Energy Breakthrough For Cars?

Gosh, it's so rad to know some dude still uses the phrase 'killer app'. Gotta wonder if he's still running Lotus 1-2-3 on his IBM PC.

NASA had created an alkaline fuel cell that generated great amounts of power (at that time) but it was very expensive. It is back NOW at Apollo Energy Systems and DOE, DARPA and some hefty foreign auto makers are looking at their LEAD FOAM battery and AFC that uses an ammonia cracker front end. Over 190 patents and gaining funding. www.electricauto.com The lead foam battery makes a joke out of the fire prone lithium ion, with better cost, nearly twice the life, fast charge rate, same weight and one quarter the cost.

This is nearly a thread

I know for a fact that minutes of work went into the writing

You sound disappointed.

I'm completely underwhelmed

X prize VLC was about weight reduction with strength of shell (safety) taking a back seat. Not too radical, see Lotus.

Reduced weight will be critical.

Reduced acceleration rates will be critical, as reduced HP means less weight/fuel

electricity into torque is hard to beat, so I would venture 4 electric motors, 4 wheel drive (traction control) 4 wheel braking (ABS and regenerative) small capacitor storage for acceleration, steady state RPM Internal Combustion generator for high efficiency, and maybe a small fuel cell (fully configured for charge/discharge, which is not on the market)

I think the "killer app" will be the perfection of the flux capacitor!

Dono