- Jonathan Jarmon
- Tacoma, WA
- United States
This conversation has closed. Start a new conversation
or join one »
Electric Vehicles powered not by batteries but through WiTricity (wireless) powered roads,streets,highways,Interstate Highways
O.K. One thing that I noticed is that electric vehicles have limited range with their batteries and that these batteries are heavy and very expensive also with a limited lifetime.I recently read up about Witricity the company and how it has had success with the wireless transmission
of electricity with a very high efficiency of between 90 to 95% using oscillating magnetic fields with the resonance effect.
See here and also on their website.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiTricity
Originally the inventor Nikola Tesla experimented with wireless transmission of electricity with the Tesla Coil however the method and efficiency wasn't so good though he was an amazing inventive man quite ahead of his time.It looks as if Witricity has made good on this wireless transmission of electricity in a new way though.
Anyway my idea for an electric car would be to have powered and likely sensor equipped roads,highways and Interstates with much less expensive electric vehicles that carry no batteries (maybe?) on them and thereby reduce their overall weight thereby increasing their energy efficiency,vastly reduce the cost (no pricey batteries) and give them unlimited driving range without the need for time consuming battery charging.Witricity on their site only mentions charging electric cars and they have a development kit for companies.I would prefer to go much further (scale up).
In addition a magnetic oscillating electricity producing road or even sidewalk would enable power to other more efficient (less mass) personal vehicles like electric bicycles,those EPAMD electric scooters,wheelchairs (on sidewalks).
As we know electric brushless motors are highly efficient at producing mechanical work at between 75 to 90% efficiency compared to the pathetic efficiency of a fossil fuel powered Internal Combustion Engine at 18 to 20% efficiency.The main drawback with electric vehicles has always been their low energy density batteries so why not just eliminate those batteries.
Amanda Carter
Amanda Carter
I agree that wagon drivers, and probably the railways and boatman really felt the pain of the invention of the automobile. Ironically, the automobile itself is a good example of how the elitist and government manage to get a hold of our greatest innovations, corrupt them and keep us from enjoying the true liberty of them.
I'm curious, have you seen the video on youtue, I can't remember exactly what it was called, but I think it was something like "quantum flying car", or something like that. If you haven't seen it, I'll try to dig it up. Though the reason I mention it, is because the scientist in the video used nitrous, or some other kind of extremely cold gas, injected it into tiny bracket cars and then sent them hovering around a little race track that looked like a city street. Your talk of using magnets to create the "WiTricity" has got me wondering if there might be a way to not only provide electrical fuel, but if there could be a way to also get the first affordable and practical hover cars or flying cars going.
What do you think?
Jonathan Jarmon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lmtbLu5nxw
using this principle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws6AAhTw7RA
Pretty Cool and very Interesting.
I also made the discussion (my ideas,thoughts) at Tom's Hardware earlier so one could read that stream.
Here it is.It's similar but perhaps more in depth.Anyway glad you liked my ideas.I hope that they might help and/or especially be useful.Not sure about the economic viability/practicality though.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/250-64-opinion-electric-built-work#t1921
Amanda Carter
Amanda Carter
What would it take for us to put together an estimate of how many magnets it would take to say.... cover a 5 mile road? And do you know what sort of tech you would need to get the WiTricity to the vehicles? There has to be some way for a vehicle to convert radio waves into fuel....Were you thinking about some sort of wireless charging unit attached to an alternator? Or to the battery itself?
Jonathan Jarmon
WiTricity doesn't use magnets they use coils.As for implementing that hovering principle the advantage would be to eliminate drag or even possibly wheels from the vehicle.They have Mag-LEV trains but I originally have only gone so far as to propose a wireless powered electric car.
Jonathan Jarmon
In addition I believe that there would be a good marriage of this wireless powered no (or very few) battery electric vehicles with what's called an autonomy or robotic computerized driving.Since the end of the 19th century till now I've read that over 3.5 million Americans have been killed and a shocking 250 million Americans have been maimed or injured due to motor vehicle accidents.That doesn't include vehicle caused pollution health deaths (many cancers) which add likely another similar amount of deaths too.These accidents often occur with intoxicated or distracted drivers or drivers exhibiting poor judgement or and/or poor weather or road conditions.With robotic computerized driving most of this could be eliminated.Also no more speeding,reckless,intoxicated,distracted,bad judgement driving and having the user ride on a chauffeured automated vehicle would be likely more pleasurable.In addition it might make vehicle theft far less common especially with biometrics as well unless a criminal constructs a rogue electric vehicle which would be possible though probably much less common.Right now I think there is well over 1 billion fossil fuel motor vehicles on Earth.That is a major contribution towards CO2 pollution emissions and drastic climate change especially with the proliferation of fossil fuel motor vehicles around the world and increasing worlds population Only with practical carbon neutral vehicles and carbon neutral power production,lifestyle can the Earth and life on it be saved.Without a drastic change we are committing global suicide over the next centuries (which is very short in a geological timeline) for mankind as well as other species of life.The electric car,trucks and other EV's can be designed far more efficient than current types available and also far more economically as well.It just takes some thought into this area and change/modifications for improvement in vehicle technology
Amanda Carter
Jonathan Jarmon
Another loser would be Police Officers (see my second post),lawyers,judges,corrections officers,prisons ,jails especially with autonomous biometric electric vehicles.This group especially lawyers is very powerful because lawyers generally are in control of government.Eliminating tickets,arrests,trials,incarceration would drastically reduce the need of these individuals.By drastically reducing accidents,driving infractions,arrests,thefts would have a especially bad effect and lesser need of vehicular insurance too.Red light camera companies would not be viable as these vehicles would not disobey reasonable traffic laws unless of course the time was unreasonably shortened (cheating) to not obey reasonable automated driving etc.
It would be a huge drastic reduction of revenue for cities as well with no infractions,DUI's,other intoxicated drivers,bad drivers.Also no more gas stations as well and lesser need of vehicle repair shops with higher reliability due to less mechanical malfunctions.Repairs,maintenance would still need to take place though just much less though.Obviously the vehicles will have to be electrically metered and the owner billed for electrical use,road mileage use etc.That could be done.
I'm sure over 110 years ago or so horse breeders,blacksmiths,horsed carriage makers,street cleaners and animal feed stores were also very much opposed to becoming displaced by the new motor vehicle.Times and Technology change and with it lots of opposition especially to immense societal change on a large scale.Many fossil fuel vehicle owners would also resist and oppose change feeling bad about the loss of use or reduced usage of their expensive technically obsolete motor vehicle.In the future fossil fuels will be heavily taxed.