Chrysler during the 1960's demonstrated a car that would run on almost any liquid that contained some hydrocarbons.........motor oil, hair tonic, perfume, cooking oil, terpintine, etc........it had a turbine for an engine........but it quietly died........i guess because of big oil............

it would be fantastic if the on-board computer could analize the fuel in the tank and adjust the engine controls to operate efficently on that fuel...........naturally there would be only certain fuels that thevehicle could use.......but it would make refuling a lot easier if one could have choices while driving to be able to fill up witrh what's available.

I now live in Iowa, the center of the Grain Belt. Because I am aware of the insanity of petroleum-based agriculture, and the untenable dependence our American transportation infrastructure has on oil, I am planning on starting a Iowa Idea Initiative website, with an intitial focus on implementing the farming of hemp here in the Midwest.
This is my first time visiting LincVolt, but I understand your concept utilizes biodiesel. My idea of promoting hemp-farming, as a source of sensible energy, plays right into your hand.
It is high time(no pun intended) that our legislators get reasonable on the subject of the prohibition of agricultural hemp. I intend on helping to change the status quo.

The Peace & Harmony Tour Bus is going electric!

I have a 1967 International (1800 Loadstar) Bus. I am collecting parts(& money) and will be converting it soon. I am going to leave the stock engine in place and use it as a back up generator. The bus has a three piece drive shaft , so I'm going to pull the middle shaft out and put the electric motor there. Solar panels on the roof and a solar steam turbine (more on that soon), also on the roof, will charge the battery banks. I figure on tour, we can plug into the venues. Also we use campgrounds and can charge there over night. After this one I want to build more.

I have been on the electric car kick since Popular Mech. ran a "how to" for a electric car in 1977 (Feb 1977 - still have the mag)

Thanks Neil for stepping up and kickin' our collective asses into the future. Dude you rock!

Dear Mr. Young,

A while back while working at an old car restoration shop on a twin of your Lincvolt I saw an article about your car. As a car "nut" and collector it gave me hope of being able to drive my car into the future.
I figure the trunk of my 65 ford galaxie should be approximately the same size as Lincvolt .
As always thanks for thinking outside the box.

Sincerely,

Mike

running vehicles by batteries nowadays are welcome by most economic countries both for emission free as well as cost effective.
i suggest to run all the vehicles from a small cycle to big car and truck should run on mini sized batteries like li-in, li-mhd, and they should be charged by some other fuel mechanism voltage (pulsating dc)generation. so that the vehicle should go for a long distance for an economic amount of fuel. but includes hybrid power that we are going to change once in an year or two. i want to make petrol pumped voltage generator in miniature size to charge the batteries which is used to run cycles, motor bikes, small trucks,car, van etc.it may be useful to keep our earth green.

Dr Paul Moller in California has been working for decades on a dream of a VTOL flying car. Along the way he has designed and built improved rotary engines based on the Wankel design. He has already achieved over 2HP per pound of engine weight, Ultra Low Level emmissions and multi-fuel capability. Because rotary engine get their best efficiency at a higher rpm than a 4-stroke motor they can be combine with a lighter generator for even higher overall efficiency. Check out moller.com and rotapwoer.info

Boeing and Continental Airlines on Wednesday completed the first sustainable biofuels flight of a commercial jetliner in North America. The Houston-based flight of the 737-800 also marked the first using a twin-engine airplane and the first using fuel derived in part from algae. “Results from this flight will help pioneer a more diverse fuel supply for commercial aviation,” said Billy Glover, Commercial Airplanes managing director of Environmental Strategy. “Having a more sustainable fuel portfolio is absolutely vital and our drive toward biofuel certification supports that goal.” Boeing and Continental worked with CFMI and Honeywell’s UOP on the flight.

There is a huge worldwide sub culture of VW Bus fanatics that would be prime candidates for a power alternative. I have an '87 watercooled Vanagon Westfalia that is smaller than LV1 but sleeps two comfortably. The big downside is the thirsty flat 4 that hits about 20 mpg because it is heavy and somewhat underpowered. There are many Suburu and reved up repowers, but none to my knowledge that address the poor milage. Any ideas on how to tackle this low profile flat 4 configuration with LV conversion?

I can build an electric car that does not need a battery pack. My car can go from florida to Cali and back without recharging. No solar,no nothing. That lincVolt would be real nice if it had it's trunkspace back, huh? Johnathan Goodwin, I sure would like to talk to you. My E-mail is [email protected].