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I think you are more than dreaming. Where would you put the electric motor? Can you image the linkage into the drive train? You would probably pay more trying to convert the thing than to just buy a hybrid..
Depends entirely on the motor strength and peak output delivery of the batteries.Your car would have awesome acceleration and top speed though.
Depends entirely on the motor strength and peak output delivery of the batteries.
Not quite true if you replace a 80-100hp ICE with a 50hp electric motor. And then add 200kg+ to the curb weight.
Just pointing out that some electric conversions gain "efficiency" by strictly limiting the horsepower. It seems to me that rarely do conversions match the horsepower of the removed ICE.
Does anyone know the effective range of a nominal electric automobile traveling in late-evening rush hour traffic, with a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow falling, dark and cold?
And you want to listen to the radio?
We all know that when starting an engine a cold battery has a fraction of the cranking power of a warm one. Years ago I was stranded on campus when my pickup refusted to start in 20 below weather. I took the battery out and placed it in a sink of hot water while I took a nap. In a few hours the battery was at room temperature. It started the truck with no problem.
The point is that the energy was still in the battery. But it was not possible to extract enough of it, at a fast enough rate, to start the truck.
A fully electric car may not have this problem. If there is enough power to start the car moving the internal resistance of the battery should warm it up to normal operating temperature in a few miles. yes/no
So the range should be about the same as any other night drive.
THat's why you gear for power like a dragster, and use it as such. I just know that for RC helis and cars, you can make an electric have way more power than a gas or even nitro model for the same weight. What you sacrifice, however, is run-time and in some cases battery life which are all due to the limitations of batteries.
I was under the impression that the complete opposite was true, and by a huge margin, with electric planes and helicopters having only just become possible not too long ago, and still much lower performance.
Certainly they don't race electric cars against glow-plug engined ones, they don't perform anywhere near glow-plug ones.
As for dragsters - how many electric dragsters are there?, and do they beat petrol engined ones? - I've never heard of any such thing.
I was under the impression that the complete opposite was true, and by a huge margin, with electic planes and helicopters having only just become possible not too long ago, and still much lower performance.
Certainly they don't race electric cars against glow-plug engined ones, they don't perform anywhere near glow-plug ones.
As for dragsters - how many electric dragsters are there?, and do they beat petrol engined ones? - I've never heard of any such thing.
from here:The time and speed records for a quarter-mile of asphalt are 4.428 seconds and 336.15 mph, set in 2006 and 2005 respectively by five-time champion Tony Schumacher in an 8,000 horsepower, nitromethane-burning Top Fuel dragster with a supercharged, 500 cubic-inch motor
I was under the impression that the complete opposite was true, and by a huge margin, with electic planes and helicopters having only just become possible not too long ago, and still much lower performance.
Certainly they don't race electric cars against glow-plug engined ones, they don't perform anywhere near glow-plug ones.
As for dragsters - how many electric dragsters are there?, and do they beat petrol engined ones? - I've never heard of any such thing.