Let me see if I can give a good explanation of how energy works. I get at least one of these a week. Some one who thinks they have figured out how to build a car that never needs charging. Combinations of motors and generators to make more power than it takes in. It takes power to make power. Have you ever heard one of those big gas powered welding machines, how they strain when the welder starts an arc? That’s the motor straining to make power.  There are tons of videos on YouTube showing you how to make free energy. These are parlor tricks. You can use a small low voltage motor to run a high voltage generator. “LOOK! it’s using 12 volts in and putting out over 100 volts.” and yes it is. But, at a fraction of the amps. Think of electricity like water. The voltage is the pressure and the Amperage is the flow. it’s like a small hose with high pressure, or a large hose with low pressure. You still fill the bucket at the same speed. The speed at which you feed the bucket is the work that you do. How many buckets you fill and how fast. In electricity this is called watts, it’s a measure of work. SO, let’s look back at the 12 volt motor. 12 volts in, at say, 100 amps. That’s 1200 watts. If the high voltage generator were perfectly efficient, then at 120 volts it would produce 10 amps, but in truth it’s probably only putting out a lot less. There is no free lunch. At very best, with no friction and perfect efficiency one could keep things moving. Like in outer space.

Let me tell you where all the energy goes in a car. Ever try to push a car? It’s not easy, unless you are going down a hill. This is called rolling resistance. It is the amount of energy it takes to overcome the flexing of the tires. That is why tires get hot, it’s the wasted energy you can feel. The harder the tires, the easier it is to push, but the rougher the ride. That is why trains are so efficient, less rolling resistance. The rest of that resistance has to do with all the gears and bearings that have to turn in oil or grease. They have resistance and they get hot too. After about 35 miles an hour, you now have wind resistance. Stick your hand out the window of a moving car and you will feel it. That is why a small aerodynamic car can get better mileage than a big motorcycle. Both of these are energy that is lost while driving. And you can’t get it back.

Now that the car is moving, it has momentum, we can get some of this back when we use regenerative braking. That is, turning the electric motor in the car into a generator and using it to slow the car. It also works going down a hill. But this is only a small part of the energy it takes to move a car so we only get a 15 to 20 percent more range.

So, to sum it up…  no amount of wheel generators, propellers, or fans in the grill are going to let you drive without charging the car somehow. The best is to make the car as light and aerodynamic as possible, and go as far as you can on as little as possible.

Let me put some hope back in the message here. You can drive on free energy. Most people waste more energy that they would need to drive a car. Use the energy that you would be wasting. Get an energy audit and see where you are wasting power. One of my clients got an energy audit and found that he saved 65% on his bill. More than enough to drive his car.

If you want to make an investment in your retirement, get the electric car and put solar panels on your roof. you won’t have to pay for electricity or your transportation when you retire….