<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Collin Kidder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adderd@kkmfg.com">adderd@kkmfg.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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</div>An electric motor can be made darn near 100% efficient. As a bonus<br>
electrical lines are found almost everywhere. It's like a built in gas<br>
station in every building you see. So, I do believe that electric cars<br>
will end up being the way forward.<br>
</blockquote></div><br>I agree with this completely. And while AC motors are more efficient, I believe that DC motors are at least the short-term answer to this problem due to the complexity of the battery-to-AC inefficiency problem. I'm going to start investigating motors and controllers and try to start putting something together. As I discussed last night with Casey, maybe we should start some sort of local electric vehicle enthusiast group. It sounds like there's plenty of interest here alone.<br>
<br>-mm<br>