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Trev

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Joined: 15/07/2006
Location: Australia
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Posted: 08:39am 14 Jan 2008

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Check out little Trev

http://www.unisa.edu.au/solarcar/trev/

Now I have had nothing to do with the construction of this vehicle, but it is exciting to have an electric car with my name. And who knows, I may??? have something to do with production. I recently recieved an email with respects to this vehicle.

Trev @ drivebynature.com

vasi

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Joined: 23/03/2007
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Posted: 10:44am 14 Jan 2008

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Wonderful design!!!

Seriously Trev, for you is easy to make a similar one: experience, foundry, fiber glass, junkyard, scrap metal, inspiration, friends.

. Edited by vasi 2008-01-15

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sPuDd

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Joined: 10/07/2007
Location: Australia
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Posted: 12:50pm 14 Jan 2008

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Trev
Fibreglass

I suspect dem UNI kids been surfin' da interweb again !!

Its a good unit for probably a large percentage of people
and applications. In fact I could use one for round town
rather than burning fuel.

Nice to see the use of both LiOn cells & AC motor. That
coupled with fibreglass tub body and custom blown top
(rather than a piece of flat boring glass). Its this kind
of technology that will move us back to EV's.
Yes I said back - look it up, EV's pre-date dino clangers.

New York had thousands of EV trucks alone delivering everything
from mail to fresh food. The wealthy had EV cars.

I wonder if they used the Thundersky LiOn or if the I.T.
Department is missing a LOT of laptop batteries...

sPuDd..

It should work ...in theory

Trev

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Posted: 01:50pm 23 Feb 2008

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Yes fully aware that EV's are not new. They were in fact around before petrol cars.

Have a look at this. She would not have one of Henry's cars, dirty smelly things that you had to crank the handle and hope that things went right.

Trev @ drivebynature.com

petanque don
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Joined: 02/08/2006
Location: Australia
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Posted: 11:15pm 27 Feb 2008

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I have seen the uni SA electric car several times.

It appears a neat unit it has a top speed of over 100Km/hr and a range of about 120Km at 90Km/hr.

As I understand the car has competed the solar challenge (Darwin to Adelaide) several times.

Presently there is a South African company investigating manufacturing them.

Crash testing a new car so it can be registered is very expensive so the chance of the concept being commercialised is small.

But it does prove that it is possible to build a practical electric car with current technology.

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