Learn Pros And Cons About The All Electric Car
Author: Rico Tavares
While electric cars are a relatively new automotive technology, they are although fast becoming popular worldwide. A conventional car is very different from an electric car. An all electric car is a type of vehicle that uses a mixture of various technologies such as internal combustion engines, gasoline, electric motors, and batteries to run.
All electrical cars are set on batteries that provide electricity to an electric motor in the car, the engine turns the transmission, and the transmission spins the wheels. The attempt here is to increase mileage and reduce emissions as much as possible.
Structure
The structure of the electric car is simple, with the major components being: gasoline engine, motor, generator, fuel tank, battery and transmission. Many of these components are similar, and some even identical to those in conventional cars, but electric cars have different functions and are more convenient for you, your family, and the environment.
Advantages
There are many advantages that are accompanied in an electrical vehicle. Namely, you are saving air of pollutants that would otherwise be spewing into the environment. Electrical vehicles are 100% emission free, and are free of pollution by-products. They provide their power from batteries, solar, or hydrogen fuel cells.
Electric cars therefore are emission free, compact, lightweight, and they are three times as efficient as gas engines. They also have excellent ranges, and are safe to drive.
Electrical cars combine the best of both conventional and electric cars for a true winner. They bring more clean energy from the electric motor with the long-range power of gasoline engines, really giving you the best of both worlds.
Shortcomings
Just as there are advantages, there are some drawbacks to electrical cars. Electrical cars tend to require long recharge times. This means that you can not use a car while the battery is charging. Electric cars also tend to have expensive costs associated with them, should they every break down outside the warranty coverage. Although, the good news is that over the years the repair costs have significantly come down due to manufacturers better understanding the technology, and have become much more adept to building reliable parts.
To decide your next purchase, weigh the advantages and disadvantages in order to identify what is the best electric car for you.
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Electric motor as a generator?
Say I have an electric motor that requires 130VAC input and runs 3000 rpm. If i use it as a generator, will it produce 130VAC when I spin the shaft at 3000rpm?
Can I use an electric motor as a wind generator?
Can I use this item below as a generator?
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Can I use a regular electric motor as an alternator/generator?
If i got a small electric motor (12v DC, 1Amp) for example and attached some blades to it so the wind spun it around would this generate electricity?
Will every electric motor produce electricity (as a generator) when the axis is fast spinned?
Or can every electric motor can be changed to a generator? Or only DC motor? Thanks
Electric motor used as Generator?
I am planning to use an small electric motor to generate electricity that can be stored. my issue is which type of electric motor should i use? i know i have to use a high torque, low speed motor(in my application) but i have problem with finding the right type perhaps due to defination of the motors or perhaps missing factors that i missed out in telling vendors. appreciate the helps ^^
No…The net voltage will be less than 130V due to armature loss.
For generator supplied voltage = (energy generated – armature loss )….
V = E – IR
As long as it has permanent magnets and brushes then yes it will work.
But don’t expect loads of power and don’t expect 12V dc at 1 Amp unless you can spin it very fast
It isn’t practical as your wind turbine would not be spinning it fast enough to generate useful power. If you are interested in doing things like this, get the following book:
Homebrew Wind Power
A HANDS-ON GUIDE TO HARNESSING THE WIND
Dan Bartmann & Dan Fink
Foreword by Mick Sagrillo
ISBN: 978-0-9819201-0-8
Published by Buckville Publications LLC
Also have a look at http://www.otherpower.com/otherpower_experiments_tapedrivemotors.html for a discussion of using DC motors for wind power and http://www.otherpower.com/otherpower_wind_alternators.html for a discussion of alternators and generators.
If you only want 12 volts at a small current, try the cooling fan motor from a 2005 Honda Civic, they seem to produce electricity better than other cooling fan motors I have tried.
Yes, every motor type is reversible as a generator if driven instead of driving. Of course, if excitation needs to be supplied separately as a motor it must also be supplied separately as a generator. An induction motor will need to be connected to an ac supply (3 phase if appropriate) to function as a generator.