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- From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- Subject: Re: Flywheel batteries as EV power source
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.190902.6063@ke4zv.uucp>
- Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
- Organization: Destructive Testing Systems
- References: <etc.> <1992Dec22.204130.18133@enterprise.rdd.lmsc.lockheed.com> <1992Dec23.015933.24919@erg.sri.com> <51704@seismo.CSS.GOV> <1992Dec26.173449.15241@ke4zv.uucp> <drury-281292091239@esrfd.es.dupont.com> <1992Dec29.170056.20192@pixel.kodak.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 19:09:02 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.170056.20192@pixel.kodak.com> weimer@pixel.kodak.com writes:
- >In article <drury-281292091239@esrfd.es.dupont.com>, drury@esvax.dunet.dupont.com (Robert F. Drury) writes:
- >|> Stuff delete
- >|> >
- >|> > Any claim for a practical vehicle that gets over 50 MPG equivalent
- >|> > over a 600 mile run, gas, electric, flywheel, whatever, should be
- >|> > scrutinized with great care.
- >|> >
- >|> > Gary
- >|>
- >|> My 1992 Honda Civic VX has *averaged* 52.3 MPG over the past 30,000 miles.
- >|> Since I drive over 40,000 miles per year, I require a practical car.
- >
- >My Chevy Sprint easily gets 50 MPG in the winter and can get 60 MPG in
- >the summer. This is a 4 door car with enough room for a week-long trip
- >out of state carring me, my wife, my 2 year old daughter, and our
- >luggage + sleeping bags and christmas presents. Even while carrying all
- >this, it had no problem maintaining 65 mph up and down hills and still
- >got > 50 MPG.
- >
- >How much more "practical" of a car do you require?
-
- It should be able to haul a dozen 4x8 sheets of plywood and a ton
- of crushed rock. :-)
-
- I should have said "much over 50 MPG" above. Cars that do 50-60 MPG
- exist and are practical for lots of uses. As I noted in another post,
- they offer stiff competition to any EV.
-
- Gary
-
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