One more addition and then I will remove the conversation. Back in the 1990's actor Kevin Costner invested in a concept to power a car with a flywheel. Where...
Just have a look at the multitude of flywheel demonstration "hybrids" (they wern't called hybrids back then in the end of the '80ies). VW even did a small...
I suppose Clint was referring to vacuum enclosed electromagnetic flywheels not mechanical ones. Those types of flywheels are of good efficiency and have an...
There is a strong sense of humor at yahoo since they keep on advertising the Hummer on their advertising strip right up on the group's message page. It has...
I had this advertising issue with my future-fuels-and-vehicles group and was not able to solve it. Eventually, I think we group owners and moderators will...
... Flywheels can also generate very high power, but magnetic suspension is an issue for small vehicles subject to bumps and jolts. Flywheel maker AFS Trinity...
This may seem a little far fetch, but remember those wound back spring action toys, why not use that same concept to recapture some energy and use it for...
Let the idoits at GM waste thier ad money on us. Their heads in thier a.. again. Par for the course. Meanwhile Toyota today announced they were going to build...
Thanks Ken. Really amazing that they had such a perfect fit back in 1975. What a loss of time. Those pictures go straight to the groups Photos. Patrick...
This company has a quiet advanced Lithium battery. http://www.polyplus.com/technology/lithiumaircell.htm What they are proposing is indeed quiet amazing. The...
With all the good responses (Thank You Ken@Japan) that I have seen from the numerous people out there who have distinguished that Turbine powered Hybrids are...
An oddball thing that came up, as I follow Railpower. I always found it intruiging that, aside from forklifts, these Railpower locomotives are a vehicle where...
... Splendid, I am quite fed up with loud lithium batteries! (Sorry, couldn't resist). I put PolyPlus in the same category as EEStor and others who have long...
This is PR from an ultracap maker, but it illustrates one attempted approach to saving fuel and improving emissions (they claim shooting for both), in the...
You are forgetting the energy displaced at stop lights by the brakes and energy restarts to get back up to speed. These two items consume much more energy than...
Starter batteries are not designed to be regularly run down as they would be by "hotel loads". A cheap and simple solution is to install a leisure battery for...
Of course, nothing is sure until it is proven but still we should not ignore potential elements of progress simply because they are not there yet. Actually, I...
Leading the way are two companies, A123Systems of Watertown, MA, and Valence Technology of Austin, Texas, which have designed lithium-ion batteries that avoid...
http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/354/C9337/ The Mini Cooper doesn't come in a hybrid version (yet), but a small British company has turned one into a...
GM and partners vow to beat Toyota with mechanical engineering. http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17388&ch=biztech ... Get your email and...
Using 4 in-wheel motors! Tracking down the sources, I finally got back to the company that did the conversion. Anyone ever hear of PML Flightlink before? ...
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/09/california_ener.html Even though these are for large operations, it derives its thoughts from inventive minds like ours...
Article about Shell's US President's talk on oil Did everyone see the article about Shell's US President John Hofmeister's comments on world oil supply and...
