i raced against that car at an autocross. i think i beat it by like 6
seconds.
pure electrics have lots of problems (although it has a trailer that is a
generator)
-james
SP plus i made a lot more noise doing it :)
----- Original Message -----
From: Bryan Medway <creative@razorlab.com>
To: <mrclem@telocity.com>; James Creasy <black94pgt@pacbell.net>;
<Nandaholz@aol.com>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: Cheap Gas?
>
> Speaking of electric cars with good performance..
>
> check this puppy out..
>
> http://www.acpropulsion.com/tzero_pages/tzero_home.htm
>
> yum yum
>
> :bryan
> --
>
>
> > From: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
> > Reply-To: mrclem@telocity.com
> > Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 13:07:13 -0700
> > To: James Creasy <black94pgt@pacbell.net>, Nandaholz@aol.com,
> > ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: RE: Cheap Gas?
> >
> > Yup, a perfectly flat torque curve is ideal for autocross. But electric
power,
> > when you include the batteries, still doesn't have the power to weight
ratio
> > of gasoline. This is especially noticeable in R/C airplanes, where you
can get
> > 1 hp glow fuel (nitromethane) engines that weigh about 8 ounces
(normally
> > aspirated). Lesse, that's 2 hp per pound, and I think even the S2000
engine
> > weighs more than 120 lbs. AFAIK, electricity can't beat that -- can it?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James Creasy [mailto:black94pgt@pacbell.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 10:03
> > To: mrclem@telocity.com; Nandaholz@aol.com; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Cheap Gas?
> >
> >
> > i think you could make a pretty cool hybrid car with super performance.
> > have a gasoline motor for cruising and charging the battery pack,
reclaim
> > power under braking rather than wasting it as heat.
> >
> > you could have a pretty small battery for light weight and a very
powerful
> > electric motor(s) to assist the gas motor. electric motors are great
for
> > launches because they produce maximum torque at 0 RPM.
> >
> > of course you might have only a few 0-60 in 2.5 seconds launches before
the
> > battery runs down and you need to cruise a bit to charge it back up, but
by
> > then the corvette will have given up. maybe turn down the power for a
few
> > autocross runs. talk about torque on demand!!
> >
> > in fact, i see that our local honda hybrid (NOT a sports car) on street
> > tires is a tiny tick behind a 127hp civic on R-tires in SFR!
> >
> > -james
> >
> > PS down with social engineering!
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