nice, we got included in something! lol

So who's the 1st to try?

you're talkin to the WRONG group of people

Great to find this thread!

I just watched 'Who killed the electric car' and it really got me thinking. And angry. http://www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com/
Just last week I read the story about Tesla Motors in Fortune magazine. http://www.teslamotors.com/
And then there was the race out here at Sears Point (Infinion) with the Wrightspeed racer beating a Porsche and Ferrari. http://www.wrightspeed.com/
Now, I have been looking at the AC-150 system from ACPropulsion http://www.acpropulsion.com/ They are the people that developed the drive system for the Tesla Roadster.
At $25K, it is a bit of a reach for me. But, I am from CA and serious about evironmental issues. I have mentioned sereral times that I regularly ride an all electric scooter to work. 3 weeks ago, I approached someone who has a G.E.M. e825 parked immobile in front of their house trying to buy it (she would not sell, even though it doen't run right now).

So, check it out. If you can live with a 100 mile range between recharge, what would be the arguement against electric?
Electric doesn't have to mean 'slow'.

I have another month of commitments before I was going to get going on the SC install. Now, I feel like looking into electric conversions before I spend time and money on that.

I would love to see someone with an electric B15, even a SpecEV. Who knows, it may be me.

Jaden

More on the electric sentra.  They DO exsist...

http://www.google.com/custom?site=evalb … &hl=en

http://www.evalbum.com/1578

http://www.evalbum.com/551

And because I love the old school Datsun's (0-60 in 3 seconds) http://www.evalbum.com/35

oh, and an electric Porche with a 5sec 0-60 AND 120mph max

http://www.evalbum.com/293

I've been waiting to see this for years:

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/12/ligh … owered-gt/

One of my coworkers pointed out the old phrase:

"Race on Sunday, sell on Monday"

The theory behind this is if you watch dodge win a nascar on Sunday, people will go buy a dodge on Monday.

What we really need are EV only races.  This would amp up the buzz, and chizel away at perception that EV's are slow.

rexdriver85 wrote:

super, a conversion to make are cars even slower!

Rex, I'm looking at you, lol

WhatNissan wrote:

FUck the electric cars I dont feel liek thats where its at.   Have you ever heard of the stan myer car?   He made a car that no shit runs of any kind of water dirty or not or even tea.   IT is bad ass One of the videos said it could get you from east cost to west with just 1 bottle of water there working and running now why arnt we using this technolagy???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrxfMz2eDME

Interesting...

Typical fuel cell vehicles take in hydrogen and emit water, but Genepax’s car generates electricity by breaking down water into hydrogen and oxygen.

The company says that this is made possible by a technology called ‘membrane electrode assembly (or MEA), which contains a material that is capable of breaking down water into hydrogen and oxygen through a chemical reaction.

"It does not require you to build up an infrastructure to recharge your batteries, which is usually the case for most electric cars," said Genepax’s CEO Kiyoshi Hirasawa on Tokyo TV. According to the company, the system alone costs about ¥2,000,000 (roughly $18,000 U.S.) but if mass produced, the cost can be reduced to about $5,000 or less. Some people have reacted with disbelief and questioned the car’s legitimacy, claiming that the technology appears to violate the First Law of Thermodynamics  . Genepax is reportedly in the midst of filing a patent for its groundbreaking technology. Without more in-depth details, we can’t say for sure if the car is too good to be true, but this will certainly be something worth watching for in the coming months.

I've had some chemistry classes and would like to see how he managed to pull it off.  Not doubting it one bit, just looking to see where the energy is coming from.  It mentions a chemical process, but that is pretty vague.  Hope he gets the patents and makes a Billion dollars.  A much larger step in the right direction than "Hybrid" cars.

I had to laugh as i re-read your post...

FUck the electric cars I dont feel liek thats where its at.

Technically, it is still an electric car, it just doesn't pull power from a large bank of batteries.  It probably has a small battery or capacitor in there somewhere.

water is everywhere I just would figure that some one would be pushing to get this technology out.  Way more effecent than what Honda is doing and convirting natrual gas to hydrogen and I guess it takes 6  hours using there in home unit cause there is no storage tanks in it. I can take a hose and fill up a car in a matter of minutes and it doesn't cost me a dime cause I don't pay for water here.

In relation to electric cars being 'slow'  http://jalopnik.com/5101963/tesla-schoo … -drag-race

On Nov 30th, the fastest production electric vehicles in the U.S. went head-to-head. While their first meeting had a number of issues, most notably the underfilled Tango battery pack, and the Tesla's non-upgraded drivetrain, the 1/4 mile time is quite close and indicative of races to come.

    In this race, the Tango got 92.15mph in 14.480 seconds, beating its 14.7 "dial" handicap and thus losing the competition; the Tesla got 101.23mph in 14.666 seconds, slower than its 14.5 "dial" handicap and allowing it to proceed to the next round. (Two rounds later, the Tango's driver got behind the wheel of the Tesla and also beat its "dial" handicap... and thus lost!)

Last I checked, this is roughly on par with a stock sentra.  Roughly...