[Amc-list] Electrics

[Archimedes <Freedom@xxxxxxxx>]

Brien said:

>One newer battery design has since surfaced that lasts twice as long - 
>charges quicker - all these
>and the Nissan Electrics will be available here in roughly three years.
>
>...
>
>Comes with a 3cyl. Ethanol fueled engine driving a 54kw Generator that 
>keeps the batteries
>at peak performance - making perfect sense rather than a system that 
>goes flat
>requiring a fresh battery or a Tow Truck to get home.


You know, the one question that keeps popping up in my mind is why designers of electric cars aren't thinking in a "modular" fashion -- have a standardized size / form factor, stop in at the "electric charge station", pull up to the "battery pack dispenser", the automated "attendant" finds the locating anchors on your vehicle, you watch it pull out your battery pack, put it on the charge rail, take a charged unit off the rail, and slide it in the battery pack housing on your vehicle.  You pay the man for the charge and go.  Two minutes, max.

It seems so obvious to me; and it seems so stupid that everyone designing the cars designs them with a two to six hour "down" time planned in.  Who in their right mind is going to take an electric on a cross-country trip under those constraints?  With a modular system, "recharging" would be no more painful than filling up every 250 miles or so is now.

-- Marc



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