Especially the heater. If your gas motor is tiny and not running all the time, how does the cab interior heat? If it’s electric, wouldn’t that destroy your gas mileage?
yes, all of those things affect the ultimate range of the vehicle; it’s just a matter of total energy. Somehow, the car has got to find or make up for the energy used by those devices. In a hybrid, all the energy eventually comes from the gasoline in the tank. A 13 gallon gas tank holds 470 kWh (kilowatt hours) of energy. A pure electric holds between 24 and 60 kWh in its batteries (I don’t know what the Tesla stores, it must be higher than my figures). Anyhow, against these energy stores, an electric heater will take 1500 watts; run it for an hour and you’ve removed 1.5 kWh from the car’s total energy store. But compare the 1.5k against hybrid and pure electric. You can see who’s thinking they might drive with the heater off. I’ve not measured the current draw of the lights (on my 24 kWh electric truck).
Archive for May, 2010
In a hybrid or Electric car, do headlights, the radio, or a heater cause your mileage to decrease?
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010World’s first mass-production Plug-in electric car-F6DM by BYD
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
http://www.kammu.com
http://www.china-bathroom-cabinets.com
F3DM is the world’s first mass-production plug-in electric car using home outlet to charge the battary, whichi is manufactured by BYD.
There are quite a lot of good news for BYD auto. First,the USA’s richest man Warrent Buffet just invest about 100 million USDs into BYD to become one of the stakeholders of BYD.Secondly,the world’s first invented Dual Mode electric car F3DM will be available for sale on Chinese market at the end of this year.And the MSRP is about 150 thousand RMB,which is about 22 thousand USDs.If BYD can make it, BYD will be the world’s first auto manufacturer to sell DUAL MODE electric car in the world and China is going to lead the world in the Dual Mode electric car market.
“We give up the research on the traditional auto and make a great leap to the new electric car age”, said to the media by the ambitious founder and President of BYD auto,Wang Chuan Fu several days ago.That is a very smart stratigic for emerging Chinese auto maker.It would be a great difficult to exceed the European and American auto maker in the field of making traditional engine vehicle. BYD smartly dodge this obstacle and charge into the brand new field of making Dual Mode electric car.
Chevy’s electric car Volt just made its debut on October’s Paris Auto Show and nobody knows when it will be available on the market. And although TOYOTA is the first one to put the hybrid auto Prius into the market, it lag behind in the field of Dual Mode auto.
BYD also has advantages on the technology and performance of the DUAL MODE car. F3DM use both electricity and gas. If driven using only electricity, one full charge can sustain 100 km continuous drive and max speed is 160 km per hour while the VOLT can sustain only 64 km after one full charge. BYD has its unique advantages on the battary technology. No wonder Warren Buffet, who is a smart invester, put 100 million usds into BYD’s basket.
If BYD is successful on selling F3DM, China will be the world’s first country to utilize clean and zero-emission energy at a large scale and save lots of energy for other fields.
Duration : 0:6:44
What is the wattage output of an average automobile.?
Monday, May 10th, 2010I know watts are a measure of work being done. How much wattage is required to move a 3000 lb automobile from a stop to 60 miles per hour. I’d like to know how to calculate this myself, so please show the formula you’d use to come up with the answer. I’m curious to know how significant a 250W solar collector on the roof of my hybrid car would be.
use
Kinetic Energy
KE = ½mV²
3000 lb = 1361 kg
60 mph = 26.8 m/s
KE = ½mV²
plug in the numbers to get the Kinetic energy.
KE = 489534 Joules
to get the power (wattage), you need a time. If it accelerates to 60 in 10 seconds
power = KE/10 in watts. = 489534/10 = 48953 watts.
If average car uses 100 HP, that is 74600 watts.
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World’s first mass-production Plug-in electric car-F6DM by BYD
Saturday, May 8th, 2010http://www.kammu.com
http://www.china-bathroom-cabinets.com
F3DM is the world’s first mass-production plug-in electric car using home outlet to charge the battary, whichi is manufactured by BYD.
There are quite a lot of good news for BYD auto. First,the USA’s richest man Warrent Buffet just invest about 100 million USDs into BYD to become one of the stakeholders of BYD.Secondly,the world’s first invented Dual Mode electric car F3DM will be available for sale on Chinese market at the end of this year.And the MSRP is about 150 thousand RMB,which is about 22 thousand USDs.If BYD can make it, BYD will be the world’s first auto manufacturer to sell DUAL MODE electric car in the world and China is going to lead the world in the Dual Mode electric car market.
“We give up the research on the traditional auto and make a great leap to the new electric car age”, said to the media by the ambitious founder and President of BYD auto,Wang Chuan Fu several days ago.That is a very smart stratigic for emerging Chinese auto maker.It would be a great difficult to exceed the European and American auto maker in the field of making traditional engine vehicle. BYD smartly dodge this obstacle and charge into the brand new field of making Dual Mode electric car.
Chevy’s electric car Volt just made its debut on October’s Paris Auto Show and nobody knows when it will be available on the market. And although TOYOTA is the first one to put the hybrid auto Prius into the market, it lag behind in the field of Dual Mode auto.
BYD also has advantages on the technology and performance of the DUAL MODE car. F3DM use both electricity and gas. If driven using only electricity, one full charge can sustain 100 km continuous drive and max speed is 160 km per hour while the VOLT can sustain only 64 km after one full charge. BYD has its unique advantages on the battary technology. No wonder Warren Buffet, who is a smart invester, put 100 million usds into BYD’s basket.
If BYD is successful on selling F3DM, China will be the world’s first country to utilize clean and zero-emission energy at a large scale and save lots of energy for other fields.
Duration : 0:6:44
In a hybrid or Electric car, do headlights, the radio, or a heater cause your mileage to decrease?
Friday, May 7th, 2010Especially the heater. If your gas motor is tiny and not running all the time, how does the cab interior heat? If it’s electric, wouldn’t that destroy your gas mileage?
yes, all of those things affect the ultimate range of the vehicle; it’s just a matter of total energy. Somehow, the car has got to find or make up for the energy used by those devices. In a hybrid, all the energy eventually comes from the gasoline in the tank. A 13 gallon gas tank holds 470 kWh (kilowatt hours) of energy. A pure electric holds between 24 and 60 kWh in its batteries (I don’t know what the Tesla stores, it must be higher than my figures). Anyhow, against these energy stores, an electric heater will take 1500 watts; run it for an hour and you’ve removed 1.5 kWh from the car’s total energy store. But compare the 1.5k against hybrid and pure electric. You can see who’s thinking they might drive with the heater off. I’ve not measured the current draw of the lights (on my 24 kWh electric truck).
The Next Generation of Hybrid Vehicles
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
What will it be? Hydrogen, diesel, E85, or something else? That was the question at this year’s North American International Auto Show as nearly every automaker announced an alternative propulsion vehicle. Ranging from bio-fuel to fuel cell, it is clear that hybrids are still the most energy efficient technologies available today.
Many “next generation” gas-electric hybrids were unveiled. While dual-mode hybrids are efficient at stop and go traffic, they don’t quite add as much on the highways. A new concept plug-in hybrid from Saturn can potentially go for 10 miles on pure electric power, before needing to use gas.
But whether its battery technology, plugging into the grid, powering vehicles from solar, nuclear, or wind, all renewable fuels come into play. Automakers say that having a diverse set of alternatives is the best way to reduce our dependence on gasoline.
Produced for General Motors
Duration : 0:4:24
How do you think hybrid cars will evolve?
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010How do you think the hybrid cars will evolve? What it will turn into?
over what time period? Currently we are looking at hydrogen fuel cells which produce water instead of CO2. But eventually we will have electric cars completely that charge while they break and while you sleep. We already have an electric sports car that can go up to 120 mph just need to make the batteries last longer. and we will also have home garbage burning power plants to produce the electricity (Denmark is leading this movement with city and county trash burning power plants with less ozone gas emissions than a land fill so it produces energy and cuts pollution.)
failing that i think they will become a Wigglytuff
Electric or Hybrid Car Batteries: Are they recycleable?
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010I read that batteries used or planned to be used in electric vehicles have problems on being recycleable. Is it true?
all batteries are recyclable. the metals are 100% recyclable, the plastic in the cases are ground up and mixed with new plastic and thus is recycled. the electrolyte solutions are reconstituted and reused. these days very little goes to waste when recycling batteries.
Plug-In Hybrid feature on CalCars.org and Felix Kramer
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
http://www.calcars.org
http://www.hippygourmet.com
In our ongoing series featuring clean air vehicles, alternative energy and individuals and groups making a real difference for more efficient transportation, Hippy Gourmet TV is proud to interview Felix Kramer, Founder of CalCars.org.
Felix is the very first individual in the world to own a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and has dedicated his life to bringing these vehicles into mass production with car makers, working with other great organizations and through legislation as well.
Duration : 0:6:44
Electric or Hybrid Car Batteries: Are they recycleable?
Saturday, May 1st, 2010I read that batteries used or planned to be used in electric vehicles have problems on being recycleable. Is it true?
all batteries are recyclable. the metals are 100% recyclable, the plastic in the cases are ground up and mixed with new plastic and thus is recycled. the electrolyte solutions are reconstituted and reused. these days very little goes to waste when recycling batteries.