Electric Tesla Roader
08-27-2006, 04:57 PM
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Would anybody buy one of these?
http://autos.msn.com/as/minishow/article.a...mp;s=Pebble2006
Would anybody buy one of these?
http://autos.msn.com/as/minishow/article.a...mp;s=Pebble2006
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i think that car will need a new battery every couple of years...but its the first i've heard about gearing in an electric car so it seems the technology is improving, but its still a long way of...
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Definitely, yes, maybe. I am in love with the looks and the concept. Really, I am considering one.
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Originally Posted by madoon' post='327691' date='Aug 28 2006, 02:31 AM
i think that car will need a new battery every couple of years...but its the first i've heard about gearing in an electric car so it seems the technology is improving, but its still a long way of...
BTW: I am not sure there is any technological "improvement" in putting a gearbox on an electric car - in my view it's a backward step, and an admission that the technology (mostly accumulator/battery technology) has not yet improved enough to allow for "decent" performance without the gears, though clearly it's the easiest way of combining acceleration and top speed without spending a fortune on the motor itself.
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I am glad to see that electric technology has advanced so far. I am looking at maybe buying a hybrid or electric in the future if the cost is reasonable and performance does not suffer much.
BMW seems to be way behind on this technology, so maybe I will eventually be a Lexus owner (gasp!).
BMW seems to be way behind on this technology, so maybe I will eventually be a Lexus owner (gasp!).
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Take a look at this, the Wrightspeed X1, another electric car prototype from a Silicon Valley startup.
The video below shows the Wrightspeed utterly trounce both a Ferrari 360 and a Carrera GT at Infineon Raceway. It's amazing to watch. The Wrightspeed is built on the Ariel Atom chassis.
http://www.pluginamerica.com/media/Wrightspeed.wmv
The video below shows the Wrightspeed utterly trounce both a Ferrari 360 and a Carrera GT at Infineon Raceway. It's amazing to watch. The Wrightspeed is built on the Ariel Atom chassis.
http://www.pluginamerica.com/media/Wrightspeed.wmv
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Road test review of the Tesla in Motor Trend. This sounds like fun ...
I'm almost grimacing as I release the brake and pound the accelerator to the floor. Whrrrrrrr...30 mph, 40 mph, 50...in the four seconds it's taken to read this sentence, the Roadster has shrieked to 60 mph (Tesla's claimed 3.9 seconds would seem entirely plausible in a controlled setting). There's no wheelspin, axle tramp, shutter, jutter, smoke whiff, cowl shake, nothing. I'm being eerily teleported down the barrel of a rail gun, head pulled back by a hard, steady acceleration. Bizarre. And before too long, profoundly humbling to just about any rumbling Ferrari or Porsche that makes the mistake of pulling up next to a silent, 105-mpg Tesla Roadster at a stoplight.
I'm almost grimacing as I release the brake and pound the accelerator to the floor. Whrrrrrrr...30 mph, 40 mph, 50...in the four seconds it's taken to read this sentence, the Roadster has shrieked to 60 mph (Tesla's claimed 3.9 seconds would seem entirely plausible in a controlled setting). There's no wheelspin, axle tramp, shutter, jutter, smoke whiff, cowl shake, nothing. I'm being eerily teleported down the barrel of a rail gun, head pulled back by a hard, steady acceleration. Bizarre. And before too long, profoundly humbling to just about any rumbling Ferrari or Porsche that makes the mistake of pulling up next to a silent, 105-mpg Tesla Roadster at a stoplight.
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='329186' date='Aug 31 2006, 10:11 AM
Take a look at this, the Wrightspeed X1, another electric car prototype from a Silicon Valley startup.
The video below shows the Wrightspeed utterly trounce both a Ferrari 360 and a Carrera GT at Infineon Raceway. It's amazing to watch. The Wrightspeed is built on the Ariel Atom chassis.
http://www.pluginamerica.com/media/Wrightspeed.wmv
The video below shows the Wrightspeed utterly trounce both a Ferrari 360 and a Carrera GT at Infineon Raceway. It's amazing to watch. The Wrightspeed is built on the Ariel Atom chassis.
http://www.pluginamerica.com/media/Wrightspeed.wmv
