klonk wrote:I have figured out how to drive long cross-country distances in an electric car. You tow a trailer that carries a gasoline-powered electric generator, that you can fuel up at any gas station along your route.
Bill wrote:Regarding recharging on long trips.
If all e-cars used the same battery pack, you could design a quick swap battery pack so you pull into a station, a tech swaps out your old b-pack for a new one and you are back on the road in less then 5 minutes.
everything wrote:I like hondas as well (have the '06 rsx but wish I had a '91 crx or civic, or better yet a 95 nsx). Theoretically my care could be tuned quite a lot, but that would only make it maybe as fast as a fairly standard model 3. Pretty much means internal combustion peaked with the Honda F1 glory days from 25 years ago as far as I can tell. I'll probably keep my car as long as possible as a sort of interesting antique.
Dmitri wrote:everything wrote:I like hondas as well (have the '06 rsx but wish I had a '91 crx or civic, or better yet a 95 nsx). Theoretically my care could be tuned quite a lot, but that would only make it maybe as fast as a fairly standard model 3. Pretty much means internal combustion peaked with the Honda F1 glory days from 25 years ago as far as I can tell. I'll probably keep my car as long as possible as a sort of interesting antique.
Yeah so far I've only bought Hondas/Acuras... Such an awesome brand.
My previous ones: '94 Civic EX, '97 Integra GS-R, '02 RSX Type S, and '04 TSX (all manuals)
To me the main appeal isn't a straight-line acceleration (which of course is a nice thing to have ), but mostly handling/maneuvering/braking/etc. I.e. the ongoing, more general fun-to-drive factor, rather than only when it takes off. Like accelerating through and out of a curve -- dude, with LSD it's way beyond anything I've ever experienced before! It's like it's on rails -- and I'm not talking on a track, or even wearing summer tires; regular road, stock all-seasons. Not sure how I'm gonna drive anything else after this one is gone (which hopefully won't be for another decade or so).
Anyway... Time will tell what happens when. I think technology for the electrics isn't quite "there" yet, but it's definitely coming, and fast...
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