<VV> Electric Power for Corvairs?

[mark at noakes.com]

I'm surprised...or maybe I missed it as I'm bad about skipping posts...
that no one has mentioned the Li-ion technology that the Tesla is using 
and that has been extensively discussed even here.  It's almost ready 
for prime time but pretty darned expensive for a lowly Corvair and the 
safety issues require more than a hobby level of engineering to 
implement...but you can get quite a bit of range out of them now.  THE 
issue is cost.

Mark Noakes

----Original Message----
From: ronh at owt.com
Date: Apr 17, 2007 11:45 
To: "Bob & Kathy Gilbert"<bgilbert at redshift.bc.ca>, <MSYVairs at aol.
com>, <vair65 at netzero.net>, <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Subj: Re: &lt;VV&gt; Electric Power for Corvairs?

This "secondary vehicle" status has been the big handicap for 
electric 
vehicles for the last forty years and even though many millions of 
dollars 
have been spent on battery research, nothing has come up yet that 
would 
allow an electric vehicle to obtain primary use status.  I was at 
General 
Atomics when they spent many millions with some of the countries best 
scientists trying to make the zinc-air battery concept work and could 
never 
make it go.  So, so far there still isn't a battery system beyond the 
old 
lead acid concept and that isn't enough.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob & Kathy Gilbert" <bgilbert at redshift.bc.ca>
To: <MSYVairs at aol.com>; <vair65 at netzero.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.
org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 11:27 AM
Subject: RE: <VV> Electric Power for Corvairs?


>I briefly checked and both the early and the late electric Vairs made 
by GM
> were powered by zinc based batteries and, by today's standards 
relatively
> inefficient motor/controller combinations.
>
> BTW, before anybody brings up the obvious battery limitations, I'm 
seeing
> this a secondary vehicle that would get occasional use doing round 
trips 
> of
> 20 miles or less per day on secondary roads so a 200 mile range or 
high
> performance are not issues in my case. But mostly, it has the 
potential of
> being an interesting project.
>
> Bob
> 66 180 convertible (a keeper!)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of MSYVairs at aol.
com
> Sent: April 17, 2007 11:15 AM
> To: vair65 at netzero.net; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Electric Power for Corvairs?
>
>
> In a message dated 4/17/2007 12:31:53 PM Central Daylight Time,
> vair65 at netzero.net writes:
>
> At last a REAL subject!  I have only heard of 2, I think.  One is 
the
> electric rampy the other I have in my brain as being a concept car 
from 
> GM.
> Maybe
> some one could jump in and confirm this.
> Keith Hammett
>
> Keith:
>
> The concept car you are speaking of is the "Electrovair". A LM four 
door
> that
> was (is) LOADED with batteries!
>
> When you visit the Heritage Center this summer while at the 
Convention you
> will have the opportunity to view the very car!
>
> Somewhere there is a link to the Heritage Center but I have 
forgotten 
> where
> it is!
>
> Bill"Swamp-Rat"Hadley
> Denham Springs, LA
>
>
>
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