BigOl64 wrote on May 20
th, 2011 at 3:27am:
The bits you didn't bother reading DRH
But the general manager of SAIC's new electric vehicle division, Pin Gan, says the Shanghai (a working title only) will employ the fuel-cell as a range extender for the battery system, in much the same way that General Motors uses a conventional petrol engine to recharge its batteries on the run. The system would extend the range of the electric vehicle from its current 150km to 500km, the same as a conventional petrol car.
He says fuel-cell vehicles are far more practical as a long-term solution than electric vehicles powered by the grid.
"Anyone who buys a battery electric vehicle as their family car is going to have to change their lifestyle because of the limited range," he says.
Fuel-cell vehicles would be able to match the range of petrol-powered cars in the near future.
The report, released late last year, used confidential data supplied by car makers to map out a range of scenarios covering all types of electric vehicles. Companies that supplied data to the study included Toyota, Ford, General Motors, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Honda, BMW, Nissan and Daimler AG.
The report found that limited battery capacity and driving range, as well as long recharging times, would confine plug-in battery vehicles to urban driving.
It concluded that fuel-cell vehicles, with range and performance comparable to conventional petrol-engined cars, were the best solution for family cars covering longer distances.
"These segments account for 50 per cent of all cars and 75 per cent of CO2 emissions... FCEVs are therefore an effective low-carbon solution for a large proportion of the car fleet," it said.
HYBRIDS AY!??!
WELL WELL WELL.... LIKE SOLAR BOOSTED FOSSIL FUEL GENERATING ELECTRICITY! HYBRIDISATION OF TECHNOLOGIES WILL EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE VESTED INTERESTS AND THUS WILL BE THE CONCEPT OF THE 21ST CENTURY!
... AND 22ND, 23RD AND 24TH....
IT IS SIMPLY EFFICIENCY... ECONOMICS DICTATE THAT EFFICIENCY DRIVES WILL ALWAYS TAKE PLACE!
THE WORLD TURNS .... [NEXT!]