Posts tagged "Electric Car"

Charging an electric car with home solar panels

Los Angeles Times reporter Susan Carpenter shows the equipment and costs involved with charging an electric car using home solar panels.

earthsures airray™ [wind/solar powered Auto]

airrays™ entire system is unique. The roof of the car consists of a solar honeycomb-membrane panel which collects the suns rays when parked and when moving, and transfers that energy to the main energy storage system located in the back of the vehicle. The front hood of the car boasts three wind turbines which transfer air into wind energy and is then stored in the main battery. The remaining wind turbine is located on the trunk of the car, grasping at the airflow that surrounds the car when driving. Engineers have incorporated the vehicle with Vehicle to Grid (V2G) capabilities which will enable the user to transfer renewable power back into their home for use in their household or right back into the electrical grid to deplete their electric bills.

Electric Vehicles Welcomed to Seaside Town

Brighton have recently made a statement revealing that they will soon be installing 20 roadside charging stations for use with electric vehicles. This is all part of a big scheme to try and make Brighton a more Zero-emission city.

However do people who already have an electric vehicle really think they are bigger and better than the rest of us? Well if you watched a recent episode of South Park it would certainly seem so. Many of the people in South Park bought a electric car and found that they all started to think very highly of themselves and better than the people without the car.

Naturally this was of course nonsense and just put there to annoy all the people of Chicago (where most of the episode was based) as well as everyyone who owns an electric vehicle.

However is the answer to the worlds pollution actually in these cars or does it cause more hassle than good? In actual fact there is a lot of unused electric during the night as power stations are unable to shut down overnight, so without building more stations we could actually power millions of electric cars at no extra cost to the environment. Even if we should end up having to build more power plants, they would probably be cleaner plants. It also works out that the price per mile is a lot more economical for an electric vehicle than it is for gas vehicle. The truth is it is all to do with efficiency as gasoline cars are 25% efficient whereas electric are around 95% meaning that a mile on electric costs a penny and a mile on gas costs around 15 cents.

So if you are about to Buy a new Alfa Romeo or buy a new Mercedes you should hold off and wait until an electric car comes your way. Whether it is used cars for sale there is sure to be an eventual upgrade for a car to help take down your C02 emissions.