On 2007-11-23 16:14, Dave wrote:
On Nov 23, 9:55 am, Dave wrote:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QmqpGZv0YT4

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This video certainly lends some credibility to the idea of a
compressed air car. As I said, we'll see - and I would make a special
trip to see one of these.

If nothing else, this thread has produced a lively discussion, and
has, for the most part, avoided ****ing contests.

Elsewhere I stated that one cannot buy a practical electric car today.
That is not strictly true. For example, one of these would
certainly meet my requirements for a commuting vehicle:http://www.myersmotors.com.
It's even made in the suburbs of my hometown (and not China or India
etc). But omigod - the price!
It's really just an enclosed motorcycle. Howzcum none of the bigname
motorcycle manufacturers make anything like this (regardless of the
powerplant)? Probably wouldn't sell (anybody remember the
Messerschmitt in the 1950s? [yes - the same company that made aircraft
in WWII]). Nobody wanted it.

There are "promising" battery technologies "in the works" - but that
has been the case for years. I hear that some of the folks planning to
introduce "viable" batteries for EVs are talking about leasing rather
than selling their products. No doubt they forsee "Sticker Shock"
problems.

In spite of all the disappointments, there is research and
experimentation going on everywhere, and I, for one, am confident that
there are better (and hopefully revolutionary) developments ahead. For
a collection of links on this subject look at this:http://
freeenergynews.com/Directory/EV/index.html

Thanks to all who responded.

David Johnson


P.S.: If you are interested in seeing what the Messerschmitt car
looked like, go he http://www.microcarmuseum.com/ This would be a
great place to visit (East of Atlanta). It's on my list!


My father had a three-wheeler when I grew up, a 'Heinkel Kabin'.
Pretty good at parking, but you were well below the sight-line of larger
car drivers, which could be risky then, and I'd imagine even more so
nowadays what with all SUV's etc.

Major disadvantage was in wintertime, when the centred rear-wheel would
tend to slip into either right or left track in heavy snows, and driving
sideways in traffic was no fun.

Advantage back then was a three-wheeler classed it as a motorbike, which
was cheaper tax-wise; now this isn't the case any more.

/Rolf