Comments on: Westfield Sportscars Developing Electric iRacer http://gas2.org/2010/01/07/westfield-sportscars-developing-electric-iracer/ What is the future of fuel? What's new? What's next? Since 2007, Gas 2 has covered a rapidly changing world coming to terms with its oil addiction. Sat, 26 May 2012 14:59:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Neil Blanchard http://gas2.org/2010/01/07/westfield-sportscars-developing-electric-iracer/#comment-13701 Neil Blanchard Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:37:20 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4404#comment-13701 The iRacer is certainly a noisy electric car! Neil The iRacer is certainly a noisy electric car!

Neil

]]> By: Neil Blanchard http://gas2.org/2010/01/07/westfield-sportscars-developing-electric-iracer/#comment-37219 Neil Blanchard Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:37:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4404#comment-37219 The iRacer is certainly a noisy electric car! Neil The iRacer is certainly a noisy electric car!

Neil

]]> By: ChuckL http://gas2.org/2010/01/07/westfield-sportscars-developing-electric-iracer/#comment-13700 ChuckL Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:54:34 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4404#comment-13700 The comparison with a NASCAR vehicle is not a valid comparison until you also factor in the fact that the power required increases as the cube of the speed increase. To make a valid comparison the distance covered by the NASCAR vehicle should be multiplied by roughly 1,73^3 or about 5.2. That has the NASCAR vehicle covering about 400 miles, at equivalent speeds. Funny, but this is very similar to what my '86 Mustang did. You can NOT compare ranges at different speeds and draw any reasonable conclusions. The comparison with a NASCAR vehicle is not a valid comparison until you also factor in the fact that the power required increases as the cube of the speed increase. To make a valid comparison the distance covered by the NASCAR vehicle should be multiplied by roughly 1,73^3 or about 5.2. That has the NASCAR vehicle covering about 400 miles, at equivalent speeds. Funny, but this is very similar to what my ’86 Mustang did.

You can NOT compare ranges at different speeds and draw any reasonable conclusions.

]]> By: ChuckL http://gas2.org/2010/01/07/westfield-sportscars-developing-electric-iracer/#comment-37218 ChuckL Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:54:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4404#comment-37218 The comparison with a NASCAR vehicle is not a valid comparison until you also factor in the fact that the power required increases as the cube of the speed increase. To make a valid comparison the distance covered by the NASCAR vehicle should be multiplied by roughly 1,73^3 or about 5.2. That has the NASCAR vehicle covering about 400 miles, at equivalent speeds. Funny, but this is very similar to what my '86 Mustang did. You can NOT compare ranges at different speeds and draw any reasonable conclusions. The comparison with a NASCAR vehicle is not a valid comparison until you also factor in the fact that the power required increases as the cube of the speed increase. To make a valid comparison the distance covered by the NASCAR vehicle should be multiplied by roughly 1,73^3 or about 5.2. That has the NASCAR vehicle covering about 400 miles, at equivalent speeds. Funny, but this is very similar to what my ’86 Mustang did.

You can NOT compare ranges at different speeds and draw any reasonable conclusions.

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