10-12-2018, 06:37 PM
I don't see how they can call it self charging if you need to plug it in...
50+/- years ago there was a guy with a camper van that converted it to all electric that never needed to be plugged in. If I remember right, he used two sets of batteries, one for power while the other charged. Seems like he drove it clear across the country using no gas, and never having to plug it in.
After that trip, which I read about, he was found dead and the van had simply disappeared, never to be seen again.
The technology has existed for very long time, but I think big oil is in cahoots with the auto makers. The first hybrid gas/electric vehicles got over double the gas mileage that the newer ones get...
Unless we make our own in secrecy, we're doomed to what they choose to allow us to have. Unfortunately it is extremely cost prohibitive, with a strong under current by big money to prevent it from happening.
Personally, I think producing hydrogen on the fly from a tank of water, and running it in our existing engines, would be the most cost effective and practical solution for existing vehicles. They would be non polluting, and if it was cheap enough, almost everybody would do it. I'm not convinced that electric is better, because battery replacement costs can be extremely high, and I don't like limitations on how far we can drive between charges.
50+/- years ago there was a guy with a camper van that converted it to all electric that never needed to be plugged in. If I remember right, he used two sets of batteries, one for power while the other charged. Seems like he drove it clear across the country using no gas, and never having to plug it in.
After that trip, which I read about, he was found dead and the van had simply disappeared, never to be seen again.
The technology has existed for very long time, but I think big oil is in cahoots with the auto makers. The first hybrid gas/electric vehicles got over double the gas mileage that the newer ones get...
Unless we make our own in secrecy, we're doomed to what they choose to allow us to have. Unfortunately it is extremely cost prohibitive, with a strong under current by big money to prevent it from happening.
Personally, I think producing hydrogen on the fly from a tank of water, and running it in our existing engines, would be the most cost effective and practical solution for existing vehicles. They would be non polluting, and if it was cheap enough, almost everybody would do it. I'm not convinced that electric is better, because battery replacement costs can be extremely high, and I don't like limitations on how far we can drive between charges.
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