<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I watched most of the race Saturday night and so far it doesn't look like the boost is worth the extra weight. They get an extra 80 HP (400 Volts and 200 Amps) but it weighs 80 pounds. The spec writers have it handicapped by dictating they can only use it once per lap for about 6 seconds. I was hoping it would make for more passing. The two new Brawn GP cars that came in first and second didn't use it.<div><br></div><div>We could use the concept primarily to use the energy we waste. Then we wouldn't need to run the packs as low and might even be able to use smaller lighter packs. <br><div><br></div><div>Jim</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Mar 30, 2009, at 2:49 PM, <a href="mailto:AtwoodDon@aol.com">AtwoodDon@aol.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div id="role_body" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottommargin="7" leftmargin="7" topmargin="7" rightmargin="7"><font id="role_document" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> <div>Those are some pretty impressive e-cars!!!</div> <div> </div> <div>I got a call from Rich Mendonsa yesterday telling me Formula 1 racing is now allowing an 'electric boost' system in it's cars. Apparently some of the teams are already using it. Rich says it is a regenerative system and also said you can tell when the electric boost kicks in, the engine rpm jumps. So basically, the Formula 1 teams are going 'hybrid'.</div> <div> </div> <div>Here is a link explaining the rules, etc. <a href="http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1046">http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1046</a></div> <div> </div> <div>D</div> <div> </div> <div> <div>In a message dated 3/30/2009 11:37:48 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, <a href="mailto:homeremodeling2003@yahoo.com">homeremodeling2003@yahoo.com</a> writes:</div> <blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top">Not exactly planes, but for those of us that like E stuff, here is some interesting video's. <br>Watch 2 and 3's video's. <br><a title="http://gas2.org/2009/03/29/worlds-top-10-fastest-electric-cars/" href="http://gas2.org/2009/03/29/worlds-top-10-fastest-electric-cars/">http://gas2.org/2009/03/29/worlds-top-10-fastest-electric-cars/</a><br><br>Next time I'm at the track and there's an E car there, I think I'll put my money on it. <br>Technology is amazing!<br><br><br><br> <div><strong><em><font face="comic sans ms" color="#0000bf" size="3">Chris </font></em></strong></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a></font></blockquote></div></font><br><font style="color:black;font:normal 10pt arial,san-serif;"> <hr style="margin-top:10px">Worried about job security? <a href="http://jobs.aol.com/gallery/growing-job-industries?ncid=emlcntuscare00000003">Check out the 5 safest jobs in a recession</a>.</font></div> _______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>