Quick! To The PunditMobile!
Lunatic Goofballs
24-09-2005, 23:22
Finally, a car perfectly designed for the Nationstates General political pundit:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/03/30/spark.air.car/index.html
It's a car that runs on air. :)
Andaluciae
24-09-2005, 23:39
Maybe it get's better mileage on hot air... :D
Sick Nightmares
25-09-2005, 00:53
I'm wondering what kind of mileage you can go before you charge it. And now that I think of it, the whole concept is a bit confusing. The motor runs the compressor? So it has a bunch of batteries or what?
Gymoor II The Return
25-09-2005, 01:05
I'm wondering what kind of mileage you can go before you charge it. And now that I think of it, the whole concept is a bit confusing. The motor runs the compressor? So it has a bunch of batteries or what?
It has a 48 volt battery which runs both the electric motor and the compressor. Says it right in the article, dude.
So, I would assume that when you charge it, it's also will fully compress the necessary air before you head out. Probably, like today's hybrids, it'll recharge the battery and compress more air when you're slowing down.
Eutrusca
25-09-2005, 01:10
Maybe it get's better mileage on hot air... :D
So it's a car just for leftists? :eek:
Tropical Montana
25-09-2005, 01:14
So it's a car just for leftists? :eek:
Why you gotta start?
So it's a car just for leftists? :eek:
Doesn't that post prove itself wrong in the creation of it?
It says that it's cheaper to build, but what about the running costs?
The Nazz
25-09-2005, 01:37
Doesn't that post prove itself wrong in the creation of it?
I'd say so, but I imagine Eutrusca would just say that's because I'm one of those leftists that's full of air. :D
Formal Dances
25-09-2005, 02:16
Cool! I like the idea. A car running on air. The politicians will never run out of gas then! :D
Erastide
25-09-2005, 02:29
So the car uses no fuel, but it still requires a battery to run the electric motor once the car is at cruising speed. How good can they make the battery? How long can it last after being recharged, and how many times can it be recharged?
And it'll still take electricity to charge the battery, which means we spend fossil fuels in electricity plants to charge the battery. :rolleyes:
The energy has to come from somewhere, but it sometimes seem like they're fixing one problem and pushing it back to another source.
Sorry, but I'm just imagining when a hole appears in the Compression unit..
"Hey I didn't fart... it was the car... Honest... it was not me..." :D