by DeadFlagBlues
reply to post by rawsom
They have a system that utilizes friction from the brakes to recharge the power to the motor.
Originally posted by DeadFlagBlues
Finally somebody on the same page.
Why is everybody else so far behind? It's so very simple. I don't understand why people are putting these ridiculous limitations on technology they know nothing about.
Originally posted by DeadFlagBlues
reply to post by Skyfloating
They should definitely come out with a solar tower system that can be installed along with your 110,000 dollar car.
Originally posted by Freezer
While you are at it, you could also use some extra solar panels to create hydrogen from water. That would be worth not having to pay for gas ever.
In November and December of 1887, Nikola Tesla, a Croatian engineer, filed for seven U.S. patents in the field of polyphase AC motors and power transmission. His motor produced alternating current and his transformers stepped up and stepped down the voltage as required. Westinghouse believed in Tesla's inventions, installed, them in the Adams Station and brought electricity to Buffalo.