06-06-2007, 09:40 AM
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Green Sports Car 100 mpg faster than Ferrari
Not sure if this has been posted before but...
They've sold out their first wave of $100K electric cars and hope to sell as many as 10,000 a year. The car's are assembled by Lotus in England,
Norway built chasis, Thai batteries and braking from Germany.
Boss of the Company is the guy who sold Paypal and made $300M on the deal.
Elon Musk is also into space exlporation and is putting together the first franchise style effort to put solar panels on houses.
http://www.solarcity.com/
http://www.teslamotors.com/
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06-06-2007, 10:19 AM
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Nice looking car. Looks allot like a regular Lotus. I wonder what it sounds like. I would miss the growl of a high performance engine.
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06-06-2007, 10:30 AM
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^Just turn up the radio, its all about the G forces anyway.
I bet you if they started a racing series where they ran the cars as long as they would go on one charge at maximum speed it would attract a ton of attention. Or maybe they could have a quick pit stop where they just tossed out the cell and put in a new one...like a refueling.
Not to mention speed development of the cars reliability and performance.
Although I wouldn't count on any Oil Industry sponsors...
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06-06-2007, 10:35 AM
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GM seems pretty serious about producing the Volt...
Hopefully they'll have it out around the time I pay off the Boxster, then I'll buy a Volt to use as a commuter car. The Box will be my fun car!
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06-06-2007, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by porsche986spyder
Nice looking car. Looks allot like a regular Lotus. I wonder what it sounds like. I would miss the growl of a high performance engine.
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I think the pin-your-butt-to-the-seat 0-60 time of 4 seconds would make up for the lack of engine growl.
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06-06-2007, 11:10 AM
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"I wonder what it sounds like. I would miss the growl of a high performance engine."
There was a PBS/Lion's Gate show called Scientific Investigations were they did a story on one of the cars -- the car didn't really have the engine sound you would expect. Of course, you never know -- Sony put in a digitized sterotypical "clicking" shutter sound on my digital camera.
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06-06-2007, 11:33 AM
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you know that's an excellent Idea^
a fake throttle activated intake/exhaust note could be added to the electric car.
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06-06-2007, 11:54 AM
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Some really bright people are building this car and if it is turns out to be half as good as they want us to believe, it will be a winner. I like it a lot. One was on display in San Diego last week but I missed it.
My brother is thinking seriously about getting one. If he does we'll find out if it can really run with the P cars.
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06-06-2007, 01:01 PM
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There are couple of things that stick out with the car being impractical;
-Only 200 miles before a recharge isn't acceptable for me,the closest auto-x place is 160 miles road trip,that leaves me with 40 miles of fun,but I'm pretty sure I won't be able to get a full 40 while I'm auto-xing.
-No matter how hard they try,they will never produce anything that will match the TRUE sound of a car's engine. I've seen a Pimp My Ride episode where they installed some sound gizmo to try and make a van sound like an Austin Martin......
Besides,just the fact that I know it's simulated will take away from the fun.
-Plugging in cords to charge/maintain stuff is a pain. I only plug my battery maintainer in if I know the car is going to sit for near a week+,I don't like getting the extension cord out,plugging in stuff,then hooking up the maintainer and then leaving a cable running across the garage floor.
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06-06-2007, 01:31 PM
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"There are couple of things that stick out with the car being impractical;"
*L* You're right. I forget, sometimes, how practical Boxster owners are -- like having a spare car in case it rains, or the effort put forth to "store" a Boxster for winter. Personally, I think it is a great idea for these cars. Of course, I don't think it is practical (for me) to spend $100k on a car.
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06-06-2007, 02:42 PM
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Very interesting. I think we are looking at the future, whether we like it or not.
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06-06-2007, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by blinkwatt
There are couple of things that stick out with the car being impractical;
1-Only 200 miles before a recharge isn't acceptable for me,the closest auto-x place is 160 miles road trip,that leaves me with 40 miles of fun,but I'm pretty sure I won't be able to get a full 40 while I'm auto-xing.
2-No matter how hard they try,they will never produce anything that will match the TRUE sound of a car's engine. I've seen a Pimp My Ride episode where they installed some sound gizmo to try and make a van sound like an Austin Martin......
Besides,just the fact that I know it's simulated will take away from the fun.
3-Plugging in cords to charge/maintain stuff is a pain. I only plug my battery maintainer in if I know the car is going to sit for near a week+,I don't like getting the extension cord out,plugging in stuff,then hooking up the maintainer and then leaving a cable running across the garage floor.
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1. It's limited range and requires a relatively long charge, that's for sure. For the Tesla, they should come out with something like this - a generator on a trailer. Connect it to the car to power and recharge the car while on longer road trips. Similar things have been done with other EVs. The Chevrolet Volt will actually have a generator onboard, although the car won't be a 'performance' car, just a commuter.
2. You don't buy an EV for 'engine sound'. Asinine thing to bring up when talking about an EV. Oh, and it's ASTON Martin, not Austin. (Astons are sexy fockin cars... I test drove one once)
3. You plug in your cell phone, right? Major hassle! You plug in your laptop, right? MAJOR hassle! I think the tradeoff is this - you plug your car in (how often depends on how much you drive) at home instead of having to stop at the gas station every so often.
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06-06-2007, 02:58 PM
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2. You don't buy an EV for 'engine sound'. Asinine thing to bring up when talking about an EV. Oh, and it's ASTON Martin, not Austin. (Astons are sexy fockin cars... I test drove one once)
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I knew I was spelling it wrong and it was only a matter of time before someone called me out on it.
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06-06-2007, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by blinkwatt
I knew I was spelling it wrong and it was only a matter of time before someone called me out on it.
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Have you ever sat in a newer Aston? The interiors are FREAKISHLY beautiful!! They have THE nicest interior I've ever seen. And the sound when they start... oh man, it's awesome!
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06-06-2007, 05:05 PM
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I agree, the an Aston would surely be on my list of have to have cars when the right combo of ping pong balls come up!
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