Comments on: X Prize for 100 mile per gallon car at NY Auto Show http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/16/x-prize-for-100-mile-per-gallon-car-at-ny-auto-show/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:38:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Car l http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/16/x-prize-for-100-mile-per-gallon-car-at-ny-auto-show/#comment-697886 Car l Sun, 18 May 2008 04:05:40 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/16/x-prize-for-100-mile-per-gallon-car-at-ny-auto-show/#comment-697886 Obviously looks is not a real issue in this contest. I guess though if they can get the technology down, someone will eventually make it sell able. My biggest worry about owning one of these things is safety. Are the materials up to any sort of an accendent? Obviously looks is not a real issue in this contest. I guess though if they can get the technology down, someone will eventually make it sell able.

My biggest worry about owning one of these things is safety. Are the materials up to any sort of an accendent?

]]> By: Uncle B http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/16/x-prize-for-100-mile-per-gallon-car-at-ny-auto-show/#comment-659650 Uncle B Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:45:57 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/16/x-prize-for-100-mile-per-gallon-car-at-ny-auto-show/#comment-659650 Whatever happened to fuel cells and hydride H2 storage with electric motors and a plugin charger? At the very least someone could put a carbon fiber body and some Li batteries together with electric drive? maybe add a fuel cell Hydride H2 booster to improve range? Help me here! Whatever happened to fuel cells and hydride H2 storage with electric motors and a plugin charger? At the very least someone could put a carbon fiber body and some Li batteries together with electric drive? maybe add a fuel cell Hydride H2 booster to improve range? Help me here!

]]> By: ford http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/16/x-prize-for-100-mile-per-gallon-car-at-ny-auto-show/#comment-641507 ford Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:50:12 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/16/x-prize-for-100-mile-per-gallon-car-at-ny-auto-show/#comment-641507 What accumulators in this piece? What accumulators in this piece?

]]> By: KMD http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/16/x-prize-for-100-mile-per-gallon-car-at-ny-auto-show/#comment-622026 KMD Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:58:39 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/16/x-prize-for-100-mile-per-gallon-car-at-ny-auto-show/#comment-622026 I built a 64 VW beetle up with electric motor and controls from a cat forklift, it worked well but it was slow. I drove it locally all summer and my costs were less than a penny a mile. I am now putting the unit in a small pickup truck as the VW would not stand the weight of a superior battery pack. The battery pack I intend to use comes from a 13,000 pound forklift and weighs a little over a ton. It will power the fork lift for eight hours under heavy working conditions for over eight hours on a single charge. I have reset the gearing for a top speed of around sixty MPH. Always KMD I built a 64 VW beetle up with electric motor and controls from a cat forklift, it worked well but it was slow. I drove it locally all summer and my costs were less than a penny a mile. I am now putting the unit in a small pickup truck as the VW would not stand the weight of a superior battery pack. The battery pack I intend to use comes from a 13,000 pound forklift and weighs a little over a ton. It will power the fork lift for eight hours under heavy working conditions for over eight hours on a single charge. I have reset the gearing for a top speed of around sixty MPH.
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KMD

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