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1-Old-Man

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3. Basically no, the weight of the batteries kills handling.

Reply to 2on2u (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 06:39 PM

Jul 2012

There is also this difference between electric cars and liquid fuel based cars. As you burn up you fuel in the electric car the motor's output decreases, not exactly what you want with a "sports car". With a liquid fuel car the power remains the same until the very moment the engine dies and of course weight decreases (and performance improves) as the fuel load diminishes.

Sorry, sure the torque is monster and instant, but then you get the same thing from steam power, and it didn't survive either.

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Do battery powered sports cars work and are they reliable? [View all] 2on2u Jul 2012 OP

Sure, but the downside is distance per charge and recharging times. Electric Monk Jul 2012 #1

What's your recharge time Monk.... I'm hoping you saw the Prieto battery tech, if not 2on2u Jul 2012 #2

Basically no, the weight of the batteries kills handling. 1-Old-Man Jul 2012 #3

The newer lithium batteries have a pretty flat discharge curve if you can call it a curve.... 2on2u Jul 2012 #4

Here's an all-electric auto-motorbike hybrid that goes on sale next year aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #5

Yer not fooling me, that blue exhaust is a dead giveaway, this thing runs on smurfjuice. n/t 2on2u Jul 2012 #6

Lol +1000 Glassunion Jul 2012 #18

What keeps it from falling over at red lights? B Calm Jul 2012 #11

Digitally controlled gyroscopes IDemo Jul 2012 #14

Just from watching the video - the gyro system actually would work pretty well. backscatter712 Jul 2012 #23

I spent some time thinking about this concept around 1980 IDemo Jul 2012 #12

So when it runs out of juice or something goes wrong clffrdjk Jul 2012 #13

I'd be very surprised if they didn't include multiple redundant fail-safes IDemo Jul 2012 #16

Landing gear (small side wheels that come down) when the charge gets low aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #22

No question they will have landing gear IDemo Jul 2012 #25

Looked at the site I see $20k no thanks clffrdjk Jul 2012 #15

According to the developper, $20,000 is for the first few units and the price will fall to $16,000 aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #17

$4000 currently yes clffrdjk Jul 2012 #19

I want one. That looks like soooo much fun! tridim Jul 2012 #7

I wonder how the Tesla Roadster would've done against those gas driven cars in that test. nt Selatius Jul 2012 #8

Tesla roadster 0 to 60 in 3.7 seconds, Ferrari? .... here's a few, the rest at the link... 2on2u Jul 2012 #10

Somebody posted one of an electric Fiat (custom) that blew off muscle cars. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #9

The "White Zombie" is a 1972 Datsun 1200 kentauros Jul 2012 #24

Yeah, that's the one. I was mistaken. The image I had in my mind looked like a Fiat. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #26

Electric cars actually have some advantages over cars with internal combustion engines. backscatter712 Jul 2012 #20

That's a rather silly comparo. Especially as the V8 powered Atom trounces those other cars too. EOTE Jul 2012 #21