EUROPEAN STUDY TO TURN CAR BODY INTO BATTERY
April 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE PROBLEM with hybrid and electric cars is that they have to drag their clunky batteries along with them, wasting energy as they go - limiting their range and power. But what if the roof, doors, floor and spare-wheel well of the car could store energy safely and feed it to the engine? Then the batteries could be a lot smaller and less numerous and maybe not exist at all. And what if these body-parts were made from a lightweight and tough composite, reducing the car weight still further? Well, then a hybrid or electric could go far and fast. It ...
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