Anyway, with regards to the SSC, it does state that the electric motor would produce 500 HP. That means that whatever is going to power that 500 HP motor is going to have to produce and huge amount of electricity. There is no point in having a 500 HP gas engine power a generator to in turn power a 500 HP electric motor. That would just increase inefficiencies in conversion. They are banking on some other big power source. Just curious what it could be.

It could be a new battery type that can maintain its charge if unused for long periods of time. So, if the car sits in the garage for 2 years then it potentially could be good to go without charging first. Would be curious on the total range though.

Sorry just a bad day here. A half dozen needless arguments and severe bouts of bad attitude aimed at me.

I won’t make anymore excuses than that.

But I never said you lied. So stop being so dramatic.

Other than that, I would think it better to just drop it before it gets nasty.

Anyway i think I have an idea of how there generation system would work. A 500hp motor can make on devil of a generator. Whatever else SSC has planned is yet to be seen.

LLN had in its original article a quote that it could go several years between charging. It then removed this from its article and you claimed I was making it up. So, I went to SSC’s site and found the direct quote that was originally in the LLN article above.

I didn’t have the source listed in my original argument because it was originally supplied by LLN. Why they changed it I don’t know. My follow up posts were just to show that I was not making up.

Come on, I am just a car enthusiast who likes to take a few minutes out of my day to check LLN. No need to get hateful. If I make a mistake when I post I will admit it. But, I do not make stuff up or lie.

That’s because they expect it to be in the shop years at a time. You will charge it, drive it around, get stuck, tow it to the shop, and then let it stay there for a couple of years before you can drive it again.

I don’t think LLN made that claim. They only went on what was posted on the SSC site. The Site says “extended periods between charging intervals”. While iI have my doubts on this I don’t think it is impossible to accomplish something quite earth shattering if the company has the tech. Surprisingly, the technology is out there but no one seems willing to use it of even look into it. Maybe SSC is an exception.

Also you should given this source earlier. Not all of us live online searching for car info all day. Feel free to share your sources or just don’t bring it up.

Not making stuff up, just commenting on it.

Comment by MugenSentraKen, posted on July16 at 1:43 pm ”

LLN claimed in its article that it would go several years between charges on its revolutionary new batteries. They have since changed it to say “extended time between charging intervals”.

Same thing here.

I don’t think anyone has ever claimed more than 250 miles on a charge. I would be surprised at some advanced charging system that will get that much or more but I don’t think it would be measured in years. You’re reaching into Star Trek tech there. Come back to the early 21st century, will you?

Stop making stuff up so you can make erroneous arguments against it.

Whether the technology to produce a 500HP electric car that only needs to be charged every couple of years is. The energy has to come from somewhere.

I will believe it when I see it. Till then this is either a grab for media attention or somebodies ill thought out pipe dream. Although if it is true, this has the potential for a lot more than just the supercar segment. The developer of this technology would be an instant billionaire with autocompanies falling all over themselves to license the tech.

Or, maybe they just stuffed a fission reactor next to the flux capacitor.