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A good possible solution would be to have some sort of short range transmitter on each vehicle. Then a small pocket sized device can be used to detect of an approaching vehicle, either with an audible or vibrational response, I am sure it could even work to give a sense of direction from which...

I saw this short article related to the Volt that had a nice little table of who is producing what types of batteries and for what vehicle, along with expected timeline for release. GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Concept Site » Blog Archive » Even Chevy Volt Battery Suppliers Surprised at GM’s Volt...

It seems like those shock absorbers, along with producing energy would be a great way for the computer to control the ride and handling. You simply switch how many of the stator rings are active and affectively control the damping.

I could see Hydrogen replacing gasoline in very special cases, in auto racing for instance. Have or producing hydrogen on site for a particular race wouldn't be that great of a challenge, and most top level race series have millions invested in the fastest lightest technology. I would love to...

This isn't directly related to electric cars, but if it's true, it will have an impact on the batteries of the future, or the power sources for electric cars. EETimes.com - Nanoparticles could make hydrogen cheaper than gasoline Here is the link to the company mentioned in the article...

The other thing to remember is that in those 5-10 years, there aren't very many things that will need servicing on the roadster. So for people who are used to shelling out money every year to maintain their high end ICE cars will be saving money in the short term to then give it back in the...

I am really curious to see how cars like this will be 5 year later if the owner doesn't go more than 40 miles very often and the gas engine doesn't get a chance to run and heat up. I know one of the worst things for gas engines is to never run, or only run for short intervals.

I never did think that using a food product to create an alternative fuel would be a good idea. Now using the biomass that we already generate to create fuels is a good idea if it can be done without releasing tons of carbon in the conversion process. I know they have the technology and are...

To me the replaceable battery pack sounds more like a way for some company, like an oil company, wanting to insure that people are still paying them money to drive their cars. I don't think in this country that swappable battery packs will ever be the norm just because each EV company is going...

I was wondering how feasible it would be to make an REEV vehicle with a small engine running constantly at peak efficiency continually recharging a smaller battery pack. In theory it would only have to create just enough power to sustain a moderate highway speed, which for an aerodynamically...

From that article, it doesn't seem like making a plug-in Prius would be that much of a change to the existing car. I wonder why they can't just offer that as an option for the 2009 model year, and use the feedback from that to help develop the other plug-in hybrid they are planning.

It can also be said that Tesla is not just making "another" car. They are making something that isn't offered by the big companies right now. Their cars are also a good bit simpler, for lack of a better word, since they don't need all the extra systems to support the gasoline engine and...

Even if you had some sort of third rail, every car would have to have a standard mechanism to reach the power, and would the cars drive themselves while touching the rail? I wouldn't trust the average driver to follow a yellow line, let alone a high voltage power strip. Then there is the...

I think most of the general public would sooner buy a PHEV than a BEV. They can benefit from the plug in advantages but still don't have to worry about "running out of charge" After maybe 10 years of switching people over to PHEVs, I can see more and more people being set up for and used to...

Hello, this is my first post on this forum, but I have been reading up on these discussions for the past couple weeks. I can see there being plenty of power for accerlation and passing even when the batteries get down to the 30% level like the Volt. However, this would never work for...