jimbms Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Another thing that makes battery power a better option on cars is some of the new devices one being the use of turbine tubes under and on the side of vehicles that use the air speed passing through them whilst driving to recharge batteries and secondly the new generation of photovoltic cells being used on car roofs to charge batteries both whilst running and stopped, this second method has been proven to be very effective when people are using the car for short trips and parking up for a time, also take into account that photovoltic cells at home could be used during the day to charge up a battery bank ready to charge the car at night when you get home. Aye, and large car parks are perfect for solar charging stations. I don't often agree with you Slim but it's nice to see at least one person thinking on the correct lines, this is actualy happening in some places where reserved spaces are set aside for electric vehicles with recharge points as part of the parking fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman2 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 about time too .. i would like to see the centre of douglas pedestrian only .. excepting public transport and i dont mean buses .. maybe a tram system of some sort.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xbones Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 about time too .. i would like to see the centre of douglas pedestrian only .. excepting public transport and i dont mean buses .. maybe a tram system of some sort.. Monorail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman2 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 well i dont mean horse drawn .. and if they can do it in manchester they can do it here.. 140 million on a hospital 40 mill on a runway .. its not as if a forward thinking project is beyond them.. the change is inevitable as oil reserves are dwindling fast.. 30 years time petrol/diesel cars would have been history for 10 years.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebrof Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Will an electric bike that can do 150mph have a good chance of advancing this particular niche? Same bike is coming here for the TTXGP, generating some nice press for the island: http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/02/mission-motors.html Sebrof: 3-phase AC induction motor and a liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery isn't a standard lynch motor, and saying the batteries are standard lion is the same as saying a Porsche has the same engine as a fiesta. Production bikes like this push the technology even if they don't use radical new inventions, they refine existing technology to become more efficient and cheaper. The range is 150 miles. The TT course is 37 miles. It doesn't need charging twice a lap. This bike uses a Lynch motor, and is a competitor of the Mission: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/wo...bike-125mph.php I expect the The Mission batteries are standard Lithium-Ion with cooling. These characters don't have the resources to invent new batteries. And as for the claimed range - we shall see. Have to say I'm looking forward to seeing it, but I just don't think it is especially green. Of course, what will kill it is the absence of noise. Who wants a quiet motorbike? S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireblade paul Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Will an electric bike that can do 150mph have a good chance of advancing this particular niche? Same bike is coming here for the TTXGP, generating some nice press for the island: http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/02/mission-motors.html Sebrof: 3-phase AC induction motor and a liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery isn't a standard lynch motor, and saying the batteries are standard lion is the same as saying a Porsche has the same engine as a fiesta. Production bikes like this push the technology even if they don't use radical new inventions, they refine existing technology to become more efficient and cheaper. The range is 150 miles. The TT course is 37 miles. It doesn't need charging twice a lap. This bike uses a Lynch motor, and is a competitor of the Mission: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/wo...bike-125mph.php I expect the The Mission batteries are standard Lithium-Ion with cooling. These characters don't have the resources to invent new batteries. And as for the claimed range - we shall see. Have to say I'm looking forward to seeing it, but I just don't think it is especially green. Of course, what will kill it is the absence of noise. Who wants a quiet motorbike? S a sub question to this topic how much is d.t.l or t.t. org. giving to this person to organise this plus all his playaways etc. or is he paying for it him self ?would be interesting to find out. so the budget for this years t.t. could be well over the £700,000 for last years overspend by acu party fund? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartT Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 well i dont mean horse drawn .. and if they can do it in manchester they can do it here.. 140 million on a hospital 40 mill on a runway .. its not as if a forward thinking project is beyond them.. the change is inevitable as oil reserves are dwindling fast.. 30 years time petrol/diesel cars would have been history for 10 years.. And have Electric Railways/tramways running to Peel and along the old MNR to Ramsey (allows for higher running speeds along the straighter trackbeds and serves developing out of town housing areas such as Glen Vine, Kirk Micheal + Ballaugh + Sulby) Could take people right into the heart of Douglas, Ramsey and Peel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweek Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 . Look out for other clips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 . Look out for other clips. Nice one. Really looking forward to watching this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 . Look out for other clips. Looks good. Is he carrying spare batteries in his backpack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweek Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 . Look out for other clips. Looks good. Is he carrying spare batteries in his backpack? Don't like the look of their rider though. Obviously they're using some media studies student as a test stunt rider. Makes sense I suppose since media studies students are ten-a-penny and highly expendable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbms Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 . Look out for other clips. Fantastic! it can ride around greater London roads without getting creamed by a black cab I am sure it will out perform here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 if anybodys batteries ignite due to overloading the ampage there will be a few carbon emissions, and brown ones too at a guess. this can happen if a short takes place across the the poles too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 are we going to have a forum team this year ? http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/Mission-Mot...team.4983615.jp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 More press, not entirely positive, but press http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/03/22/en...a_tt_contender/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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