RE: Ruf Unveils Electric Cayenne

[kambites]

big_rob_sydney said:

^^ Have a look at "nuclear batteries", and see what you think. Apparently they are beng used for military purposes now, and will be commercially available in 3-5 years.

Also, have a look into EEStor. Ceramic batteries that hold 10* the power of current batteries, and do so in 1/10th the space. Investors like Lockheed Martin.

If either of these are for real, then the electric car will have come a long way in competng with the ICE.

Interesting.

The Nuclear one is presumably a throw-away device, although if they last 10-20 years that's perhaps not a huge problem as long as they aren't massively expensive to produce or dispose of. I think the public distrust of the word "radiation" might hurt their chances of hitting the mainstream though, regardless of their actual safety. Disposal of the isotopes might prove an issue too, although presumably these are chemicals with a relatively short half-life if the batteries degrade so quickly.

The ceramic ones don't sound very suitable for automotive use because the low conductivity of the electrolyte limits their current output.

[WEHGuy]

This actually makes the new £50k Civic seem sensible. What a joke! Although some of they MMGW idiots will buy it to save the planet. Somebody should explain DOUBLETHINK to them

[Agent Orange]

pSyCoSiS said:

I wasn't ever that keen on the Cayenne's lokks, but fk me, that green thing looks hideous

I've seen worse