Prototype Electric Car doesn’t need a Recharge

[lazarus]

Researchers around the world are trying to find new ways to reduce the time required to recharge the electric cars’ onboard batteries. Now, a group of fourteen students from the University of Karlsruhe in Germany have come up with a prototype electric car that is powered by electricity but unlike other electric vehicles, it doesn’t need a recharge.

Called the e-Quickie, the electric car runs only with wireless power and besides this it doesn’t get started by the batteries but by leaving the energy conductors on the ground. Receivers under the body of the car take energy from the tracks through electromagnetic induction, which is later used to power the electrical hub drive.

Having a weight of just 60kg, the all-electric car is composed of lightweight, high-tech materials. e-Quickie is also equipped with a small electric battery that serves as a buffer and it is powered by a 2kw motor, being able to reach a top speed of about 50kph. Due to its electric motor, the car has zero CO2 emissions.
www.greenoptimistic.com/2010/09/15/e-quickie-electric-car/

[pumblechook]

Is it April 1st ?

[rsmith7]

Nope, it's eco-propaganda from our resident lobbyist, £azarus.

[pumblechook]

Care to estimate what the coupling losses will be and the massive losses due to energised coils with no car on them.

Care to estimate the cost.

Care to estimate the cost due to wastly increased cost when roads need resurfacing.

60Kg ...no driver or passengers? No shopping or whatever?

It it just a toy.

Not exactly an original idea either.

[lazarus]

Sept 15, 2010 23:10:01 GMT 1 pumblechook said:

It it just a toy.

It's a prototype - look it says it in the title!

Is this a science forum or what?

[pumblechook]

I am in certainly in favour or research and ofen there are spin-offs or unexpected applications but that can be only be a toy.

[rsmith7]

Look at the link!
greenoptomistic.com

I don't think we need to add anything further, pumbles old boy.

[pumblechook]

You have hardly started. What are all the engineering details of such a car?

[lazarus]

[quote author=pumblechook board=natter thread=166 post=1997 What are all the engineering details of such a car? [/quote]

Why? Are you planning to build one?

This is a prototype, a proof of concept, no one said we will all be driving on next week. Jeez!

[pumblechook]

I want some details. Green folks are so wishy washy.

[Mr Red]

AGH!
the bane of all creativity is the word NO.
dis an idea and you can't make it.
But of course someone can.

It may be too costly (for those with short term vision).
it may infrastructure (define your terrain)
it would sell to funfairs and Disneyland (gets it started)
I can see dodgems being more efficient and safe than overhead pickups.

clever inventors throw their toys out of their pram, and the negative people with them.
And test their ideas in fact not on paper. (or web forums)

[Mr Red]

FWIW

you can change batteries to re-charge quickly and petrol stations would love the opportunity to get their fuel delivered constantly.

you can charge electrolyte and pump it in exchange for spent electrolyte (and the station still has electrolyte to re-charge)

the real problems are the public.
1) they don't mind travelling 2 hours to work each day (and back) regardless of the miles so range is a problem at the moment.
2) they want to exceed the speed limit - range refers again.
3) and in some countries they want heating &/or cooling and are addicted to it. Some of us can remember when cars had heaters as options. Parafin fueled heaters anyone?

But let us just say that "big oil" will inform us when we should love the battery car, and work from home, and tighten our belts and re-think our priorities.
Oh! is that round about now? Public perception will lag a bit but time is on the side of the pundit.

[rsmith7]

Crud.
Batteries are too heavy/expensive/dirty/unreliable/fragile - and will be for the foreseeable future.
Just another anti-capitalist scam.

[jonjel]

<Crud.
Batteries are too heavy/expensive/dirty/unreliable/fragile - and will be for the foreseeable future.
Just another anti-capitalist scam.>

Go back not so very far, a blink in terms of the history of invention, and substitute the word Motor Car for battery and think how far we have come in such a short time.

Batteries will most certainly improve. Weight will fall, power output will increase and charging rates will improve. The remaining problem of course will be where we get the power from to recharge the batteries, so maybe we should all think about buying a horse.

[rsmith7]

Oh dear jonjel, which eco-fascist crib sheet did you get that twaddle from - or did you change the habit of a lifetime and have, what you thought was, an original thought?
Batteries have been developing since long before the motor car and they're still shite.
They can't even make a phone battery last more than a few months.