[QUOTE=Lectrol;1111]FEUS - I was thinking the same thing, they need a new way to store electricity, and they do, its called the fuel cell. Moreover they could put more funding into solar technology. I remember hearing something about a research institute makeing a breakthroguh in Photovoltaics. They were able to make a soalr panel the could capture and convert the full spectrum of light, not just visible light like they are now. If they could perfect that technology, a standard car covered in those panels would have the potential of powering almost all of the car, maybe the batteries kicking in for hard accel, but otherwise a VERY long, or infinant range EV. Even if photovoltaics could create enough power to power half of an EV, you will still get the ability for the EV to cahrge itself while sitting in a parkinglot…
I really think the industry needs to focus on Photovoltaics, that will prove to be the most usefull outcome.[/QUOTE]
those dont store electricity though… those just create electricity… i’m talking a new design for a battery that isn’t using the same heavy weight stuff…
All that aside, I just need a vehicle that will keep the rain off and carry me back and forth to work avery day at a speed of 45-50MPH. And I don’t want to pay an arm and a leg for it. The days of taking the family station wagon to the 2-3 miles to work everyday and weekend road trips cross country to grandmas house with 4-5 kids are over. I have an SUV for the family road trips, (that never happen). And a 4000LB commuter car that gets 25-30MPG for commuting 30miles to work. I use 2 gals of gas a day just to get to work. I added up the energy cost 2000BTU’s will power me to work if the vehicle weighed the same as me 200LBS. The car I drive uses around 257000BTU’s to do the same job. I see the current Ev conversions as a stop gap measure only. We are still pushing several tons of steel around unnecessarily. A small lightweight two seater with a foam core fiber frame could be built cheaply with current technology. It would take minimal battery power and a bicycle/scooter sized motor to power to freeway speeds. The reinforced foam coring would provide excellent crash protection, although the crash area would be a once use item. The frame pieces could be made cheaply enough that a simple bolt on replacement, (and a vacuum to pick up the dust), and you would be back on the road. With this small of a car current battery and motor technology is more than sufficient.
This was kind of an interesting thread to read… since it started way back in 2007, of course now we’re in summer 2011 and the Leaf has been on the market for 6 months or so… a year. Good to read peoples comments going backwards, seeing where we’ve come from.
Nissan has 6 car models available in India. The available models are Nissan Micra,Nissan Sunny,Nissan Evalia,Nissan Teana, Nissan X-Trail, Nissan 370Z,. The minimum priced model of Nissan is Nissan Micra priced at Rs 4,21,765 and the maximum priced model of Nissan is Nissan 370Z priced at Rs 54,50,000. Nissan has a production capacity of 4,00, 000 vehicles per annum and is equally divided between the Indian arms of Renault and Nissan. Now, CEO of Nissan puts a major emphasis on electric vehicles production as they are more in demand. Currently Nissan has four hybrid vehicles. Nissan Leaf, Nissan Sentra, Nissan Versa, Nissan Altima.