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Effort to Set Electric Car Record Delayed

LeMod Pol 6 May 2005 02:46:18
 
Effort to Set Electric Car Record Delayed
By PAUL FOY | Associated Press Writer
Posted May 5, 2005, 3:20 PM EDT


WEST WENDOVER, Nev. -- Gusty winds and mechanical
problems on Thursday delayed a British team's attempt
to break the speed record for electric-powered cars.
The group planned to try again Friday.

The team is trying to eclipse the record for an
electric car weighing more than 2,200 pounds by using a
vehicle with 52 batteries and no mechanical gears.

Nevada agreed to shut down a state highway for the
torpedo-shaped car's attempt to top 300 mph -- which
would shatter the old mark of 245 mph, set by an
American team in 1999 using a similarly streamlined car
powered by thousands of "AA" batteries.

That record was set on Utah's nearby Salt Flats, which
are too wet at this time of year for speed racing.

Britons Mark Newby and Colin Fallows already have
accelerated their car to 146 mph in just 1,000 yards --
the longest, safest distance available to them in
England. They say the test showed they can easily beat
the world record.

The car uses compact, industrial motors and drives made
by Swiss engineering company ABB Ltd.

Newby, 46, a pilot who does acrobatic maneuvers, will
drive the car. Fallows, 54, a retired Royal Air Force
propulsion technician, designed the car.

Together they assembled the vehicle in a barn in the
English countryside, using their own money from home
equity loans.

"We think that at some point in the future, all cars
will be electric, and we want to show you can go fast
in an electric car," Newby said.

The "emotion" car has no mechanical gears, which are
useful for acceleration but limit torque at top speeds.
The car, using a variable speed transmission, is
designed to top 300 mph on a pair of motors than can
turn out 500 horsepower -- as much as a 2005 Chevrolet
Corvette with a 7-liter, V8 engine.

Newby was to make two runs Thursday. His team is now
looking to Friday.

After the first run, mechanics will replace the
batteries and turn around the car for a second run. The
speeds of each run will then be averaged by agents for
the Federation Internationale de L'Automobile, the
motor sports governing body that will impound the car
for an inspection after the attempt.

Fallows said there's no great prize if the team
succeeds.
"Record breaking is the only business that when you
achieve your goal, you're redundant. You wait for the
next guy to break it. Then you can start over."

On the Net:
Team: http://www.abb.com/­e(equals)motion
http://www.orlandos­entinel.com/classifi­ed/automotive/sns-ap­-speed-record-electr­ic,0,6324193.story

Copyright © 2005, Orlando Sentinel

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Daniel J. Stern 8 May 2005 03:39:53 [ permanent link ]
 On Thu, 5 May 2005, LeMod Pol wrote:
problems on Thursday delayed a British team's attempt to break the speed> record for electric-powered cars.

...to say nothing of the UK's long and illustrious history of, er, quality
auto electrics.
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Proconsul 8 May 2005 05:58:37 [ permanent link ]
 Daniel J. Stern wrote:
| On Thu, 5 May 2005, LeMod Pol wrote:
|
|| problems on Thursday delayed a British team's attempt to break the
|| speed record for electric-powered cars.
|
| ...to say nothing of the UK's long and illustrious history of, er,
| quality auto electrics.

Indeed: "Lucas, Prince of Darkness".......:)­

PC


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