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Originally Posted by zeropointbug
Come on Lutach, you and I both know the cost and complexity of a car with 500 miles range and 200mph capable... no easy means about it. What motors would you use? DC brushless? That's the only way IMO, and super expensive LiPo cells, BMS, etc. I have some pipe dreams too, you know. ;)
Have you heard of Shelby Super Cars new Ultimate Aero EV they announced?
Now this is something else, they say they are putting twin 500hp motors, AWD, and 200 miles range... and then when it gets weird, 10 minute charging on a 110volt outlet??? Either they wrote a typo and haven't publicly addressed it, or they don't know what they are talking about, or the third possibility, and my personal preference, they have tapped some sort of unknown energy source, possibly from the zeropoint field vacuum flux?  
There first announcement last year, they said it would be 'years' between charging... and now it's 10 minutes on a 110volt outlet? Boy, wouldn't that be nice!
http://www.gizmag.com/lithium-ion-ba...ugh-mit/11244/
Did you see my post a couple weeks ago on A123's new chemistry they are coming out with in the next 2 years? 100mah/g (so thats 7500mah cells compared to the 2300mah M1 cells they have now)... and get this, 170kw/kg power density (400C rate). These are twice the energy density of the best lipo cells available today, these will change the landscape of electric vehicles NO DOUBT!
Check out: http://www.uqm.com/propulsion_specs.php
If I had the money, I would use two 125kw units for 250kw, and only 180lbs. |
My set up will use mainly components that are currently available for military use. The battery manufacturer on sells assembled modules to customer's spec with all the BMS and they can even do a charger, but I have my source for the charger. Price is up there, but it'll be a super car and the higher range tame version for everyone else will be much cheaper. Just need to catch some attention first. I'm not worried about SSC, I mentioned them to snellemin and most of the things they say, I've said before they even thought about an electric car. I've read about that new material those MIT guys made, but they have sold it to a company in Belgium so it might not be in a A123 cell. The cells that I'll be using can already achieve over 200C discharge, but I will never see that kind of discharge anyways lol. UQM is nice, but the problem with most of these new companies is that they are public traded and they think they have the best technology so their prices are up there. Imagine if I had a billion dollar in bailout money? I saw a GM wheelchair on CNBC yesterday and just thought it was a desperate attempt by them. Oh well, we can now see how our money is being used
. This also proves to us that most if not all of those guys have no idea what they're doing.