Why You Should Wait Until 2010 To Buy A New Car

[Arminius]

Nissan’s new lithium-ion batteries will also be deployed in Israel and Denmark by 2011 as part of a $200 million joint initiative with California-based Project Better Place, which aims to create a commercial network of easily accessible charging points for more than 500,000 electric cars

http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/0...9markets1.html

[dsq]

you can get great used cars for under 2k...Dump the escalade,suv whatever and jump in a mid 90s honda or toyota.People are so vain about having a new car.Rice burners arent much greater fashion statements when they are new than when old.

[Arminius]

Since this product isn't out yet, I'll post this over here. This also has potential to be an ecomod: http://www.gizmag.com/electric-super...er-boost/9364/

[johnpr]

just a note: that is far from the first electric supercharger, they have been around for a while

[IndyIan]

Originally Posted by Arminius

Since this product isn't out yet, I'll post this over here. This also has potential to be an ecomod: http://www.gizmag.com/electric-super...er-boost/9364/

If you read the fine print I think it says it works for 10 revolutions of the engine... On start up this is said to be significant? Maybe it is good for EOCing and restarting? I doubt it though.

Here's an article on one that definitely doesn't work but they go over the numbers on why electric superchargers aren't really practical.
http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&A=0237
Ian

[johnpr]

thanks for posting that ian, i wanted to post that they werent practical but i didnt have time to look for something on it..