[Tfug] OT: Battery Powered Transportation: Converting Thermal to Electrical Energy

[Angus Scott-Fleming]

On 14 Aug 2009 at 10:21, Bexley Hall  wrote:

> >  pretty cool:
> > 
> >  http://www.chevrolet.com/pages/open/default/fuel/electric.do
> 
> This seems like yet another case of Detroit missing the boat.
> The car (allegedly) gets 230MPG -- but only if you make
> short trips and keep recharging it (I think the range is
> just 40 miles on a charge)

Also, many of the alleged eco-benefits for these silly things are based on the 
assumption that there are zero energy and emission costs for plugging in to the 
wall.

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