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Looks great, but what are it’s stats?
Awesome ride. How many batteries on and what’s the range? But very cool idea, I’d love to do it with a mini. Keep up the good job !
hey i jus wana make an electric car for my younger brother.. but i hav no idea how to build it.. could u plz guide or tell me some websites from where i could get the guidance
actually, the Lincvolt is complete and operational.
so how much does it actually cost to do the conversion ?
i like your ride a lot better than the goverment motors(GM)chevy volt.who wants to pay 40 grand for something that makes a pinto look like a caddy?your ride is so cool.
the world needs more people like you and less people that throw sticks at people like you.
have you seen the lincvolt neil young is working on?its on youtube check it out.
many thanks to you and people like you for trying to make the world a better cleaner place.
Do you have a web site? Is there a place where I can download the whole episode of the 67 camaro you did? Thanks! We should have listening to you a long time ago.
Yeah, electrics are just awesome..
i kinda would do that if i had a car , im only 15 haha
thought i recognized you from somewhere.
It’s about time I converted my car to electric with fuel in the uk well over £1 a litre.
Heh-heh. Karma. Get it? Car-ma? ‘Cuz kar – KAR – sounds like ca ….
Forget it.
I was the head engineer and lead builder on BIG! and was on two episodes of Monster House. I was in Who Killed the Electric Car, The engineer for Smash Lab, as well as doing some on screen time. I also had a pilot called Gadget’s Electric Garage. There’s more… Check out my IMDB page.
holy cow GADGET??
you were on some of the Discovery/TLC shows like BIG and Monster House?
or am I mistaken
Yeah, fuck GM, I want their employees to have jobs but this is just karma. I’m actually shocked we haven’t seen any of their board members shot by employees yet, you’d think with all of the shit that people get angry about you’d at least see that happen.
i hurd one case the use electric power heaters like a base board style in ur house or the kind u plug in fronm the store soemthing like that with a fan to blow the heat around
dont forget the production/disposal
Well, batteries aren’t perfect either, nor are battery chargers.
But with the news about using tailored viruses to self-assemble Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries, maybe we’re only a year from having a really good battery alternative.
And of course, EESTOR has patented a supercapacitor for use in electric cars… we’ll see if it works.
Well, yes and no.
The electric motor does get a little warm, but nowhere near enough heat for a Michigan Winter, for example.
The best solution right now would be to put in a liquid fuel heater where the car’s heater core was. With electric ignition, you could start and stop an alcohol burner quickly and get heat fast for defrosters, etc.
The Aluminum/Gallium/Water reaction produces heat and Hydrogen gas: add a fuel cell and you’re done.
do we have to wait for detroit to build us a $45K electric car that wont even be coming until 2 years from now ?
and guess what that electric car will still be using gasoline
cost…
where so i get the parts..
ie motors and controllers
It’s actually worse than that… when you consider how much energy is used to move the person from point a to point b it’s less than 1%
He failed to provide some info in the video and he even stated a question which addresses that. Well, how much did it cost???
Surely they could somehow use the heat generated from the electric motor and battery pack?
electric is so exhilarating to drive. I drove an electric sports car and it was incredible. I was blacking out when flooring it on a straight. Very, fuggin, fast.