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51. That's the most bizarre Metric/English conversion ever!

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #37)

Sun Sep 7, 2014, 01:06 AM

Sep 2014

One point that everyone seems to be missing is the part about two 200-liter tanks of vanadium-salt solution. I don't know what the density of that solution will be, but to put it in perspective, that much seawater weighs 410 kg (904 lbs.) From the linked-story, total car weight is 2300 kg

So, 1/6th of its weight is "water."

Now, while they lost the weight of an equivalent (and likely) V-12 or V-10 combustion engine, they seem to have gained it back with the charge-medium

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That's the most bizarre Metric/English conversion ever! kentauros Sep 2014 #51

Highly unlikely MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #38

But this one goes to 11. Orrex Sep 2014 #39

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