I believe that episode of Top Gear was about the Tesla Roadster. The Model S is
supposed to be a much bigger improvement. As for hydrogen, isn't it wasted
energy to use electricity to get hydrogen instead of just using the electricity
to power the car directly?
--- On Mon, 3/30/09, Stephen Humphreys <barkatf...@hotmail.com> wrote:
From: Stephen Humphreys <barkatf...@hotmail.com>
Subject: [USMA:44230] RE: Nail in the coffin for hydrogen (at least for now)?
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 5:39 PM
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Yes -I saw that episode - blistering acceleration (faster than the normal
elise) but as you say useless longevity.
From: br...@bjwhite.net
To: usma@colostate.edu
CC: usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:44228] RE: Nail in the coffin for hydrogen (at least for now)?
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:27:48 -0700
And on the other hand, check out the Top Gear episode where they review the
Tesla (a car I really like) and then right after they review the Tesla
(including some laps against the Lotus Elise on which it is based) they go and
test the Honda Clarity FCX in California.
I tell you, James May certainly had my questioning the true future of pure
electric cars for anything other than short distance novelty.
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Subject: [USMA:44222] Nail in the coffin for hydrogen (at least for
now)?
From: David <totakeke...@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, March 30, 2009 12:53 am
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
I found this interesting article today about an electric car manufactured by
Tesla Motors Inc. They already have a car on the market, but their next model,
called the Modesl S, is supposed to go on sale in the third quarter or 2011,
and can go about 260 km on one charge.
It looks like electric cars are going to be more economically viable than
hydrogen, at least for the time being.
The Tesla Motors website also has a nice mix of English and (sometimes
incorrectly labeled) metric units. When they list power in kilowatts, it's
sometimes abbreviated "kw," and on the performance specifications page
"newton-meters" is abbreviated "nm" and "foot-pound" is abbreviated "ft/lb."
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