Electric Drag Racing

STANG KILLA SS · Posted: Jan 14, 2009 6:43 am Post subject: Electric Drag Racing

pretty damn impressive, he gets alot quicker at the end.

http://www.opb.org/programs/ofg/videos/view/56-Electric-Drag-Racing

Rhawn · Posted: Jan 14, 2009 7:23 am Post subject:

Very impressive.

Lop · Posted: Jan 14, 2009 7:29 am Post subject:

holy stuff

Rhawn · Posted: Jan 14, 2009 7:31 am Post subject:

I think the condition of that datsun is almost as impressive as the time slips.

savage3221 · Posted: Jan 14, 2009 11:20 am Post subject:

It's about time. Big business auto makers need to get their heads out of their asses and make this production-effective and stop being so greedy. It's time for things like these to become the mainstream methods of travel.

STANG KILLA SS · Posted: Jan 14, 2009 1:25 pm Post subject:

do you have any idea what those A123 cells cost? i do, there used in RC planes and cars. not cost effective and not very many milliamp hours. dont last long at all. notice he has to recharge after every pass Wink

were getting closer, but not there yet my friend.

tball · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 3953

savage3221, greed is what will eventually get an electric car to market.

Nooga678 · Posted: Jan 15, 2009 4:38 am Post subject:

First - it would be much cooler with a rusted out buddy ass datsun body.

Second - electric cars aren't completely environmental friendly, unless the place you charge it gets all of its electricity from clean sources, which is unlikely. Burning coal is nasty, and just because the pollution isn't happening at your exhaust pipe doesn't mean it isn't happening.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to have an electric car to drive around the city. It is an option to reduce dependancey on foreign oil, and is probably a much more environmentally friendly option. It is just not totally clean like the bit made it out to be.

Rhawn · Posted: Jan 15, 2009 6:13 am Post subject:

Brit Rider · Posted: Jan 15, 2009 11:17 am Post subject:

I think this is great.... but did no one else think he was a complete douche?! Laughing

Lop · Posted: Jan 15, 2009 11:20 am Post subject:

Nooga678, don't forget the environmental footprint left behind by battery manufacturing....

Brit Rider · Posted: Jan 15, 2009 11:26 am Post subject:

Lop, Great point.

plus - where's the power coming from to re-charge his batteries? I hear most power still comes from a less than eco-friendly source Wink

STANG KILLA SS · Posted: Jan 15, 2009 11:42 am Post subject:

my freind i showed this to had the opposite point, how eco freindly is having to throw away and replace the batteries every 4-5 years (Like a golf cart)

Lop · Posted: Jan 15, 2009 11:50 am Post subject:

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou070627_ac_hummervsprius.1ce5897b.html

Here's the article that I read about hybrid vs gas

Nooga678 · Posted: Jan 15, 2009 1:03 pm Post subject:

I think there is still the potential for them to be more environmentally friendly, and definately the plus of cutting dependancy on foreign oil. I just thought the video was over the top with how clean it is.

Burning coal for electricity is nasty from coal mining, to burning it, to disposing of the waste. Nuclear is much cleaner (and I support it 100%), but still has its environmental issues. Hydro could be considered clean, but still has its environmental impacts from daming a river (though we all do love our lakes Very Happy

).

The battery solution hopefully will be addressed soon as they are developing new batteries that work on the atom level that recharge almost instantly and always recharge to the same level. My brother in law in physics was telling me about them, but I really don't know much about it.