Dean + Green Cars

[John Gutmann]

Originally Posted by Cynette

It might have something to do with the $98,000 base price as well. We can buy a lot of ugly hybrids for that kind of money.

I think the 98,000$ price tag on the car might have to do with the fact that they are the only people that make a sporty electric car.

-John

[dtengineering]

Originally Posted by John Gutmann

I think the 98,000$ price tag on the car might have to do with the fact that they are the only people that make a sporty electric car.

-John

Hey... why not do it yourself... it might not look like much, but it will turn the quarter mile faster than most anything street legal.

Jason

P.S. Why is everyone so excited about "Green Cars"... I like Red ones... they go faster....

P.P.S. If Dean can invent a car that is more efficient than my bicycle, then I really be impressed!

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

P.P.S. If Dean can invent a car that is more efficient than my bicycle, then I really be impressed!

Even a typical car can be more "efficient" than walking, if what you're worried about is greenhouse gas emission. It's not a big leap to imagine that a sterling-engine-charged electric vehicle could be sufficiently more "efficient" that it betters a bicycle.

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by Cynette

It might have something to do with the $98,000 base price as well. We can buy a lot of ugly hybrids for that kind of money.

Not many hybrids can match the performance or acceleration of a Lamborghini Murcielago, like the Tesla Roadster does.

[John Gutmann]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

Not many hybrids can match the performance or acceleration of a Lamborghini Murcielago, like the Tesla Roadster does.

here save some money buy it used......http://motors.search.ebay.com/lambor...00 QQsbrsrtZd

But for 98,000$ it is quite a bit better deal then the lambo.

-John

[Qbranch]

SWEET! Sterling Engines arent just for the tops of coffee mugs anymore!

...Hey where do I get one?

...And my question is... how do you 'start' your sterling-engine powered car if it runs on cow poop as mentioned in the article?

-q

[CJV648]

Originally Posted by Smaug

why do all green cars or hybrids look so stupid? why dont they turn a a car that is all ready in production int a green car hybrid?

Um, Maybe you haven't been paying attention. Honda Civic Hybrid, Ford Escape Hybrid, etc.....

[Andrew Rudolph]

I just got 2 links in my inbox from the IDSA 2 interesting articles including this sweet picture...


http://money.cnn.com/magazines/busin...8830/index.htm


http://blogs.business2.com/greenwomb...t-to-dean.html

[Qbranch]

So, question is, when will we see dean kamen's heat powered sterling/electric vehicles in the US?

-q

[Protronie]

Originally Posted by Qbranch

So, question is, when will we see dean kamen's heat powered sterling/electric vehicles in the US?

-q

I'd say about the time pigs fly...
Given the hoops a car has to jump through to to be legal on US roads...
and the fact that the oil companies have such power...

Keep dreaming!

[artdutra04]

Why can't companies stop using their lawyers (to fight changes for the betterment of society on the whole), and just use their engineers to solve the problem? Is the money they spend on lawyer fees (and lobbying politicians) year after year, really less than what they would have spent on engineering a better solution?

[Tottanka]

If this idea could work out, and produced and mnufactured worldwide, it will be put as an invention of an importance about the same as the wheel and the lamp.
Dean Kamen is A-W-E-S-O-M-E .

[Otaku]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

You're right. No one can ever design a sexy electric car.

That and the Wrightspeed Electric "Supercar" (That both myself and Brian saw at the Maker Faire, based off of the Ariel Atom) are pretty sexy cars.

The real problem, however, is when do you choose aesthetics over function? And that Brian still has a valid point -- Most hybrid/electric/new fuel cars DO look pretty strange.

Maybe it's just because these concepts are made by American designers. With the exception of a very few vehicles (one or two of which is originally based off of British design anyways), I'm not a huge fan of any cars designed by Americans. Most of them are hard on the eyes, personally.


Anywho, back on topic.

So, what is happing here is basically that Dean is changing the world AGAIN? Who woulda thunk it?

[Smaug]

there is a company in la that is taking care that you would find on the street and turning them into all electric. if you mod the cars a little bit i am pretty sure there is enough room to make it hybrid.

[Qbranch]

Originally Posted by Otaku

I'm not a huge fan of any cars designed by Americans. Most of them are hard on the eyes, personally.

Uhmmm.... sure about that? Chevy Volt for release in early 2010, uses one of the new A123 systems nanotech lithium battery packs that are inhearantly safe thanks to their chemistry and the most energy dense batteries ever. Plus... the volts a looker too (back , front) And no, with the amount of money GM is pouring in this project, I don't think it will be just another dead concept.

My take... I WANT ONE!

-q