The Official Funny Stuff Thread™
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bigger PITA than stopping by a gas station
Certainly, that's why I'll buy electric only once wireless charging system can be installed in my home at an affordable price, and that will happen only when I have a house, even wired charging would be rather difficult living in a flat.
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Back to funny stuff...
(NSFW, natch)
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Lexus LS is:
stupid-looking
No point arguing about car design with someone who prefers station wagons.
<j/k, actually there are a few cars that I like better in estate rather than saloon versions
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Of course it is about aesthetics. Otherwise we'd all drive the same looking car with just different badges (which sadly is slowly happening).
I chose my current car purely based on the looks. <Same as my girlfriend>
I was trolling anyway, if wasn't enough, check the raw <not in this post, the previous one>.
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I was trolling anyway
I know, I was just saying.
check the raw
Ain't nobody got time for that.
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Stick the generator inside the car then. You wouldn't want the fumes in with you, so put it out in front of the driver with some sort of exhaust system pushing the gases out the back.
I laughed, but this at least gives all the benefits of an electric car when range isn't required, such as commuting and normal weekend driving, and the range extension required when going on a road trip.
Most people really don't need to drive 800km a day.
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As it's both funny and related to electric cars.
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If it weren't for the names Reagan and Carter you'd think he did that this year:
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There is a case to be made for an electric car with a generator included. Since it runs at the same rpm all the time it can be optimised to be super efficient
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There is a case to be made for an electric car with a generator included. Since it runs at the same rpm all the time it can be optimised to be super efficient
Yeah, that was on the BAD IDEAS thread I think.
Good idea, though. Let's run the generator with a 2-cycle mower engine.
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many electric cars have 70 - 80 miles on a single charge, which would mean charging them once or twice a week for me
That would require me to charge both at home and at work. I think I'll stick with using the train to commute for now…
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Is it at least an electric train?
It's two trains, one (usually) electric and one not. The one that isn't runs on a line that they're talking about electrifying, but haven't actually done it yet. Since they've been talking about it for decades, I think I'll not hold my breath waiting for something to happen…
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That would require me to charge both at home and at work.
Fun fact: my company's moving to a new building, and one of the frequent question is whether we're putting charging stations in our new parking deck. (The answer so far is "Maybe? We're still negotiating").
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Mr. Bean can TALK!?
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That's not Bean, that's Blackadder.
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Pretty sure the Chevy Volt already exists.
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There is a case to be made for an electric car with a generator included.
Honda--I think; it might have been another--was doing some research and asked "why do we need a transmission and crankshaft if we're not going to be turning the wheels, but just charging a battery", and built an engine with pistons that don't connect to a crankshaft; instead, there's an induction loop around each one; the piston head generates a current as it moves in its shaft.
Neat idea. Wonder how well it works.
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Pretty sure the Chevy Volt already exists.
<notext>EDIT: Oh I misread your post.
I read about that spring-loaded cylinder-with-induction-loop thing before, I can't remember where. Sounded unreliable as shit. I bet they end up going back to a crankshaft.
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Made me laugh at least
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Why do people always have to move the camera to point at the ground or the sky or their own jacket, just as things start to get interesting?
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There is a case to be made for an electric car with a generator included. Since it runs at the same rpm all the time it can be optimised to be super efficient
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I bet they end up going back to a crankshaft.
Could be. Still no need for a transmission.
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Pretty sure the Chevy Volt already exists.
Yes I will keep posting this until someone acknowledges it.
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No.
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Honda--I think; it might have been another--was doing some research and asked "why do we need a transmission and crankshaft if we're not going to be turning the wheels, but just charging a battery", and built an engine with pistons that don't connect to a crankshaft; instead, there's an induction loop around each one; the piston head generates a current as it moves in its shaft.
Nope. Toyota.
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Drop cap initial letter[b]T[/b]hat's an interesting article there.
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Nope. Toyota.
I almost wrote that instead of "another", but I CBA to check.
Wikipedia says that the general concept of using a free-piston engine as a generator goes back to the 20s; Toyota's change to use an induced current might be a new wrinkle.
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Yes I will keep posting this until someone acknowledges it.
Good for you, King Canute.
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I don't see the problem. As the Spider King, I would SHOW THEM ALL and RULE THE WORLD.
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Rats, looks like I'm actually in Texas after all.
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Neat idea. Wonder how well it works.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/361025412843?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true
Probably about as well as that.
Seriously, though, it's probably more efficient than generating with a crankshaft. A moving magnetic field (or moving armature) is all you need.
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Run by counts?
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Three! Ah. Ah. Ah.
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https://i.imgur.com/mmdSZax.png
Ah good ole Ken M
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A woman was arrested at a Lecanto Walmart on Tuesday after eating sushi, most of a rotisserie chicken and cinnamon rolls while drinking wine and driving a motorized shopping cart around the store.