Lightning GT - Page 9

WarpedOne · 07-22-2008, 11:17 AM

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Thats a non issue.

You tell that to competent electric engineers, specialized in high power currents.

dpeilow · 07-22-2008, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Finkenbusch

If you look very close under the skirts and in the pants of "project better place" you find out that is a well thought and well maketet (till Olmert in Israel) scam - to lure the public with a shrewd green argument from one dependency (oil) to the next (one single monopolistic battery producer, marketeer & technology!).

Well, that is called the basis of a de facto standard and if no one else will step up and propose something, it might as well be his organisation...

malcolm · 07-22-2008, 11:29 AM

Wow. 1300A?

And how many vehicles per hour?

Frankenstein (over the Service Station tannoy): "Quick Igor, the ultra-capacitors are at their height!"

*Igor, wearing a welding mask, throws a lever.

Frankenstein: (mad gleam in eyes) "Give my transportation life! LIFE! Bwwwaaaha-ha-haaaa!"

*lame sound of electrical whine reducing in pitch.

Frankenstein: What??

Igor: Maastah, thith ith the tenth car thth morning. We musth shut down the syth-tem and await the recharging of the capacitah bhanks.

Frankenstein: Noooooooooooo!

vfx · 07-22-2008, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by dpeilow

Well, that is called the basis of a de facto standard and if no one else will step up and propose something, it might as well be his organisation...

So it would matter if the proposals are filled by no-bid-contracts and there are open source specs so any manufacture can make aftermarket bits that owners can buy.

dpeilow · 07-22-2008, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by vfx

So it would matter if the proposals are filled by no-bid-contracts and here are open source specs so any manufacture can make aftermarket bits that owners can buy.

Well, if public money is being spent in the EU it has to be through a tender.

But I agree, an open standard is preferable, but a de facto one is better than a free for all.

dpeilow · 07-22-2008, 01:23 PM

I shall be at the Motor Show on Saturday. I intend to visit their stand and the quick charging question will definitely be at the top of the list.

domenick · 07-22-2008, 08:51 PM

ABG has a bunch of pics. It definitely seems to move under it's own power.

As for fastcharging, that recently tested 2Mw could fill up a Lightnings, or whatever, all day long. 3 minutes seems a bit fast though. Most articles state 10.

Finkenbusch · 07-22-2008, 10:55 PM

domenick!

Thats exactly what I meant!

A open source technical solution - not stumbling from oil addiction to the next one - to a setup of a shrewd scam setup of a non-open standard battery vendors monopolistic pos system.

Thanks for the link

dpeilow · 07-22-2008, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by domenick

ABG has a bunch of pics. It definitely seems to move under it's own power.

As for fastcharging, that recently tested 2Mw could fill up a Lightnings, or whatever, all day long. 3 minutes seems a bit fast though. Most articles state 10.

Those pics are from the company website gallery. (Press Area)

The AN battery clearly works, but reading between the lines it would have been connected to the grid through some heavy cables.

Most articles state 10 minutes for a full charge, but 3 minutes for 80% is what is driving this high current.

dpeilow · 07-23-2008, 01:25 AM

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