Hi Mike
On (30 Sep 97) MIKE ROSS wrote to Elvis Hargrove...
 MR> Elvis Hargrove said the following to Mike Ross on the subject of
 MR> Re: Engine Design (29 Sep 97  11:07:11)
 -> where they let the gerbils out. Sleep well, man. Wake up and smell
 -> the coffee when an EV wins the Indy 500. Not tomorrow of course since
 -> the IC engine has had an 85 year uncontested reign but give the EV
 -> research a chance.
Uncontested 85 years you say- makes 1912. I don't have the statistics but 
NCE
UPON A TIME [pre 1912 I suppose], the World Speed Record was held by battery
electric auto.
 MR> One advantage of the electric motor, in addition to its very high
 MR> efficiency (95% & better), is that it develops maximum torque at 0 rpm
 MR> while an IC engine develops maximum torque around 60% of redline. The
 MR> problem is clearly not with electric motor technology.
Excessive torque at 0 rpm isn't necessarily good news. Wheel spin is
spectacular and noisy and a crowd pleaser, but it is no help to vehicle
acceleration!
Cheers.....ALEC
... ....Horsepower was a wonderful thing when only horses had it
--- PPoint 1.92
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