Comments on: Top 7 Myths about Environmentally Friendly Cars

By: Jay Dillon

Jay Dillon — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:55:22 +0000

Correction to previous post by me:

i said pulsed electrocapacitor above, meant to write: pulsed ultracapacitor. see Maxwell Technologies for new ultracapacitors please

New green cars will benefit by using the new RMI.org superefficient carbon fiber composite forming technology also.

In fact when carbon fiber composites come into increasing use, perhaps from Toray Industries replacement parts for existing automobiles and trucks, there will be an exponential realization that the new materials make superefficient VTOL small aircraft very affordable or at least commercially competitive and preferable to surface vehicles.

Very lightweight strong nonrusting construction makes it clear that the heavy wheels, steel undercarriage, transmission, brakes etc., heavy fuel, heavy outer skin etc., of existing cars has kept us locked to the Earth’s surface for far too long. Lightweight construction will boost the interest in affordable VTOL aircraft for everyday use.

By: Jay Dillon

Jay Dillon — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:49:41 +0000

You would be interested to know that electric cars should be using the invention of Edwin V. Gray. In 1975 he won the Inventor of the Year Award in the USA, for his “pulsed capacitor discharge electric engine.” This type of engine will dominate the electric car market if and when any auto manufacturer begins to use it. I suggested this type of engine to several car manufacturers beginning in 1980, but there has been little response. I believe some of the best new electric cars may use this system; perhaps ZAP at zapworld.com , or possibly others. Look for any good quality electric cars with very high distance range per charge and very fast recharge times. I believe some of these may be using pulsed capacitor or pulsed electrocapacitor technology. The 8-hour recharge systems are not going to gain wide acceptance. The cap systems will have perhaps 10 minute recharge on standard household AC current, for a 350 mile distance range at speeds of up to 150 US mph, such as Zap-X’s Crossover SUV model (in the pipeline but not yet manufacturer). This vehicle will be made using Lotus Engineering for the body and subsystems, thanx to a very foresighted Tata Motors manager who pushed for a linkage between ZAP and Lotus Engineering.

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:41:29 +0000

As mentioned in the article “MOST electric cars” run 35 miles after which they need to be recharged. We are not speaking about any particular models.

By: jdow

jdow — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:57:24 +0000

I think a lot of your “myths” are inaccurate.

Here is an electric vehicle that gets 100,000 to 150,000 miles on the original batteries, and has a range of 100 to 120 miles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_RAV4_EV