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The death of the combustion engine...
One day in the future it's quite possible that the cars we know today will have electric motors in them instead of your typical combustion engine.
Do you think car tuning and tweaking might lose its appeal? Getting more power out of an electrical driven vehicle would probably take more interest in electronics than mechanics. Mind you mechanics would still play a big part, obviously. But things would change drastically when dealing with the power plant and anything else associated to get optimal performance from an electric engine and from the cars fuel source. opinions? |
I used to run RC cars and just by changing the lenght of wire wound around the bit in the middle you can totally change a motors max revs, torque or power useage. Then you can change the alignment of the magnets in relation to the brushes which is a all new ballgame.
But I'm guessing they'll use brushless motors whic are sealed, but even so theres a lot of scope for tweeking with electric. Theres less to tweek sure, but the average mechcanic can learn enough to stay in the game within a 6 months to a year. As you said people with electrical experiance will have a big advantage. |
exactly...i had an elecric r/c car and needles to say their were tons of tweaks..that were cheap/free
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I heard about an engine running on air.
It works like a normal engine with cylinders and stuff but instead of using the combustion of fuel to move the pistons, it uses air pressure. It worked, topped 110-130km/h and was a LOT more efficient (don't remember the numbers) |
I doubt the majority of car engines will ever be electric in the future.
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I think I'm going to Hi-Jack the local milkmans float for his 24volt batteries! before any other local 'tuners' think of ithttp://discussworldissues.com/forums...es/tongue1.gif
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unless your air is made of methane or something. |
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I am sincerely hoping that any car of the future won't be electrically driven considering how polluting the technology would be concerning disposibility of the batteries and the centralised pollution, plus the added strain on the national electrical grid which would be unable to cope with the added strain.
Hydrogen fuel cells have far more future. |
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your best medium for that type of propusion would be C02 because you can cram more in but unfortunately C02 is also a greenhouse gas. |
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Would be a lot more efficient. |
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unless of course they are going to cool the cylinder down like crazy. just wont work |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmqpGZv0YT4 |
i still walk almost every where
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I think we're in the last decades of people owning personal transportation, so it's really a moot point.
Think about it...running out of room for roads in most cities, no room to expand, and people won't stop having babies. You think the roads are crowded these days, wait 20 years. There just won't be enough room for all the vehicles, so some form of automated public transit is probably in the cards. And if the entire infrastructure changes, you can bet it will be green fuel of some kind. |
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