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| brer |
 Oct 21 2008, 10:19 AM
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| Dr Evil |
Oct 21 2008, 02:28 PM
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Send me your transmission! Group: Members Posts: 23,002 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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Hmmm, all of those batteries dying at the same time in numerous cars (if they were widely used and all lasted about 8 years) = huge waste, no? We can recycle led from lead acid batteries, can we recycle LiPo?
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| Trav012000 |
Oct 21 2008, 03:06 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 59 Joined: 23-September 08 From: Indiana, USA Member No.: 9,583 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Compare for yourself. See if it's worth it and how much you'd save with an electric car. Found this nifty little calculator:
http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/~jarrett/EV/cost.php A little excerpt from my blog: "Oh, and i guess doing this will help the whole environment thing, but I'm more concerned with having $400 extra bucks a month. "But," you say, "don't you know that the energy used to fuel that electric car comes, in Indiana, mainly from coal fired power plants that release dangerous carbon?" Yes, Captain Obvious I do know that. I'll be trading my carbon from my tailpipe to the smokestack. But people fail to realize the amount of energy required to create a gallon of gas. So when you burn the gas in your car, you're not just making it there, there was carbon caused by the power plant that supplied the power to create that gas in the first place. Not to mention the power needed to extract the oil, transport from as far away as the middle east...well you get the idea." |
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brer 911 surpasses 914 as electric porsche of choice Oct 21 2008, 10:19 AM
effutuo101 Battery life cycle of 3000 charges or about 8 year... Oct 21 2008, 10:43 AM Hammy Is electric the future? Oct 21 2008, 11:09 AM Root_Werks It's all in the battery technology. Every cou... Oct 21 2008, 11:12 AM r_towle a 1200 lb battery pack to go 150 miles is a long w... Oct 21 2008, 11:19 AM jmill The technology is there. The cost is just too hig... Oct 21 2008, 11:21 AM brer should have included this Oct 21 2008, 11:26 AM So.Cal.914 I wonder what the cost is and carbon foot print is... Oct 21 2008, 11:52 AM jmill The size of the carbon foot print would depend on ... Oct 21 2008, 01:48 PM turnaround89 If the batteries last 8 years and cost 15000, when... Oct 21 2008, 04:23 PM sww914 How big is the trout footprint from the hydro?
I l... Oct 21 2008, 10:03 PM GeorgeRud One of my dear friends is a nuclear engineer that... Oct 21 2008, 10:23 PM Wilhelm Let's see. $15,000 divided by 96 months i... Oct 21 2008, 10:34 PM LarryR
Well I could live with the 150 mile range. Howeve... Oct 21 2008, 11:07 PM jmill If you only drive 2 miles to work you wouldn't... Oct 22 2008, 08:32 AM
LarryR
If you only drive 2 miles to work you wouldn... Oct 22 2008, 08:57 AM racunniff
If you only drive 2 miles to work you wouldn... Oct 22 2008, 09:15 AM
skeates
If you only drive 2 miles to work you wouldn... Oct 22 2008, 06:25 PM Wilhelm
If you only drive 2 miles to work you wouldn... Oct 23 2008, 03:57 AM racunniff
BTW what is the typical lifespan for lead acid b... Oct 23 2008, 09:03 AM championgt1 The batteries weigh 1213lbs. That makes this 911 w... Oct 22 2008, 09:28 PM jmill If you go 96v you'll need 8 batteries. If you... Oct 23 2008, 09:00 AM Todd Enlund Where is everyone coming up with this $400/mo... Oct 23 2008, 01:58 PM LarryR
Where is everyone coming up with this $400/m... Oct 23 2008, 11:07 PM jmill I believe it was mentioned that if you spent ... Oct 23 2008, 05:06 PM sww914 I'll bash the prius for you anytime, just let ... Oct 23 2008, 11:18 PM LarryR
I'll bash the prius for you anytime, just let... Oct 23 2008, 11:52 PM Bill D If you are only going a few miles a day an EV with... Oct 24 2008, 12:47 PM LarryR A little off topic but tightly related:
http://ww... Oct 25 2008, 11:32 AM |
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