--- Nathan Cerny ncerny@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/12/07, Monty J. Harder mjharder@gmail.com wrote:
Meanwhile I'm much more interested in the
supercapacitors that are
supposed to allow electric cars to go 500 miles
between 5-minute recharges.
If I can buy one of those at a price point similar
to an ICE car, I'm all
over it, because if I drive 500 miles, I'll need
to stop to use the bathroom
or something for 5 minutes anyway. "Gas stations"
will provide recharging
stations where you can plug in, then go inside and
buy cokes, smokes, chips
and dips, lottery tickets and maybe even cricket
wickets.
All Storage issues aside...can you imagine the size of wires it would take to handle the current flow it would take to charge a capacitor capable of running an electric car for 500 miles (using current
Oh, 2/0 wire ought to do it. Let me rephrase that, 2/0 wire will do it.
Before there is ANY chance of a plug in car that can charge quickly, we'll have to almost completely rebuild our power grid...
It's possible today if you want to spend the money. It's not cheap, but I could build you one today for about $15 - $30K (or more depending on your requirements). I could have for you in a month.