You beat me to the punch.
A friend of mine knows the CEO, Martin Eberhard, from working at NuvoMedia.
Other than the sticker price, the car sounds very cool. Long range, high performance, and the simplicity of a pure electric.
The car is based on the Lotus Elise (below), so it's tiny.
Some reasons why it's so zippy: Electric motors have peak torque at zero RPM, making them quick off the line. In fact, without traction control, it would be hard to make it off the line. Also, doubling the power of an electric motor involves a relatively small incremental increase in weight.
Another tidbit, they've found the miles per charge doesn't vary much with how fast you drive it. Mmmm.... green speed demon.
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A friend of mine knows the CEO, Martin Eberhard, from working at NuvoMedia.
Other than the sticker price, the car sounds very cool. Long range, high performance, and the simplicity of a pure electric.
The car is based on the Lotus Elise (below), so it's tiny.
Some reasons why it's so zippy: Electric motors have peak torque at zero RPM, making them quick off the line. In fact, without traction control, it would be hard to make it off the line. Also, doubling the power of an electric motor involves a relatively small incremental increase in weight.
Another tidbit, they've found the miles per charge doesn't vary much with how fast you drive it. Mmmm.... green speed demon.
- mark 7-20-2006 1:20 am