Comments for ursulin.net http://www.ursulin.net About things happening Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:19:34 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Optimal car ownership period concerning lifetime carbon footprint by Alex Van den Bossche http://www.ursulin.net/2008/05/optimal-car-ownership-period-concerning-lifetime-carbon-footprint/comment-page-1/#comment-3407 Alex Van den Bossche Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:19:34 +0000 http://www.ursulin.net/?p=11#comment-3407 I have technical scenario's of single person ultralight electric vehicles which are ultralight and use <=3kWh/100km The speed limit is some 70km/h. It has super efficient electric drives. autonomy 150km on flat, 100km in normal uses (city and hilly circuits) But I have the impression that nobody wants to invest in it: - it is too different from our existing manufacturing processes. - less expensive in total but more expensive/kg - there is a risk that it would infringe some legislation and standards as they were made for the existing actual cars, so it costs a lot of lobby time (= also a cost) - it would not get subsidies as it may be not considered as a 'car' - It does not pay enough fuel taxes... A number of people would like to buy it, but it is clear that one first have to invest to produce it. I have technical scenario’s of single person ultralight electric vehicles which are ultralight and use <=3kWh/100km
The speed limit is some 70km/h.
It has super efficient electric drives.
autonomy 150km on flat, 100km in normal uses (city and hilly circuits)

But I have the impression that nobody wants to invest in it:
- it is too different from our existing manufacturing processes.
- less expensive in total but more expensive/kg
- there is a risk that it would infringe some legislation and standards as they were made for the existing actual cars, so it costs a lot of lobby time (= also a cost)
- it would not get subsidies as it may be not considered as a ‘car’
- It does not pay enough fuel taxes…

A number of people would like to buy it, but it is clear that one first have to invest to produce it.

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