There are three or four Gazelle kits up on CL this week. That would be a better use for my laptop batteries. No puttering VW boxer or pinto engine. A bunch of weight down low, lower center of gravity, and the whine of a big electric motor spinning the drive shaft.
CLAY On Sep 2, 2013, at 7:10 PM, Gerry Archer wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "clay" <redgh...@comcast.net> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 7:34 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] RE; New car expensive parts. > > >> Seattle is enamored of electric cars. First the insight was all over the >> place, but then the Priapus comes along and is a better car, Honda brings >> their accord hybrid, toyota counters, then the nizzan leaf plugs in, while >> the Tesla roadster is seen more and more. Now the Tesla S is all over the >> roads. Burger joints have plug in stations and dedicated parking. >> >> Maybe I should get into business relieving people of their old laptop and >> cordless stuff batteries. I can recondition them and pack them into cells >> for turning an old R107 into a plug in car. Or get a small diesel genset to >> zap them up on the road while driving. Not sure how that degenerate braking >> system is set up though. >> clay >> > If you built this one and used laptop batteries instead, you'd have a modern > electric car: > > http://www.motherearthnews.com/green-transportation/electric-car-conversion-zmaz79jazraw.aspx#axzz2dn7f27Pk > Gerry > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
