In the fairly near future I wonder if crash worthiness will be that important. Self driving cars (or ones that are close to self driving) will mainly be achieved through sensors and electronics, neither of which should add much mass to the car. So you achieve safety, not through armor, but through avoiding accidents.
Of course that requires that nearly all cars be self driving On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > Please look at the thickness of the doors, the specifications & that the > car passed Dutch safety standards. This is a real vehicle which though > coming in second to the Japanese they won on points for comfort & space > inside their vehicle. If you look across the back seats you will see a > roll cage and a strong carbon fiber bulkhead. Lawrence Rhodes URL below > > > > http://sinovoltaics.com/technology/stella-lux-winner-of-world-solar-challenge-visits-shanghai/ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Peri Hartman <pe...@kotatko.com> > To: Lawrence Rhodes <primobass...@sbcglobal.net>; "ev@lists.evdl.org" < > ev@lists.evdl.org>; "ev@lists.evdl.org" <ev@lists.evdl.org> > Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2016 7:14 AM > Subject: Re[2]: [EVDL] The reasons for a solar car. > > My statement and questions were more general. I was curious about > actually being able to build any 4 passenger (even 2 passenger) EV at > 1000 pounds, not particularly a solar one. As David pointed out, to > make a legally marketable EV it has to meet a lot of safety requirements > and have at least some creature comforts, too. That provides, indeed, a > challenge to build something so light. > > Peri > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Lawrence Rhodes via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> > To: "ev@lists.evdl.org" <ev@lists.evdl.org>; "ev@lists.evdl.org" > <ev@lists.evdl.org> > Sent: 31-Jan-16 1:30:57 AM > Subject: Re: [EVDL] The reasons for a solar car. > > > Peri. You didn't read the article. Stella Lux used off the shelf > >specially encapsulated cells from Sunpower. Many of the components are > >off the shelf. Since the vehicle has a small pack it is much cheaper > >to build. Much quicker to charge and it only takes 10 hours to charge > >on solar. 95% of the time a car is sitting. With solar panels it can > >sit in the sun. The weight of the solar panels is negligible. Lots of > >great things happen when you get light. Lawrence Rhodes > >-------------- next part -------------- > >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > >URL: > >< > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160131/b7f8a621/attachment.htm > > > >_______________________________________________ > >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > >Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > >Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA > >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA > ) > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- Larry Gales -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160205/8644c8e3/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
