hamster":3d8xx30i said:The problem ain't the engine, it's the battery!
cherrybomb":33r34fyy said:hamster":33r34fyy said:The problem ain't the engine, it's the battery!
...and where you plug it in.
where do they think the electricity comes from
orange71":1f6mbczj said:where do they think the electricity comes from
he keeps banging on about how the internal combustion engine is dirty and inefficient etc. I'm sure I read somewhere that it's actually more efficient than a coal-fired powerstation in terms of the energy released for a given amount of fuel...
cherrybomb":2zg0wp9z said:I recently had a conversation with someone who owns one of those Toyota Pious things. It's now over six years old and the batteries have a service life of around eight years.
Putting aside the issues of all the exotic metals and chemicals used to manufacture the batteries, they have been advised that it would make better financial sense to scrap the car and buy a new one than replace the batteries when they fail! :shock:
At the moment, until they can find a sustainable way to produce hydrogen in the quantities required, lean burn technology is where its at.