SSC, the producers of the world’s fastest production car, the Ultimate Aero, has announced plans for an all-electric version of the record breaking model. The Ultimate Aero EV (Electric Vehicle) is currently in development, with a 500 bhp version slated for release as early as late 2009 and a 1000 bhp 4WD EV also under consideration.
Sounds impressive huh? However, that’s not all… the press release also states “the drive train under development will feature a revolutionary power source allowing for extended time between charging intervals with the possibility of several years between charging.”
If you think this sounds perhaps a little over-ambitious, it might be worth suspending your disbelief at least for a short while. Remember, this is the same company that is capable of producing a car with a top speed of 256 mph and a track record of living up to past claims. According to SSC founder Jerod Shelby, “I think we can do it faster, leaner and cleaner than any other manufacturer.”
SSC hasn’t yet released any more details, other than that it expects to roll out a prototype in February 2009. Prepare for something pretty awesome, maybe there’ll be a mini nuclear power plant or some weird alien technology in there…
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Image Credit: SSC
Source: Business Week
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i hope these cars are for real….it’s time people have more faith and see that this is the FUTURE.
i hope these cars are for real….it’s time people have more faith and see that this is the FUTURE.
Sounds very impressive but I am not clear what that means when it says, “could run several years between charging” however I am sure everyone is really interested to see what they come up with, if technology like that is even possible.
Sounds very impressive but I am not clear what that means when it says, “could run several years between charging” however I am sure everyone is really interested to see what they come up with, if technology like that is even possible.
“… several years between charging …”
What BS. Why embarrass themselves by publishing something obviously false. Nobody actually believes that do they? Only two possibilities exist. 1) they intend to operate the car only once per year for 5 minutes. 2) Its powered by a nuclear battery (used in space craft typically). Neither option is practical.
“… several years between charging …”
What BS. Why embarrass themselves by publishing something obviously false. Nobody actually believes that do they? Only two possibilities exist. 1) they intend to operate the car only once per year for 5 minutes. 2) Its powered by a nuclear battery (used in space craft typically). Neither option is practical.
or 3) they have a new technique for regenerative braking that works very very well
or 3) they have a new technique for regenerative braking that works very very well
The only way I can see it going several years between charging is one it’s nuclear powered or two makes use of inductive coils embedded in the road to recharge.
Neither of these is very practical one is very expensive and too dangerous for the average person the other involves ripping up the roads and burying coils in the freeways and at every intersection.
I think they might be talking about having inductive coils at stop lights and parking lots so in reality it only goes a few minutes between charging.
As for really good regenerative braking the most energy you ever can recover is 80% of the kinetic energy.
BTW inductive charging in this manner will involve losses as the coils will take energy even if there is not car on them and losses between the road coil and car will likely be at least 30%
You cannot recover energy lost to aerodynamic drag or rolling friction from the tires and these are far larger over a distance of 10 miles then the energy used to reach a given speed.
The only way I can see it going several years between charging is one it’s nuclear powered or two makes use of inductive coils embedded in the road to recharge.
Neither of these is very practical one is very expensive and too dangerous for the average person the other involves ripping up the roads and burying coils in the freeways and at every intersection.
I think they might be talking about having inductive coils at stop lights and parking lots so in reality it only goes a few minutes between charging.
As for really good regenerative braking the most energy you ever can recover is 80% of the kinetic energy.
BTW inductive charging in this manner will involve losses as the coils will take energy even if there is not car on them and losses between the road coil and car will likely be at least 30%
You cannot recover energy lost to aerodynamic drag or rolling friction from the tires and these are far larger over a distance of 10 miles then the energy used to reach a given speed.
I think that they have discovered ARC reactor/ repulsor technology.
I think that they have discovered ARC reactor/ repulsor technology.
Fake
Fake
If they used solar panels that charged the batteries all the time and had all the other efficiencies built in, why not?
If they used solar panels that charged the batteries all the time and had all the other efficiencies built in, why not?
The problems are simple, have a battery that can be
charged as fast as it can be discharge, then provide
a source to recharge it, manage by firmware or a software application, as not to cause over charging
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The problems are simple, have a battery that can be
charged as fast as it can be discharge, then provide
a source to recharge it, manage by firmware or a software application, as not to cause over charging
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If EEstor is for real, their energy storage unit will have a self discharge rate of only 0.02%/30 Days (according to wikepedia). At this rate a vehicle could go 100 years without a charge…..if it is almost never driven.
If EEstor is for real, their energy storage unit will have a self discharge rate of only 0.02%/30 Days (according to wikepedia). At this rate a vehicle could go 100 years without a charge…..if it is almost never driven.
Since no imaginable storage device, even EESTOR’s, could last that long, it is producing power for itself by some means. Anyway, besides just having a generator on board al la Volt, there are lots of cool techs out there like the Lutec device http://www.lutec.com.au, or some tech that chemically self distructs over the period of a year and then costs a fortune to replace. Alternately, it may require a nonexistant electric infrastructure as natyori suggested. Somebody please go break into the Groom Lake facility (area 51)and steal whatever they are using to power UFO’s.
Since no imaginable storage device, even EESTOR’s, could last that long, it is producing power for itself by some means. Anyway, besides just having a generator on board al la Volt, there are lots of cool techs out there like the Lutec device http://www.lutec.com.au, or some tech that chemically self distructs over the period of a year and then costs a fortune to replace. Alternately, it may require a nonexistant electric infrastructure as natyori suggested. Somebody please go break into the Groom Lake facility (area 51)and steal whatever they are using to power UFO’s.
Dilithium crystals are obviously involved. Or an advanced polywell IEC device.
Dilithium crystals are obviously involved. Or an advanced polywell IEC device.
If we’re not growing technologically, then we’re stuck. And quoting, Richard Bach in his book Illusions, “Argue for your limitations and they’re yours”.
My concern is, remember “Who Killed the Electric Car”? Will this manufacturer or any other even be allowed to actually get their cars to market?
And we have plenty of oil…the prices are being manipulated by those who see their end coming… We should have been off oil at least fifty five years ago.
Fortunately for all of us, the tipping point is passed. The odds are on our side from here on out. We won’t let them pull the wool over again… even if gas does go back to twenty four cents a gallon.
If we’re not growing technologically, then we’re stuck. And quoting, Richard Bach in his book Illusions, “Argue for your limitations and they’re yours”.
My concern is, remember “Who Killed the Electric Car”? Will this manufacturer or any other even be allowed to actually get their cars to market?
And we have plenty of oil…the prices are being manipulated by those who see their end coming… We should have been off oil at least fifty five years ago.
Fortunately for all of us, the tipping point is passed. The odds are on our side from here on out. We won’t let them pull the wool over again… even if gas does go back to twenty four cents a gallon.
None of these cars will reduce gridlock or parking problems, which combine to make our commutes a nghtmare. Only one EV does: “The Tango”: http://www.commutercars.com
None of these cars will reduce gridlock or parking problems, which combine to make our commutes a nghtmare. Only one EV does: “The Tango”: http://www.commutercars.com
Well electricity is produced by turning a dynamo – potentially 4 dynamos known as wheels?
Go easy on me I’m not educated in the field of engineering
Well electricity is produced by turning a dynamo – potentially 4 dynamos known as wheels?
Go easy on me I’m not educated in the field of engineering