(ET) RE: EVLN(42v Li-ion ICE batt, mild hybrids: as an EV for short di stances)

[Chris Meier <ChrisM pptvision com>]

And we might have to add another 6v block to our Electraks to
jump start ICEv's!  Then upgrade the headlights to 42v units...
etc

Anyone have one of those driver enclosures for the Electrak?
Pretty soon you'll be able to add a 42v air conditioning unit.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: darrylmcmahon igs net [SMTP:darrylmcmahon igs net]
> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 1999 10:44 PM
> To:   ev listproc sjsu edu
> Subject:      Re: EVLN(42v Li-ion ICE batt, mild hybrids: as an EV for
> short distances)
> 
> Bruce posted:
> <snip>
> > Electricity to take on bigger role in autos 42-volt systems offer
> more
> > power for automated features May 20, 1999  BY WILLIAM DIEM SPECIAL
> TO THE
> > http://www.freep.com DETROIT FREE PRESS
> > 
> > PARIS -- The first cars with 42-volt electrical systems, not 12,
> could
> > reach showrooms early in the next decade.  Under the hood, wholesale
> > changes would take place. 
> Once again, the major automakers are learning what the EV 
> industry knew 80 years ago.  Just tonight I was looking at a 
> schematic for a 1915 Milburn, and it used a 40-volt accessory 
> system - pack voltage.
> 
> So the automakers are excited about getting rid of fan belts and 
> replacing them with small motors and powering valve actuators 
> electrically, because at 42 volts they can do it, and it will be more 
> efficient.  Be even more efficient if they didn't need a water pump, 
> radiator fan, fuel pump, and valve actuators to be powered in the 
> first place. (Oops, my bias is showing.)  On the up side, sounds 
> like a great source for air conditioning systems that should be easy 
> to retrofit onto our existing EVs.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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