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The legendary rocker makes a special appearance at Salesforce.com's annual conference to talk about his 1959 Lincoln Continental convertible that runs on electric batteries and compressed natural gas.

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by Pete Bardo November 3, 2008 12:14 PM PST
"A generator, that produces 75 kilowatts, comes on automatically to power a rotary engine that runs on compressed natural gas and refuels the batteries."

What? Don't you mean the rotary engine comes on automatically to turn the generator and refuel the batteries? Using a generator to power a natural gas fueled engine makes no sense.
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by chrisfrary November 3, 2008 12:38 PM PST
typical cnet editing, which means none
by Str8-razr November 3, 2008 2:46 PM PST
Good lord. 150 KW electric motor produces 201 horsepower not 500. It's powered by a stock 150KW UQM motor. And who dressed Neil Young? He look's like the Village Idiot. Nothing fits...and those shoes and that hair! Neil. Forget the car. Spend some money on new clothes and a new hair stylist!
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by cyberspittle November 3, 2008 2:51 PM PST
Nice. Rock on Neil!
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by jedsmithson November 3, 2008 3:05 PM PST
Horsepower rating for electric and internal combustion engines are very different. IDE is maximum hp, electric is average hp. Electric can produce peak hp up to ten times average (depending on the motor). Hence, 150kW = 200hp average and 500hp is only 2.5 times the average.
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by Str8-razr November 4, 2008 5:30 AM PST
The article did not say it was referring to peak power so it's misleading. UQM does not sell it as a 500 horsepower motor either, but thanks for a clue on what the article was saying.
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