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Jared592
Jan 23, 2003
JARED NUMBERS: BACK IN ACTION
I lost track of the last thread (apparently to my benefit), but as far as re-charging, this seemed like an interesting development:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128246.500-black-gold-holds-a-charge-for-green-cars.html

quote:

Drivers could have three ways of recharging the semi-solid flow battery. They could pump out spent slurry and pump in fresh; head to a recharge station where tanks of spent slurry would be replaced with fresh ones; or recharge the slurries with an electric current. In the first two cases regaining full power should only take a matter of minutes.

With enough "slurry-exchange" stations I image the whole "range anxiety" issue could be eliminated.

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Jared592
Jan 23, 2003
JARED NUMBERS: BACK IN ACTION

Hermsgervørden posted:

I live in San Francisco, and I once saw a smart driver trying to parallel park in a spot too short for his car. An actual parking spot opened up, and when the driver got out of his car, I realized that the guy was 6'8" or taller, and a muni driver to boot.
"This was the largest auto I could afford. Should I therefore be made the subject of fun, huh?"

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Jared592
Jan 23, 2003
JARED NUMBERS: BACK IN ACTION

BonzoESC posted:

Oh yeah, the inverter noise. I was hoping it was something cool like the Fisker Karma:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_S8kc74Ed8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_S8kc74Ed8

That's pretty cool, sounds like an electric guitar at the end of a song with the strings un-muted just before it starts feeding back.

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