G'day All
History has come to the EV world.
White Zombie, a 1970's Datsun car, street legal but used for drag
racing, has been fitted with Kokam helicopter starting batteries.
Over the last few weekends the car has seen some adventures,
including destroying the motor it had, and getting a bigger motor installed.
The biggie is the track time results:
0 to 60 mph in 1.9 seconds (Bugatti Veyron 0 - 60 mph takes 2.6
seconds and touted to be the fastest production car to 60 mph,
elsewhere I found mention of 02 Lingenfelter Chevrolet Corvette as
THE fastest street legal car with 0-60 mph 1.97 seconds, not any more!)
0 to 107 miles an hour in less than six and a half seconds (1/8th mile time).
10.4 second ET in the quarter mile.
Then drove it home without charging. You Tube videos are up.
What does this have to do with boats?
There has been a recurrent theme about jet-boating. Lead-acid + Jet =
very short range.
Typical Thunder-Sky (Sky energy, etc) Lithiums = better range, limited power.
A123 lithium = better range and power, pain to set up (small cells).
Kokam batteries = more power than you can use and better range again.
Still short range, but potentially better performance than an
equivalent V8 (etc).
BUT (big BUT) very new, very, very, new. Price reflects the very
newness. White Zombie is sponsored, but if you were to buy an
equivalent to their pack, expect a $100,000 price range.
If your pockets are deep enough, electric can embarrass petrol for
short duration.
Now back to your normal discussions...
Regards
[Technik] James
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