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By Bahamut.Jetackuu 2012-01-21 20:38:34

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Phoenix.Minda said: »

If you are going for an engineering degree, obtain it, and do not know any sort of CAD it will be terribly difficult to find a job in the field. I would suggest you pick up a class on Pro Engineer, it's the most popular program out there at the moment, and we are making the transition to it at my workplace. Best of luck with the program, and stick with it when it gets tough. :)

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I'm not going for engineering degree, I'm going for electrical engineering. Yes I do realize that it's still engineering but it's not the same.

Also as to "a job in the field" I plan to work for myself so I won't really have to worry about that, although I do realize that the lack of cad would hinder this goal and I've considered learning it, but it's not at the top of my list.

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By Garuda.Chanti 2012-01-21 21:21:28

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Not going to quote from above, but electric cars are OLD, first done in the waning days of the 19th century.

As long as cars were considered toys or short range vehicles they were competitive.

The early electrics had motors that were well over 80% efficient. Today I think they run 98ish. Today's gas engines are getting close to 40% efficient. (I will spare you the whys unless you ask.)

The batteries are the new part, the electronic controls (biggest part, regenerative braking) from the 1970s.

As to building one? There is an annual convention of car converters. Search "electric car conversion"

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By Bahamut.Jetackuu 2012-01-21 22:03:38

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converting a car would be a lot simpler task, however if I'm going to "create" one, I'm going to do it from near scratch.

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Just giving this a read over. Can the government declare this problem safe being it practically has a stake in GM?

"DETROIT (AP) — The government ended its safety investigation into the Chevrolet Volt on Friday after concluding that the Volt and other electric cars don't pose a greater fire risk than gasoline-powered cars.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began studying the Volt last June after a fire broke out in one of the cars three weeks after it was crashed as part of safety testing. Two other fires occurred later related to separate safety tests, and NHTSA opened an official investigation into the vehicle on Nov. 25.

The agency and General Motors Co. know of no fires in real-world crashes.

GM and federal safety officials say they believe the fires were caused by coolant leaking from damaged plastic casing around the batteries after side-impact collisions. The coolant caused an electrical short, which sparked battery fires seven days to three weeks after the crashes.

GM announced earlier this month that it will add steel plates to about 12,000 existing Volts to protect the batteries in the event of a crash. The company has sold around 8,000 Volts and 4,000 are still for sale. GM is repairing the vehicles for free. NHTSA didn't order the recall, as it sometimes does after a safety investigation.

GM said Friday that NHTSA's decision to close the investigation is consistent with the results of its own internal testing. It said the steel plates will provide additional protection and minimize fire risk in the days and weeks after a crash.

NHTSA said Friday that it "continues to believe that electric vehicles show great promise as a safe and fuel-efficient option," and that based on available data, electric cars don't appear to be riskier than gas-powered ones.

But the agency said electric cars do have some specialized components, and the agency has developed guidelines for firefighters and other responders on how to handle electric cars after a crash."

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