Why do we still drive cars using internal combustion?

Question

If we could easily have by now replaced the internal combustion engine with a motor using nano-lithium battery technology why do we still drive with internal combustion engines? Its not really new technology. It is derived from Lithium-ion technology. This has been around since the 1960's. Its only been recently that the technology has been applied. These batteries can be charged with power sources not using fossil fuels therefore no pollution is added to the atmosphere. There are even cargo trucks now using this technology in the UK. These batteries have a range of 250 miles.
Top speed of 95 MPH and 0-60 in 10 seconds. Never stops at a gas station again. Cost $50,000 which is not to far off from the price of your average new large diesel truck. These are the specs for a truck.
Any cars with much less weight will go faster and farther.
Tesla Roadster goes 0-60 in 4 seconds, top speed over 130 MPH, 250 mile range, charges in 3.5 hours. Battery life is over 100,000 miles. Bye BIG OIL!

Lithium has wide distribution in the earths crust. It is the 31st most abundant mineral on earth. About 50 dollars per pound. Its only used once in battery production and lasts 100,000 miles. It is easily resourced from brine pools and mineral springs. Extracting oil is much more costly.
Chile and Argentina are the largest producers of Lithium in the world.
Because factories producing electric cars use less energy because they require fewer parts they use less from the power grid. Electric cars are here to stay because they simply make sense.

Smith electric vehicles since1920
www.smithelectricvehicles.com
7.5t truck
Range:160 miles
Up to 65 mph
Self rechargeable unit onboard
10,000 pd hauling capacity
$50 dollars a week to recharge batteries
vs $220 dollars for diesel a week
20% of recharging done thru solar applications
25% the maintenance cost of diesel including battery replacement
These will be available thru Enova Systems
in North America .
American truck will have larger capacities than the current truck.12t truck.
Bye BIG OIL

Almost 99% of the NiMH batteries in the trucks are recyclable.
Its a no brainer.
The cost to transport oil, gasoline and car parts is huge. The cost to power refineries is huge. The cost to manufacture billions of car parts we won't need ius huge.Hundreds of Billions of dollars.The fact is once oil is gone capital to spend on solar technology which is now available will be immense. Oils days of plunder are close to over.
Oh and anyone thats says Tesla Roadster is ugly is blind. Motor noise is a matter of opinion. I actually hate the noise of my Dodge 1500 5.9L 4X4 because it sounds like money going out of my wallet. I gassed up yesterday at $3.25 a gallon. I get 11 miles to the gallon.

Tesla Roadster is a sports car.
Priced at $92,950
Cost in gas, oil, filters $0
0-60 in 4 seconds
Top speed over 130 mph
Demand growing Supply small
Cost is higher only due to small infrastructure. These costs will fall.
Less parts than a Internal Combustion
motors.

Show us a four passenger sedan capable of carrying four people with adequate luggage at least 650km/400miles on a charge, that can be charged fully over ten hours, no more and we might, just might be interested. Our present vehicle which is not particularly fuel economical is capable of more than this distance with the air-con running and can be recharged in 10 minutes.

Why do I have to look this up for you?
Do it yourself sherlock.

Phoenix SUT Cost to purchase $50,000
MADE IN THE USA
5 passenger SUV/SUT
Battery lasts 250 miles
Recharging battery takes
10 min with an onboard charger.
Its like 15 dollars worth of electricity.
So for about 30 bucks worth of electricity you can go
500 miles.
480 pounds of torque
Air conditioning standard
Power everything
No emissions
No gas
No oil
No catalytic converter
No exhaust
No radiator
No water pump
No oil pump
No fuel injection
No air filter
No exhaust manifold leaks
0-60 in 10 seconds(good for its size)
Top speed 95 mph
Payload:1,000 pounds

300 km is just over 150 miles.
The Smith Electric truck has a range of 160 miles. Did I say that already?
For short hauls in San Diego and LA its certainly capable. Charges fast at UK stations.
Still think battery cars are incapable?
BIG OIL HAS BEEN LYING FOR A LONG TIME.

Tesla is a sports car!!!
I never said it was a family car!!!
It recharges completely in 4 hours from 0% percent charge to 100% charge.
You will have to replace the batteries eventually which are completely recyclable.
IN MAYBE 8 YEARS!!!
All it takes is powering stations which BIG OIL made sure you can't find.
There is one at LAX THAT WILL FINALLY SEE SOME USE!!!LOL
Imagine no stupid tanks in the ground at 7-11!!! No huge bumps to roll over entering a gas station!!!
No more oil leaking into our ground from all those disgusting auto mechanic shops!!!
of course you will still have Discount Tire and Big O for tires.
And shops to change brake fluid.
Auto parts places will be packed with batteries.
Auto detailing will still be here.
Windshield washer fluid and wiper blades.

Lets see Ken E.
If its midnight and you need to charge your
car for 4 hours(if you need a full charge)what time will it be fully charged?
Will you need to get up at 2am to go to Disney World? No.Even if there was an emergency at 2am would your car be available for 30 to 40 miles? Yes!!

Where is your stock Ken E.?
Maybe in Exxon, Chevron, BP or Shell?
Scared?
I would be.

I have already mentioned the hundreds of billions of dollars that would be saved by the stoppage of oil, gas, billions of car parts and who knows what else.
All we know is that its probably TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS!!!
But no you worry about where the electricity is to power our electric cars.
Well Solar, Geothermal, Wind, Hydroelectric will be taking up a lot of that need especially in CA where we still have 1000's of miles of empty desert ready to use PVC sites. I don't think they look that bad but even if someone does nobody lives out there anyway so who cares.
They provide no waste to the environment and last 50+ years.
And even offices can incorporate solar panels in to their windows that no one can even see.
BIG OIL AND BIG COAL WILL SOON BE NO MORE!!!

Answer 1

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Isn't it amazing how many people assume that no progress has been made in battery and EV design in 30 years?
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The Phoenix electric truck is not the only vehicle using the new Altairnano batteries. There is also this vehicle:
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http://www.slashgear.com/zap-x-suv-is-644bhp-electric-monster-303661.php
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The ZAP-X SUV gets 350 miles per charge, has 644 horsepower, does 155mph, and also charges in 10 minutes. How can people look at a car like this, and still say that EV batteries are not up to the task?
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Incidentally, the Altairnanos are good for 250,000 miles, not just 100,000. You should never have to replace these batteries in the car's lifetime. But they are fully recyclable anyway.
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Driving on electricity is also much cheaper than gasoline, only a penny or two per mile. I know this firsthand, I drive an EV. Don't worry about powerplant emissions. This is oil-company propaganda nonsense. EVs cause much less pollution because of their high efficiency, even when dirty fuels make electricity.
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One of the more remarkable aspects of this story is how our government, major automakers, and media are ignoring these cars (developed without government money), while touting much less viable options like hydrogen and ethanol - probably because these fuels can still be processed and price-gouged by oil companies. No wonder people scratch their heads and declare that practical EVs can't possibly be real.
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Wake up! Join me! Drive an impossible car! Here are some cheap EVs (as little as $5000), if you want to 'get your feet wet' before spending lots of money:
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http://www.squidoo.com/cheap-electric-car/
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You know what my project is this year? I'm putting a solar panel on my garage, to charge my EV. Then I will drive for ZERO cents per mile, with ZERO emissions.
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Answer 2

We want to drive 1600km (1000 miles) to visit relatives in another state taking two adults and children aged 10 and 8. We plan to visit a few places on the way. The range of an inadequate "toy" car, the Tesla roadster, built very lightly and a two seater is 250 miles. Illegally squeezing the children behind the seats, which I am sure they will find quite comfortable, we can travel 250 miles on a charge. While this is a bit further than just out of our own backyard, it is still only a quarter of the way. We then have to spend what? 14 or more hours waiting for the thing to recharge.

And where, pray, 250km from home do we find a non-fossil fuelled charging station? If we plug the thing in at a motel the management are going to have a fit over their electricity bills. While staying overnight in town X, the car cannot be used as it has to stay on charge.

Show us a four passenger sedan capable of carrying four people with adequate luggage at least 650km/400miles on a charge, that can be charged fully over ten hours, no more and we might, just might be interested. Our present vehicle which is not particularly fuel economical is capable of more than this distance with the air-con running and can be recharged in 10 minutes. In fact this kind of performance was available from cars built in 1937, let alone 2007.

Most long distance road transport in the USA, Canada and Australia travels distances like three or four thousand kilometres in a week or two. Even some shorter "delivery" hauls are 300km or more in a day.

Battery power is laughably inadequate.

Answer 3

because internal combustion engines are cheap to manufacture and because it has a high size to power ratio, also they have many years of research behind them, making them reliable, and it is difficult to make a massive infrastructure change overnight

also, be wary of people who try to sell you pie in the sky ideas about what cars can be

the tesla roadster is about $100,000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Roadster

and do not forget that most of our electricity is generated with coal, a fossil fuel, albeit a domestic one

lithium ion batteries are difficult to make, if you dont believe me just look up the latest recalls of laptop batteries that explode
also, 0-60 in 10 secs is pretty bad, and so far electric does not have enough power to replace a real truck (a real truck being a working one, the kind that needs enough power to haul itself and another one on a trailer) though it might do fine with one of those toy trucks people buy to drive around town


basically, you arnt smarter than the people who design and sell vehicles for a living, stop trying to look like it
the free market is a wonderful thing, let it work

Answer 4

Because battery cars suck.. They look and sound stupid. They still depend on other sources to get there battery's recharged. I would love to see the power bill from some one who has one. I don't care about the environment or pollution.And I think you will find out the general public doesn't either.

Answer 5

Because we are governed by the big oil companies...they'd never allow automotive companies the latitude to construct plentiful alternative fuel vehicles to any degree that we would no longer be reliant upon oil.

Answer 6

Lithium is not as plentiful as internal combustion fuels.
Remember "ACID RAIN" ? Processes for building these powertrains create more emissions than the vehicles they would replace.

Answer 7

Cause we have enough demand for them...