r hettinga rahshipwrightcom ouch hooooo cheers rah begin forwarded text date thu 5 sep 2002 091713 0700 guy subject electric car edsel r hettinga bob guys idiot design loads systems 50 kv capacitors one 864 capacitors stores 10 megajoules means 11 kilojoules weigh 125 kg need high energy per unit mass capacitive system picked maximizes precisely system maxwell touting electrical braking power augmentation regenerative use automobiles also need voltage use dc motor though actual capacitors system charged 25 volts system arranged series boost voltage ignore hes waste time r hettinga subject electric car edsel date wed 4 sep 2002 153139 0400 people begin forwarded text date wed 4 sep 2002 075910 0700 pdt adam l beberg r hettinga cc subject electric car edsel wed 4 sep 2002 r hettinga wrote maxwell wwwmaxwellcom makes sells high energy density capacitors called ultracapacitors deliver aircooled voltage regulated module charge 42 v hold 128 kilojoules roughly energy 2 teaspoons sugar bite donut weighs 16 kilograms electrical energy could converted kinetic energy theres enough get capacitor module 200 mph vacuum since energy pack capacitor something like 12cv2 want design system lowest voltage possible fully exploit v2 yea 42v system useful accelerating insects cars must 40kv standard 42 joke putting 42 goggle find model missed btw production systems use mix batteries capacitors real world applications run less 10 seconds like car talking originally even 10 seconds pushing capactior wrong choice limits thats landspeed record model battery one got run much longer period time needs steady discharge curve safe say people want indy 500 version 14 mile sprint version looking vehice dont want battery capacitor want take advantage whole atoms electrons suck electrons need fuel cell however use capacitors brakingaccel batteries dump excess energy design adam l duncan beberg httpwwwmithralcombeberg bebergmithralcom end forwarded text r hettinga internet bearer underwriting corporation 44 farquhar street boston 02131 usa however may deserve respect usefulness antiquity predicting end world found agreeable experience edward gibbon decline fall roman empire end original message end forwarded text r hettinga internet bearer underwriting corporation 44 farquhar street boston 02131 usa however may deserve respect usefulness antiquity predicting end world found agreeable experience edward gibbon decline fall roman empire thu 5 sep 2002 212718 0400 electric car edsel