[Russ]

Random topic number 4:

In this electric car I'm trying to brain storm thru I'll need AC power for the occasional accessory. Specifically a laptop in my case. In my present GAS car I plug my little inverter into the cigarette lighter, and I get AC enough to run/charge the laptop. This is heavily dependent on the inverter. A brief search turns up inverters up to 3000 watts.

Clearly the devices I've seen mentioned to step down to 12V would work. I'll need one for the cigarette lighter. But am I wasting energy doing that? Would some other method of getting AC be more efficient?

I had assumed I'd be creating a DC vehicle but I'd certainly like to hear about AC motor options too as I'm trying to educate myself.

Perhaps I'm over-complicating things.

-Russ