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Microcap & Penny Stocks : BAAT - world records for electric vehicles with zinc-air
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To: Mama Bear who wrote (1892)2/17/1998 10:45:00 AM
From: shashyazhi  Read Replies (2) of 6464
 
If the BAT Super Car was mass produced, the cost of the engine
modifications would be zilch, because those modifications would
be incorporated in the manufacturing process. The cost of retooling
is another factor. For instance, GM has been using some of the
same sand casting tooling for forty years to make some of its
engines. Whatever company supplied the diesel engines would
have to invest in some retooling. Typically diesel engines run and
run and run. It is nothing to see a Mercedes diesel powered car
with over 250,000 miles on it and the owner talking about putting
another 250,000 miles on it. The Super Car was optimized for the
test with tires inflated to 50 psi and only 3/4 of the diesel rack was
being used. The test was run at 40 mph to simulate driving conditions
in the foreign countries that this technology is aimed at. In some
of those countries, there is a 100% tax on imported automobiles.
Yet many drivers would jump at the chance to pay $60,000 for
a car that got twice the fuel mileage. We live in a country with
relatively low taxes and take a lot of things for granted, like
cheap fuel. BAT addresses the problems of high fuel prices, slow
cruising speeds and congested streets in foreign cities. If the BAT
Super Car was built for the US market, expect it to get closer to
70 miles per gallon on the freeway. And, with the economies of
mass production, I would expect this car to sell for close to $20 K.
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