I hate scams and hoaxes as much as the next guy but getting 100 miles of
range with lead-acid batteries strikes me as impressive, even amazing, but
not as "unbelievable". If the car is driven at around-town speeds (up to,
say, 45mph), has a high-efficiency drivetrain and low frontal area then the
energy requirement could easily be low enough for a lead-acid pack to be
practical (if not exactly ideal). Granted, you still need a lot of lead, but
not an impossibly large amount.
Can you drive at 55mph+ and get 100mi per charge? Probably not. We have a
vintage Beetle with a 120V/105Ah pack and get 25 miles of range with our
1000A controller - if we didn't drive at 70-80mph, crack transaxles and
smoke clutches all the time we could easily get twice that range (indeed,
when the VW had a "500A" Kelly installed it routinely went 40 miles on a
charge, so the Kelly's are good for /something/).
range with lead-acid batteries strikes me as impressive, even amazing, but
not as "unbelievable". If the car is driven at around-town speeds (up to,
say, 45mph), has a high-efficiency drivetrain and low frontal area then the
energy requirement could easily be low enough for a lead-acid pack to be
practical (if not exactly ideal). Granted, you still need a lot of lead, but
not an impossibly large amount.
Can you drive at 55mph+ and get 100mi per charge? Probably not. We have a
vintage Beetle with a 120V/105Ah pack and get 25 miles of range with our
1000A controller - if we didn't drive at 70-80mph, crack transaxles and
smoke clutches all the time we could easily get twice that range (indeed,
when the VW had a "500A" Kelly installed it routinely went 40 miles on a
charge, so the Kelly's are good for /something/).
mos6507-2 wrote:
>
> Speaking of getting duped. 100 miles on a charge (on lead acid) and in
> production in 15 months (circa 1990 or so):
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQHex6ox2ks
>
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