MarkI-ZeroPoint <zeropo...@charter.net> wrote:
> If you noticed the specs, 600volts @ 50amps... 30KW, that's a bunch! > You could reduce it to quarter that and run a typical economy car just fine > for most folks... > I do not think so. 30 kW = 40 horsepower. My 1994 Geo Metro has a 52 HP motor. It can barely go 65 mph. Downhill. With the wind behind it. There is no way it would work with only 10 horsepower. http://www.edmunds.com/geo/metro/1994/features-specs.html This handy reference says that cars need 15 kW: http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/JaeheeJoh.shtml "A typical automobile requires about 20 horsepower [15 kW] to propel it at 50 mi (80.5 km) per hour." Based on my experience the Metro I expect that is only true on a level road. Going uphill at 50 mph you have to floor the Metro and get whip every horse under the hood. Going south out of Chattanooga there is quite a heck of hill, and the Metro could barely make the 45 mph speed limit, back in its salad days. The 70-something mechanic who maintains my car looked under the hood once and said, "I've seen riding mowers with bigger engines than that." - Jed
