RE: Run off of an alternator?

[Chris Crosskey <chris.crosskey@vicon.com>]

Hi Troy,
Haven't you asked this before....Short answer is go do the math and work out
why it's not possible...

chrisc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: king_monkey@itexas.net [mailto:king_monkey@itexas.net]
> Sent: 30 April 2002 15:57
> To: ev@listproc.sjsu.edu
> Subject: Run off of an alternator?
> 
> 
> Hello,
> I'm new to EVs and I have a question.  I was looking around 
> and noticed
> that most of the electric cars either run off of batteries 
> alone or have a
> gas backup system and most, with the exception of the 
> gas/electric versions
> have very limited ranges.  I thought this to be a hurtful idea.  
> 
> I want to build an EV out of AC Propulsion's motor.  I looked at their
> T-Zero which has this motor in it and said, "Why would you 
> have to simply
> run off of batteries?"  And what bothered me most is that if 
> you wanted to
> go further distances you had to by an unsightly (although 
> they tried to
> make it work with the cars looks) trailer that would supply 
> you with more
> power.
> 
> I thought to myself, if you can achieve longer distances with 
> this trailer
> then why can't you find some sort of device that works like 
> an alternator
> on a car to power your vehicle?
> 
> I was wondering if this would be possible and if so, how much 
> power would
> you need to produce to keep the vehicle charged while driving 
> and running
> accessories?
> 
> Any help would be great.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mitchell Gray
> 

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