Youngest son is enthralled by Tesla cars. Had a great summer 2018 drooling over all the examples in SEA, and the neighbor has two and just quit working for Tesla Co. Over this past summer, he was on a quest to view a Tesla in ANC. I think I found more OM617 power cars there than he did REV. The only one found was kind of beat up and an example of how unsuited the things are for arctic driving.
clay > On Aug 22, 2019, at 9:38 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > >> A fuel powered vehicle produces heat which is obviously needed for comfort >> and to keep the windows clear. > > The auxiliary radiator in a fueled vehicle is one of the most elegant bits of > engineering, ever. > Taking a waste product (heat) and making full use of it for comfort and > safety. REV's don't have > much waste heat, and so far as I know nobody's making use of it. If they > did, it'd have to be > like a VW beetle, with an air shroud capturing the motor heat. REV's can > choose to use a heat > pump rather than resistive heat, which gives them something like a 3x > multiplier for the energy > expended. Still, they're at their worst in cold weather no matter what. > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > 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