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I heard there was one working in the 70s..
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The electric car concept has never been âkilled.â It has only been knocked back. 100 years ago there were more electric cars on the road than any other. They were popular for their ease of use, quiet, and reliable nature compared to the then smelly, noisy, complicated and difficult to maintain and operate other vehicles of the time.
In the late 1980's while the personal computer was in the middle of 20 years of rapid advancement GM won the world wide solar car race in Australia.1 The team was then challenged to make a passenger electric vehicle. The result was the âImpactâ a concept car with state of the art electronics. The Impact was produced in California and was a shock to the automotive world. 2
At the same time California, the state with the most air pollution, and its California Air Resources Board, (CARB) was struggling to come up with a solution to air pollution. 3 Seeing the Impact already existed they came up with the Zero Emissions Mandate which required Automakers who wanted to do business in California to have a small percentage of their vehicles sold in California produce zero emissions like the Impact. 4
The automakers did two things. First they negotiated a compromise with CARB and allowed them to produce vehicles âfor the demandâ and not as a percentage of other sales and GM produced the EV1 and the S10 EV, Honda the EV+, Ford the Ranger EV, and Toyota the Rav 4 EV. All were purely electric vehicles, but they were only available for lease. You could not buy one outright. Advertisements for the EV1 were dark and gloomy. Prospective lessees were grilled and told all the negatives of the electric cars. Even so there were waiting lists that were not filled.
Another development was that in 1996, GM purchased world wide rights to the the ovonic nickel-metal hydride battery, a great innovation in battery technology. But when they produced the EV1 they put in lead acid batteries. It was only after public demand they started putting in the better batteries. 5
And there were still waiting lists for cars. So the second thing that the Automakers did was sue the CARB and its members individually. The members were already rattled by wondering what they were going to do if the automakers did not comply with the mandate. They settled the lawsuit and hydrogen cars replaced electrics as the golden child. At the last shameful meeting it is clear that the CARB members were not going to give a fair hearing to anyone trying to preserve the zero emissions mandate. It does not take an intelligent person to see that there is an official story and then there are actions and back room deals that are not so obvious.6
GM sold the rights to the only promising battery technology to Texaco who then merged with Chevron 6 days later.5 Chevron brought suit against the only competing producer of these batteries for cars and the batteries in the Rav 4 EV were no longer produced. This gasoline producing company says it is willing to license the batteries for car use but "strangely" this competing technology has never been licensed. There are Rav 4 Evs with the original batteries operating over 100 miles on a charge still running after 100,000 miles today.7
A violent act may âkillâ a child. But when the parent refuses to give it proper nourishment and watches it slowly die what do we call that? GM and the other automakers "somehow" seemed to get the same unprecedented idea to only lease their vehicles and at the end of the leases to recall their vehicles and crushed them. Only some S -10 and Rav 4 EV remain on the roads today.
One EV1 was given to the Smithsonian and kept on display in a wing built with funds from a GM ceo. When the movie âWho killed the Electric Carâ came out and interest would have been keen around the display it was quietly removed with no intention to be displayed again. 8
The conclusion is clear that the electric car of the 90's was starved to death by those who did not want to see it survive.
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The electric car concept has never been âkilled.â It has only been knocked back. 100 years ago there were more electric cars on the road than any other. They were popular for their ease of use, quiet, and reliable nature compared to the then smelly, noisy, complicated and difficult to maintain and operate other vehicles of the time.
In the late 1980's while the personal computer was in the middle of 20 years of rapid advancement GM won the world wide solar car race in Australia.1 The team was then challenged to make a passenger electric vehicle. The result was the âImpactâ a concept car with state of the art electronics. The Impact was produced in California and was a shock to the automotive world. 2
At the same time California, the state with the most air pollution, and its California Air Resources Board, (CARB) was struggling to come up with a solution to air pollution. 3 Seeing the Impact already existed they came up with the Zero Emissions Mandate which required Automakers who wanted to do business in California to have a small percentage of their vehicles sold in California produce zero emissions like the Impact. 4
The automakers did two things. First they negotiated a compromise with CARB and allowed them to produce vehicles âfor the demandâ and not as a percentage of other sales and GM produced the EV1 and the S10 EV, Honda the EV+, Ford the Ranger EV, and Toyota the Rav 4 EV. All were purely electric vehicles, but they were only available for lease. You could not buy one outright. Advertisements for the EV1 were dark and gloomy. Prospective lessees were grilled and told all the negatives of the electric cars. Even so there were waiting lists that were not filled.
Another development was that in 1996, GM purchased world wide rights to the the ovonic nickel-metal hydride battery, a great innovation in battery technology. But when they produced the EV1 they put in lead acid batteries. It was only after public demand they started putting in the better batteries. 5
And there were still waiting lists for cars. So the second thing that the Automakers did was sue the CARB and its members individually. The members were already rattled by wondering what they were going to do if the automakers did not comply with the mandate. They settled the lawsuit and hydrogen cars replaced electrics as the golden child. At the last shameful meeting it is clear that the CARB members were not going to give a fair hearing to anyone trying to preserve the zero emissions mandate. It does not take an intelligent person to see that there is an official story and then there are actions and back room deals that are not so obvious.6
GM sold the rights to the only promising battery technology to Texaco who then merged with Chevron 6 days later.5 Chevron brought suit against the only competing producer of these batteries for cars and the batteries in the Rav 4 EV were no longer produced. This gasoline producing company says it is willing to license the batteries for car use but "strangely" this competing technology has never been licensed. There are Rav 4 Evs with the original batteries operating over 100 miles on a charge still running after 100,000 miles today.7
A violent act may âkillâ a child. But when the parent refuses to give it proper nourishment and watches it slowly die what do we call that? GM and the other automakers "somehow" seemed to get the same unprecedented idea to only lease their vehicles and at the end of the leases to recall their vehicles and crushed them. Only some S -10 and Rav 4 EV remain on the roads today.
One EV1 was given to the Smithsonian and kept on display in a wing built with funds from a GM ceo. When the movie âWho killed the Electric Carâ came out and interest would have been keen around the display it was quietly removed with no intention to be displayed again. 8
The conclusion is clear that the electric car of the 90's was starved to death by those who did not want to see it survive.
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Should we all drive electric cars?
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Should we all drive electric cars? What are the advantages and disadvantages. This is my physics homework so I need some scientific answers aswell. Thank you :D
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Advantages: Electric cars offer no tailpipe emissions and therefore reduce the amount of smog and C02 in the atmosphere. Many studies have shown the negative health affects associated with air pollution created by internal combustion engines. A recent study from the University of Southern California has found a link between traffic air pollution exposure to autism in children.
In terms of physics, Electric cars are much more efficient than internal combustion engines. At best, internal combustion engines convert 35% of thermal energy from gasoline into motion at the wheels. Electric cars can be as much as 90% efficient. An example would be the Tesla Model S.
Electric cars also provide peak torque instantly and essentially maintain maximum torque through their entire rev range. Gasoline cars on the other hand have to build up to peak torque, and only maintain it for a short period of time, at which point torque decreases as RPMs increase.
Disadvantages: As it stands now, if every car on the road were electric a lot more coal and fossil fuels would be burned to produce enough electricity to support that many cars. Some argue this would be worse for the environment than the effects of internal combustion engines. Many electric car manufacturers debate this point saying a nationwide adoption of electric cars would allow them to evolve and use energy more efficiently, reducing the load on the grid.
Advantages: Electric cars offer no tailpipe emissions and therefore reduce the amount of smog and C02 in the atmosphere. Many studies have shown the negative health affects associated with air pollution created by internal combustion engines. A recent study from the University of Southern California has found a link between traffic air pollution exposure to autism in children.
In terms of physics, Electric cars are much more efficient than internal combustion engines. At best, internal combustion engines convert 35% of thermal energy from gasoline into motion at the wheels. Electric cars can be as much as 90% efficient. An example would be the Tesla Model S.
Electric cars also provide peak torque instantly and essentially maintain maximum torque through their entire rev range. Gasoline cars on the other hand have to build up to peak torque, and only maintain it for a short period of time, at which point torque decreases as RPMs increase.
Disadvantages: As it stands now, if every car on the road were electric a lot more coal and fossil fuels would be burned to produce enough electricity to support that many cars. Some argue this would be worse for the environment than the effects of internal combustion engines. Many electric car manufacturers debate this point saying a nationwide adoption of electric cars would allow them to evolve and use energy more efficiently, reducing the load on the grid.
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