Hi All,
I have a question and a challenge for you all that I think could generate some useful discussion about alternative methods of generating electricity.
How could you use the parts that exist in a typical motor car to generate electricity?
Think about it.
You basically have a working tesla coil sitting in there called an ignition coil. It converts a 12v pulse generates something like 30,0000 to 40,000 volts each time it activates just in order to distribute it through the distributor cap to create the tiny sparks at the spark plugs that then ignite a combustable fuel.
The rest of the car is then geared to use that combustion to generate mechanical work and drive us around.
You also have an alternator in there that converts that mechanical energy into around 13 to 14 volts just to charge the 12v accessory battery.
Generating that much energy just to ignite a fuel to do some mechanical work seems like a bit of waste of energy if you really think about it.
We already know that a car is full of good gear to create electricity. Coils, Relays, condensers, capacitors, wiring harnesses, etc.
So let us now assume we replace all the internal combustion engine (ICE) parts of the car with an electric motor, a motor controller and other electrical parts to make the car a pure electric vehicle.
Ok so now we have our test mule sitting there without an energy source.
What are we going to use to power this electric vehicle?
Conventional wisdom suggests putting a couple of battery banks in there and running it that way. That would work woudnt it? Well yes but there are drawbacks:
- lack of range you could maybe get 80 to 100 kilometers at best;
- life of the batteries themselves is limited to at best 2000 cycles with Lithium and 600-700 cycles with Lead;
- we have to charge it up every night for 6-8 hours;
So now think about your habits with your current car.
You fill it up once a week or fortnight. You get in it and go. You occasionally service it. You dont wait for it to charge up overnight and you dont have to replace around $2000 - $6000 worth of batteries every other year.
So what else could we do?
Tesla already did it. He provided a new power source for the vehicle.
His Pierce Arrow used a power source that was drawn from the atmosphere using the standing waves he said are all around us. Unfortunately that technology has now been lost to us so we cant use that.
So we will all have to come up with something else.
So here are the rules:
- it has to be primarily solid state not mechanical;
- it needs to produce no potentially harmful, flamable or toxic gases;
- it needs to be environmentally friendly;
- it needs to be quiet less than 80 decibels;
- it needs to make use of the electronic components already in the car;
- you can augment the cars electronic components with some other electrical parts that can be readily purchased;
- the resulting car needs to be of equal or better performance to your current car;
- the car needs to be as usable and convenient as your current car;
So how about it, given all you currently know about alternative energy sources and all the electrical and mechanical parts in a motor car what would you make with them all to put back into the car to generate the electricity to power this new electric vehicle of ours?
Regards,
AusEv
I have a question and a challenge for you all that I think could generate some useful discussion about alternative methods of generating electricity.
How could you use the parts that exist in a typical motor car to generate electricity?
Think about it.
You basically have a working tesla coil sitting in there called an ignition coil. It converts a 12v pulse generates something like 30,0000 to 40,000 volts each time it activates just in order to distribute it through the distributor cap to create the tiny sparks at the spark plugs that then ignite a combustable fuel.
The rest of the car is then geared to use that combustion to generate mechanical work and drive us around.
You also have an alternator in there that converts that mechanical energy into around 13 to 14 volts just to charge the 12v accessory battery.
Generating that much energy just to ignite a fuel to do some mechanical work seems like a bit of waste of energy if you really think about it.
We already know that a car is full of good gear to create electricity. Coils, Relays, condensers, capacitors, wiring harnesses, etc.
So let us now assume we replace all the internal combustion engine (ICE) parts of the car with an electric motor, a motor controller and other electrical parts to make the car a pure electric vehicle.
Ok so now we have our test mule sitting there without an energy source.
What are we going to use to power this electric vehicle?
Conventional wisdom suggests putting a couple of battery banks in there and running it that way. That would work woudnt it? Well yes but there are drawbacks:
- lack of range you could maybe get 80 to 100 kilometers at best;
- life of the batteries themselves is limited to at best 2000 cycles with Lithium and 600-700 cycles with Lead;
- we have to charge it up every night for 6-8 hours;
So now think about your habits with your current car.
You fill it up once a week or fortnight. You get in it and go. You occasionally service it. You dont wait for it to charge up overnight and you dont have to replace around $2000 - $6000 worth of batteries every other year.
So what else could we do?
Tesla already did it. He provided a new power source for the vehicle.
His Pierce Arrow used a power source that was drawn from the atmosphere using the standing waves he said are all around us. Unfortunately that technology has now been lost to us so we cant use that.
So we will all have to come up with something else.
So here are the rules:
- it has to be primarily solid state not mechanical;
- it needs to produce no potentially harmful, flamable or toxic gases;
- it needs to be environmentally friendly;
- it needs to be quiet less than 80 decibels;
- it needs to make use of the electronic components already in the car;
- you can augment the cars electronic components with some other electrical parts that can be readily purchased;
- the resulting car needs to be of equal or better performance to your current car;
- the car needs to be as usable and convenient as your current car;
So how about it, given all you currently know about alternative energy sources and all the electrical and mechanical parts in a motor car what would you make with them all to put back into the car to generate the electricity to power this new electric vehicle of ours?
Regards,
AusEv
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