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For electric vehicles. But still an achievement.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23051252

dave-r wrote:For electric vehicles. But still an achievement.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23051252

Hell yea we are headed that way, use your muscle car whilst you still can...

Electric bike class at the TT this year setting average speed times close to that of the Supersports classes of just a few years back.
Seen the electric drag bike in the States running late 7's in testing with the torque wound right back cos the tyre can't hold it?
I can see this becoming a big thing in lake racing

Funny how things come full circle! The 1st cars were electric! Yes, Drew is correct, I believe autos will be mostly electric in the next 20 years, BUT there will always be a demand for the IC engine. At least till we die off!

Oh congrats to the UK Teams,,helluva accomplishment. I saw a interesting Land Speed vehicle on the Tele a year or 3 ago. A Mechanical Engineering school built a hydrogen powered car to exceed 300 MPH. It was semi successful but had electrical issues. Too bad it also had aerospace engineering and was very complicated.

Eddie wrote:Oh congrats to the UK Teams,,helluva accomplishment. I saw a interesting Land Speed vehicle on the Tele a year or 3 ago. A Mechanical Engineering school built a hydrogen powered car to exceed 300 MPH. It was semi successful but had electrical issues. Too bad it also had aerospace engineering and was very complicated.

Yea what he said ,Ok you dam brits have do do the speed thing first..........good on ya,big congrats from the west

Yeah the early part of the last century was 'our era' for rich playboys and aristocrats to throw their wallets at cars and boats in the exciting new world of the internal combustion engine.
We got some excellent old museums with all the surviving cars and boats on display.
The Twenties and Thirties does it for me, Campbell, Easton, Cobb.
We even have some of the American record setters on display at Beaulieu Motor Museum near the south coast.

On-Board footage is good.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23071190

This is a real achievement on two levels:-

1- It's a record, and the British hold it.
2- At some point in the future, petrol engines will be looked on in the same light that we visit museums and look at steam- powered cars. At least these vehicles make the prospect of alternative fuel potentially pulse- raising.

Of course, all this was predicted back in the early 1970's by Bennie Hill's chart- topping 'Ernie'.

Tim wrote:Of course, all this was predicted back in the early 1970's by Bennie Hill's chart- topping 'Ernie'.

LOL Tim!

That is going to be SO lost on our Yank mates and anyone under 40.

"......a pork pie caught him in the eye, and Ernie bit the dust"

..but Ernie got his coco there three times every week.

She said Ernie I'd be happy if it comes up to my chest!

Actually thinkin about it old Benny was pretty big in the States, they prob know more than we do!
Reckon they can recite Ernies take just like they can every Python line ever written

Wicked, check it.......... and good to see you postin again Tim

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e1xvyTdBZI

Hang on a minute Tim...Ernie had a horse drawn milk CART. Not an electric milk float you daft bugger.

dave-r wrote:Hang on a minute Tim...Ernie had a horse drawn milk CART. Not an electric milk float you daft bugger.

I'll get me coat....

Hell I would be fine about going back to real horse power. You can't get greener than a horse. Completely re-cyclable too. The only problem will be keeping the catalicic converter up it's arse.

Yeah horses are cool but they are also very high maintenance. Just like wives/girlfriends

fal308 wrote:Yeah horses are cool but they are also very high maintenance. Just like wives/girlfriends

Probably not a lot worse than trying to run a 40 year old Yank classic in the UK....

I understand my car