Motoring without Gasoline

About the Book

On November 22nd 1999 the fi rst successful run took place of a revolutionary type of vehicle. It used no gasoline but was electrically powered from the 400-volt mains, and was many times more effi cient than a conventional car. It was powered by an electrically driven ducted fan. Apart from the wheels it had only one moving part, the fan runner and motor rotor, built as a unit. The design is maintenance-free and in full size production is expected to have a service life of at least 50 000 hours. The body is a spheroid of minimum drag and optimum strength to mass ratio. It has a drag coeffi cient (Cd) of 0.05 and is lighter than a conventional design. A downside is that the roads have to be modifi ed by having electric conductors inserted in them. A special type of contact member has been devised that gives vehicles full mobility within the confi nesof the road and is intrinsically safe. In a world where gasoline prices are rising daily and a scarce resource is becoming exhausted, it makes sense to use electric power for motor vehicles. Electricity can be generated from a variety of energy sources, including some that are renewable. The Congo River has suffi cient hydroelectric reserve to power all of the motor vehicles in Africa, while the Amazon could power all of the motor vehicles in both Americas. Motoring without gasoline describes the continuous development of electric transport systems by Talbot Electric (Pty) Ltd, a research and development company incorporated in the Republic of South Africa.

About the Author

John Talbot has a Ph D in Theoretical Physics and has worked for 36 years as a research physicist. He is the author of numerous research papers published in international research journals and has received a number of awards for his research work. He is now retired and spends his time writing books, working on his inventions, traveling, and preaching the gospel.