FINALLY! Salt-Water Powered Sportlimousine gets European ApprovalFriday July 25, 2014Written by:
Tech Anonymous How often have we heard THAT in the last 10 years?
Salt water-powered “Quant e-Sportlimousine” gets European approval.
Well, a European company called
Nanoflowcell has supposedly come up with an effective way to do just that. Well, maybe not YOUR car but A car. Their own “Quant” e-sportlimousine, to be exact.
Ultimately, it’s an electric powered, high end luxury car.
No hybrid, no fossil fuel, no emissions.On paper the company boasts this car to put out 912 HP from 4 electric motors driven by a “flow cell” battery. It’s also coated with a complete membrane of solar energy gathering cells and power regenerating brakes to help produce as much electricity as possible.
0-62 in 2.8 seconds, a top speed of 236 mph blah blah blah… It’s not really what you expected to read about.
How does it supposedly work? You ask.
“Flow” battery technology has actually been around for a number of years. The biggest difference is that the electrolyte does not just sit in a container nibbling away at conductive plates like ants on a cracker…hence a regular car battery.
There are typically two storage tanks, one with positively charged fluid and one with negatively charged fluid. Two pumps force the fluids through a divided chamber (kind of like a car battery that’s divided in half) and the reaction creates electric energy. The amount of power possible is directly related to the size of the tanks.
Sounds like a simple concept until you get into the chemical concoctions.
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What does it mean for the regular people of the world?For one, this company has actually convinced Germany to let them legally register the car in their country so it can be road tested. In knowing how the Germans embrace and refine technology it could mean a big difference to the world.
That’s great! You say to yourself. What’s it gonna do for the rest of us?
As far as the technology itself goes, stop and think for a second. Those of the population living in rural areas, islands, preppers of all kinds, isolated towns and those just wanting to keep more of their hard earned pennies may now have another alternative power source for those times when solar and wind just aren’t happening.
The long term bennies? As long as “big energy” embraces it instead of trying to bury it… we the people could have a major jump on the ability to store and produce massive amounts of energy.
Which way will it go? California based
Primus Power is hot on the topic and has already landed contracts for producing and placing portable cells for the Marine corps in San Diego later in 2014 along with Puget Sound Power in Washington state so, once again, where will it go?
To the good of the world or to the pockets of the rich?
I would say only the shadowy figures of corporate espionage know that one.
For now, if you have a certain curiosity about the technology at least, it’s worth checking out from a general perspective.
Here’s a place to start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_battery Keep in mind, that link is NOT from M.I.T. Silicon Valley or any other scientific wonderama. It’s generic information but, it’s a start for the curious.
BUT for all those who want to own a Salt Powered Fuel Cell Car NOW, there is good news: You can get the miniature version for just a couple of bucks, check out the links below.
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Get Your Mini Salt Power Water Car at Amazon:
(Enter through Amazon Pegasus link, please..tfw)USA: http://bit.ly/SaltWaterCar-US
UK: http://bit.ly/SaltWaterCar-UK
Canada: http://bit.ly/SaltWaterCar-CA
Germany: http://bit.ly/SalzWasserAuto
Sources:
http://www.gizmag.com/quant-e-sportlimousine-approved-europe-roads/33020/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2014/02/04/here-comes-a-flow-battery-technology-and-a-20m