Hybrid Car: Toyota Prius
By Cars & Motorcycles on Jun 25, 2010 with Comments 50
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Volvo Electric Car ReCharge Concept hybrid In-Wheel Motor EV Only about 15% of the energy from the fuel you put in your tank gets used to move your car down the road or run useful accessories, such as air conditioning. The rest of the energy is lost to engine and drive line inefficiencies and idling. Therefore, the potential to improve fuel efficiency with advanced technologies is enormous. With an Electric Car it costs just .00 per 100kms with MUCH more performance than with petrol at .00 per 100kms. Volvo ReCharge Concept hybrid EV with 4 wheel motors Electric Car vehicle. Electric motors are rated for 100000 hours or 6 MILLION Kms before they need servicing.
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Dealer markup is all part of the cost. If the FEDs or states offer incentives the $ will go to the dealers not to offset the cost of the car to the consumer. No matter what, the company and supply chain will get money to stay in business.
Pretty cool….Does anybody ideas on the release date…or price?
@MarkSDCA : it is affordable, about 2k per electric motor comes to 8k, 1k for battery bank, inverter probably 300, small ICE around 1k, on top of other things, brand new the car’s production is about 18-22k. Brand new conventional car can run you around the same. The problem is the dealerships marking up the price to consumers because these types of vehicles last longer (and cause less sales).
OK, now make it and make it affordable… please.
Also, if u run out of charge, u’ve a gasoline engine 2 back u up. This concept could be made much more efficient if u can somehow remove the gasoline engine when nt required. This would decrease its weight and increase its efficiency!!!!!!
This ought 2 be the most economical solution and practical use of hybrid technologies. This is bcozz cars lyk tht of Toyota Prius and Honda Insight save money bt very little in comparison 2 other cars bt since here, u get an option 4r recharging and running up2 100 kms on a single charge with the help of a battery, and also u have a regenerative braking system, this car would be run most of the tym in battery mode and we know tht electricity/mile is cheaper than gasoline.
Lke to be able to longer distances. Make a 2000 miles roadtrip, you will need 4-8 hours to recharge every 200 to 300 miles, with this you recharge the batteries with a minimun amount of fuel that you find in current gas stations…so unless they start making “battery sations” where you can park and switch your battery with a fully charged one, this might me the best car for the transitionperiod.
@fakiir The goal is to maximize energy efficiency. Any mechanical transmission has losses of between 20 -30%.
Using wheel motors eliminates those losses and maximizes the amount of energy available from regenerative braking.
BTW All Li-ion batteries are not a fire hazard, only defectively manufactured SONY li-ion cells are!
only problem with this is that there are way too many new technologies combined at once. wheel motors, flexi fuel whatsit… probably lithium battery, with its extreme fire hazard.
build a traditional car, with standard drive train, just put in an electric motor and controller under the hood. and do it at a price point that people are not so scared of, and you will make a fortune
the KISS principle. USE IT!
You’re crazy! First off – that little 1 Liter engine don’t weigh no thousand pounds. A Big-Block Chevy don’t weigh a 1000 pounds. And your 150 miles isn’t shit. People don’t want to have to worry about plugging in the damn car to get it to go. Oh – forgot to plug in the car dear – can’t make it to work today. I’ve got to make deliveries all over the city today – Oh shit – gotta plug in for a few hours because I’m conking out. The damn thing has to be charged – why do it the lame way???