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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Pretty much true (though some of it is beyond my expertise), but it all seems to add up to just what I said: It is technically possible to do this, just as it is possible to have solar-powered cars. It's just not practical.
PS: FWIW, the current (AFAIK) record speed for a wind-powered car is 126 mph, though with an airfoil "wing", not a turbine. Land record challenge |
Brent Singleton,of Ogden,Utah has a 'Quadbrid' Ford Escort (hybrid,solar,and wind-powered) that he pulls a hybrid LSR racer to Bonneville with.
He uses two wind turbines to help charge with.They're not mounted on the vehicle,and they're not duct-augmented,but he is harvesting power with as modern a technology wind plant as is commercially available and will fit in a car.
He's been at it since age 14,racing for public awareness:International Alternative Fuels Racing Association,
International Alternative Fuels Racing Association.
Brent's is enjoying some of the fruit the race teams in the Netherlands have been sampling.
