Simplicity and Fleet Electrics Getting Around the Cost Problem

Gordon Dower,Shelley Damewood

doi:10.3390/wevj5040866

Abstract

For electric cars to replace fuel burners they must have intrinsic advantages beyond those seen today and cost significantly less to operate, but 125 years of evolution has made the ICE car hard to beat. A modular battery electric “ridek” composed of “ridon” and “modek” exchangeable modules offers many economies, conveniences and a business plan that cannot be matched by conventional cars. It bears the successful advantages of a mutation, matched by reproducibility. A score of the projected advantages of this new species of electric vehicle are presented herewith and it is tempting to conjecture that more will manifest themselves. It is intriguing to note that a vehicle that readily comes apart (like NASCAR racers) has several features that enhance its overall safety over that of conventional cars.

Highlights

Electric cars have arrived but the enthusiasm for them so strongly expressed at EVS meetings may be misplaced because ICE cars work so well and are much cheaper
The availability of rented motive modules able to carry a variety of customizable body modules (Fig. 4) presents a totally new choice for the fleet owner and for the private motorist
Both modules can be manufactured locally in entrepreneurial shops. This modularity concept leads to an interesting business plan based on the prolonged service life, greatly reduced depreciation, increased utilization, etc., of the motive module, all of which result in substantial savings for the motoring public

Summary

Introduction

Electric cars have arrived but the enthusiasm for them so strongly expressed at EVS meetings may be misplaced because ICE cars work so well and are much cheaper. This modularity concept leads to an interesting business plan based on the prolonged service life, greatly reduced depreciation, increased utilization, etc., of the motive module, all of which result in substantial savings for the motoring public.

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