http://formulaae.com/#/Home/

Smells like Gullible Investor Bait to me.

Lots of wanky flash graphics, meaningless mathematics scribbled on blackboards, multimeters showing readings of undefined parameters, tech-waffle, inspirational platitudes and zero useful content.

I'm guessing the bulk of the companies budget is in the marketing department at this time..

I sometimes wonder if these sort of things are deliberate sacrificial red-herring companies released into the media by the fuel industry to distract the public from practical current alternatives to fuel by promising some wonder-tech thats "almost here".

It used to be water-powered cars, but they're almost dead and buried these days, (apart from the recent resurgence of scammers claiming to use miniscule amounts of electrolysed water gas as an octane booster).

One of the long time EV builders I've been reading about (hes up to 47 personal conversions now) made the comment that in the last 20 years hes been building EV's for, there has been several "wow, look, everthing is going to be so much better in a few years when new wonder product X hits the market", that mysteriously never materialise that he now just shakes his head, goes back to building real EV's with todays tech and says "wake me when I can buy them".

Seems a bit like a deliberate disinformation campaign.. Make todays "not perfect" EV-tech look unattractive by promising something better tomorrow thus keeping people on the current fuel-tech waiting for the new EV stuff.

Or am I just paranoid ?
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BTW, I saw more electric scooters on the streets in Kunming, China in one day then there probably are in all of Australia. I'm guessing there are easily half a million electric bikes and mopeds just in that city. And 99% of them used hub motors. Unfortuantly my girlfriend didn't take me to the scooter spare part shop.
And BYD, a chinese car manufacturer, will be mass poducing electric cars before the end of 2011 for the chinese and international market. BYD cars actually look good too.

Here is an article. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/byd-electric-car-e6-crossover-mpv.php It is reported to have useful speed and range.
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This one uses hub motors.


http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/14/cadillac-world-thorium-fuel-concept-car/
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lol.


Not electric but alternate fuel
http://www.whitehat.com.au/Australia/Inventions/DeakinT2.asp
http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2008/10/03-ford-model-t-design-challenge-winners/

It is capable of being built now with current technology not that ford would build it (there factorys would need an update to handle the advanced materials used).
I was on the prototyping team for this where we built an electric hub motor version to the dimensions.
it uses compressed air hub motors.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp8hvyjZWHs

I'll sit on a pile of LiFe Batteries, I'll sit on a pile of Diesel, I'll sit on a pile of petrol, and I'll even sit on a pile of LiPo batteries, and I'll do it in that order of preference. (heck I'd even go nuclear if you could get the power density)

Ain't no way your going to get my ass on top of an air tank that big that's light enough to be used, especially when "used" includes getting hit by a semi.

Pressure vessel explosions are freekin scary. And yeah at those pressures it is an explosion, definitions be dammed.
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More alternative feul
http://www.instructables.com/id/Convert_your_Honda_Accord_to_run_on_trash/
This was really big in Germany apparently when feul and oil were scarce. Kinda makes you stand out, though
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It seemed like a good idea on paper...

Yesterday I went and set an Australian electric motorcycle lap record - on Australia Day!

http://enginewhisperer.com/wp/?p=221
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nice work!
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Angus, its your duty to use that Etek to become the new EV lap champion and end DumHed's reign of terror!

and to do it on a pocket bike
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now i want an etek pocket bike!
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Originally posted by Nick:
Angus, its your duty to use that Etek to become the new EV lap champion and end DumHed's reign of terror!

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Hahah,

I am substantially lighter. I think !
I'll give it a go when i can buy the batteries.... !
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