Welcome to this page. It is
a collection of interesting ideas and news in the realm of "Future-Technology
which could be commonplace today"
Electric bicycles would the way to go.
Norbert's great idea: produce
an all-in-one replacement front-wheel for bicycles! It has a hub-motor,
NiMH-batteries, regeneration-controller, solar-panel (only one side), theft-alarm
and safety-lights ... all in one unit! 28 inch for the good ol' Holland
bikes.
Electric Cars are a Must
Lots of electric
vehicles links!!! ... here
... here and here
a local copy
... and here germanic links: 1
.. 2 .. 3
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Who has links to AMERY LOVINS, Mr Hypercar, the car which uses 0.6
to 1.6 litres of petrol per 100 km (I saw a TV programme
18.9.96 13h52, WDR3)
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One third of all electric vehicles in Europe drive in France. There is
a "Peugeot 106 electric", which costs 22000DEM and the batteries are leased
for 180DEM per month. They give the car an 80km range.
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A huge test of electric cars finished in September 1996 in Rügen,
an island of the east german coast. The project leader was Christian Voy.
A lot of manufacturers had totally usable cars on the road there for a
number of years! Nickel Cadmium and Natrium Nickel Chlorid Batteries.
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The German Post has a few transporter and smaller electric cars driving
in Bremen, with israeli Zink-Air-Batteries.
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These german people convert Fiat cars to electric Michael
Simon Tel +49 7531/ 60156v 60047fx
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German EV magazine: Elektroauto-Zeitschrift MOBIL-E 0041
1 2210442 fax vse@strom.ch
Günter Brandt in Kassel ... EV Helios: Christian Kroschwald,
Stolberger str 140a, Aachen 507940 ... Stuttgart Solar eV, Jakobstr 2 Esslingen
0711-3450594
Battery technology, particularly for Electric Vehicles (EVs)
(Vanadium Vanadium Redox Flow Cell) a most promising battery.
Fantastic possibilities. Click here for Norbert´s
collected information.
The "inventor" Link
to homepage of the inventor of the Vamadium Battery in Australia.
I don't know whether this is not a hoax, but it promises
to reduce emissions drastically:
I have no idea whether this really works, but since nobody has called it
a scam, it must do. Amazingly it saves a lot of petrol and reduces pollution
of fossil-fuel burning machines by at least 10%. It is a fairly cheap device,
which is simply installed in the fuel line.
Vitaliser German
page
The Zinc Air Battery
As mentioned in "Technik Magazin" 5/94 (Bayrischer Rundfunk). They can
be quick "recharged" by replacing the plates and the electrolyte. Has a
much better power to weigth ration than lead-acid batteries. in Spring
1995 some taxis in Karlsruhe were to be run by the zinc-air battery. Contact:
Dr. Hans Jürgen Pauling, Chemtek GmbH, Theodor-Rehbock-Straße
3, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany, phone:+49 721 614592
The Hybrid Car
As mentioned in "Technik Magazin" 5/94 (Bayrischer Rundfunk). Ford has
made a car with a 3-cyl 2-stroke diesel engine with katalytic converter.
1200cc 60kW, runs as smooth as a 6cyl 4-stroke. Also used is a water-cooled
asynchronous electric motor by Siemens with a permanent power rating of
20kW and peak power of 40kW. It ways 70kg. Either or both engines can be
used. The range of the electric engine is 50 kilometres.
Both engines can be used together, to give 100kW (136hp). Batteries
used are Hoppecke/DAUG NiCads 200V, 7kWh, 200kg.
Acceleration to 50km/h takes 6.8s, top speed 165km/h. If both engines
are used acceleration to 100km/h takes 10.8 seconds. Contact:
Ford-Werke AG, Ford-Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Herr Witt / Herr Reifenrath,
50725 Köln, phone: +49 221 901 7518 or 7519 fax:+49 221 901 2984
Latent heat storage
for fossil-fuel burning motor cars, to increase efficiency
As mentioned in "Technik Magazin" 5/94 (Bayrischer Rundfunk). The storage
is done in a littel drum which is simply inserted into the coolant-circulation.
Bariumhydroxide is melted at 78degC. Like a thermos it can store 600Wh
over many days. Carbonhydrogen emissions were reduced by 66%, carbon monoxide
emissions were reduced by 71% and the cars started far easier in icy conditions.
The passenger cabin heater is warm immediately too, the iced window is
thawed at once.
Also in summer the latent-heat-storage gadget saves petrol. Contact:
Fritz Werner Präzisionsmaschinenbau GmbH, Postfach 1351, 65360
Geisenheim, phone: +49 6722 501463, fax: +49 6722 8563
to be continued ....