| - I.C.E. Conversion's Rants about the snail pace to hybridization of Internal Combustion Engine Powered Cars |
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US auto buyers and drivers of automobiles are in for a slow-coming but definite shock of reality over
the next few months and years to come. The long term affect of our number one position in auto
purchase power will eventually knock us out of our number one world economic engine position in
the not too distant future.
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Now that China has passed the US in auto sales (1.14 million vehicles sold in that country, for the
month June of 2009) we are all of us going to see a steady increase in the price of gasoline that will
not drop back after passing $4 bucks, like it did last summer. While OPEC members appear to all
cheat on their barrel caps agreement among each other - the emerging gas consumption markets
both in China and India are without doubt going to drive up competition for the oil that becomes
gasoline, primarily in China and to a marked degree in India as well..
-
Naysayers point out that the China and India auto buyer demands very thrifty auto's. As such they
won't significantly drive up the price of oil/gasoline. Problem is while three thrifty cars over there can
go as far as one in the states can do - as their middle class continues to grow and ten times more of
their citizens buy these thrifty cars the declining oil reserves they will deplete will cause an ever
spiraling price war with the U.S. for our share of this resource, just from the sheer masses owning
and driving them. (Basic supply and demand economics.).
-
In spite of Chevron hoarding the patent and manufacturing rights for the most efficient battery
system on the planet, it is my opinion that conversion of conventional Internal Combustion Engine
powered cars to hybrids is the way we should go for the interim as our God awful, mesmerized by
horsepower auto industry flounders around and figures out what it is going to be when it grows up
or completely dies away. In the meantime, I have been chaffing at the bit for two years now to get
one formerly hopeful upstart to quit piddling around and put a full sized hybrid conversion system
on my venerable and excellent Ford FreeStar. After all this time I've lost patience and am now
researching in-wheel motor conversions for existing cars and trucks, instead. Below are the fruits of
my tardy and brief current look at what's available. These are all from Youtube, enjoy. And, oh yes?
One of these electric hod rods that can go 900 miles can do 0-60 in 4 seconds flat, for those
motor-heads that want QUICK above all else:
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Siemens is now in the Internal Combustion Engine auto conversion to Hybrid game. The Bailout
video down lower on this list is by a Siemens executive and refers to this first video link on this list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPSoNfmuBXc
900 mile hybrid electric Mini
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Sy7XnJBPE&NR=1
Upbeat Mini Cooper 100 percent conversion to Electric Vehicle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjR1Z_uiVWo&NR=1
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CAR MANUFACTURERS BAILOUT ISSUE OF NATIONAL SECURITY <-- A pretty good rant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEQaa_xLl6c
Congressman Ron Paul on Bailing Out the Auto Industry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kelMWnC4pRc&NR=1
the next few months and years to come. The long term affect of our number one position in auto
purchase power will eventually knock us out of our number one world economic engine position in
the not too distant future.
-
Now that China has passed the US in auto sales (1.14 million vehicles sold in that country, for the
month June of 2009) we are all of us going to see a steady increase in the price of gasoline that will
not drop back after passing $4 bucks, like it did last summer. While OPEC members appear to all
cheat on their barrel caps agreement among each other - the emerging gas consumption markets
both in China and India are without doubt going to drive up competition for the oil that becomes
gasoline, primarily in China and to a marked degree in India as well..
-
Naysayers point out that the China and India auto buyer demands very thrifty auto's. As such they
won't significantly drive up the price of oil/gasoline. Problem is while three thrifty cars over there can
go as far as one in the states can do - as their middle class continues to grow and ten times more of
their citizens buy these thrifty cars the declining oil reserves they will deplete will cause an ever
spiraling price war with the U.S. for our share of this resource, just from the sheer masses owning
and driving them. (Basic supply and demand economics.).
-
In spite of Chevron hoarding the patent and manufacturing rights for the most efficient battery
system on the planet, it is my opinion that conversion of conventional Internal Combustion Engine
powered cars to hybrids is the way we should go for the interim as our God awful, mesmerized by
horsepower auto industry flounders around and figures out what it is going to be when it grows up
or completely dies away. In the meantime, I have been chaffing at the bit for two years now to get
one formerly hopeful upstart to quit piddling around and put a full sized hybrid conversion system
on my venerable and excellent Ford FreeStar. After all this time I've lost patience and am now
researching in-wheel motor conversions for existing cars and trucks, instead. Below are the fruits of
my tardy and brief current look at what's available. These are all from Youtube, enjoy. And, oh yes?
One of these electric hod rods that can go 900 miles can do 0-60 in 4 seconds flat, for those
motor-heads that want QUICK above all else:
-
Siemens is now in the Internal Combustion Engine auto conversion to Hybrid game. The Bailout
video down lower on this list is by a Siemens executive and refers to this first video link on this list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPSoNfmuBXc
900 mile hybrid electric Mini
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Sy7XnJBPE&NR=1
Upbeat Mini Cooper 100 percent conversion to Electric Vehicle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjR1Z_uiVWo&NR=1
-
CAR MANUFACTURERS BAILOUT ISSUE OF NATIONAL SECURITY <-- A pretty good rant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEQaa_xLl6c
Congressman Ron Paul on Bailing Out the Auto Industry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kelMWnC4pRc&NR=1
Harbinger's of Things To Come |