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    Once Again, This Is an ELECTRIC Car?

    This May Be the World's First Electric Car

    Tesla Roadster May Set New Record for Distance on A Single Charge

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    Image of dzazter dzazter
    10/02/09

    In reply to Once Again, This Is an ELECTRIC Car?
    Hmmm, wonder is I can yank out that crappy electric setup and add a real engine?
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/02/09

    @dzazter:

    yeah, why would you want all that torque from 0 RPMs? you're right, why have a single gear when you can have 6 or 7 of em? more is better, right? this thing is for pussies - it doesn't even have an overly loud exhaust or a clutch to wear out!
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    Image of Audi5000 Audi5000
    10/02/09

    In reply to Once Again, This Is an ELECTRIC Car?
    "The fact that the Tesla Roadster is both electric and attractive..." Well it is electric...
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    nutbastard promoted this comment Audi5000 was starred Audi5000 was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/02/09

    @Audi5000:

    ... it still looks better than the Elise does.
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    Image of Brent William Cox Brent William Cox
    10/01/09

    In reply to Once Again, This Is an ELECTRIC Car?
    electric cars suck they take forever to charge and cant even go very far and are they really even helping polution because where do we get power from burning coal sure there are some green ways but overall they are not really helping
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/01/09

    @Brent William Cox:
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    Image of Accelerata Accelerata
    10/01/09

    @Brent William Cox: Tesla is releasing a model with a 45-minute quick charge and ability to do a 5 minute battery swap (the swap making it possible to do quick "refuels" at stations) in 2011. it also can be configured to have a 300 mile range. basically, all the same stats as a normal car, except its energy efficiency in city streets will be many times better.

    as for not helping, there is no way to stop generating pollution if you're burning the fossil fuel in your car, but if its coming off the power grid, you can fix the grid to stop generating pollution by changing power sources. so its actually a huge help towards solving our air pollution problems.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/02/09

    @Accelerata:

    and yet, this country of ignorant pussies i live in won't go full nuclear.
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    Image of mr.pickle mr.pickle
    10/01/09

    In reply to Once Again, This Is an ELECTRIC Car?
    Looks like a cross between a Ferrari Enzo and Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4...except the panoramic windshield. Looks pretty awesome though.
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    Image of Kimrod Kimrod
    10/01/09

    In reply to Once Again, This Is an ELECTRIC Car?
    Looks like a ground-based Stealth(tm) fighter.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/01/09

    In reply to Once Again, This Is an ELECTRIC Car?
    Careful, that thing can cut your fingers.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    10/01/09

    In reply to Once Again, This Is an ELECTRIC Car?
    This isn't an Electric car. It's more like a nameless knockoff of famous cars in games like Burnout with those mandatory 10% difference for legality or whatever it is.
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    10/01/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: Amen, brotha.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    10/01/09

    In reply to Once Again, This Is an ELECTRIC Car?
    Actually, it has long been speculated by your standard "electric cars are crap" gear-heads that, while electric cars may never reach mainstream use, they may very will take over the sports car segment of the market. Electric engines, even in the basic forms we see today, can provide amazing performance that will rival any "super car" on the market at (comparatively speaking) modest prices. What electric vehicles are not particularly good at is letting us drive 500 miles without having to charge for a significant amount of time. I hear they may be working on that problem, though.
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    Image of Crashproof Crashproof
    10/01/09

    @Monty: yep, it's all about that even torque all across the band. Gearheads need to DRIVE a good electric car and then we'll see.
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    Image of jepzilla jepzilla
    10/01/09

    @Monty: There's a catch though- the range problem is even worse for high performance cars, as power requirements increase with the square of speed. That's fine for something like the Tesla, which is basically an electric Lotus Exige, but anything in supercar territory is consuming energy at a monstrous rate. For example, a 2009 Corvette ZR1 has about 650hp. To provide the equivalent in an electric car, you're pushing half a megawatt. That's a huge amount of power, and the energy requirement is enormous.

    To go back to the Tesla again, it has about 53kwh of energy in its battery pack. You put that battery pack into an electric Corvette ZR1 and you have 6 minutes of drive time per recharge. For a Bugatti Veyron or an SSC Ultimate Aero that's less than 4 minutes.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    10/01/09

    @jepzilla: Very good point - though I suppose I was more focused on the majority of super car buyers who just have them sit in a pretty garage without ever driving them. If you actually want to use the vehicle as a daily driver and have a vehicle that is significantly more heavy than a Geo Metro, the range issue is a significant one until they build a better battery.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    10/02/09

    @Monty:
    There's also that pesky problem where you'll have to swap out the battery every so many years because it won't hold a charge anymore.
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    Image of DreamTheEndless: Death's little brother DreamTheEndless: Death's little brother
    10/01/09

    In reply to Once Again, This Is an ELECTRIC Car?
    Just curious - what the hell are those big air scoops in the front for? Cooling the breaks?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/01/09

    @DreamTheEndless: They're speed holes. They make the car go faster.
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    Image of Walljasper Walljasper
    10/01/09

    @DreamTheEndless:

    Scooping up the unwary and lifeless pedestrians who step in front of this silent killer.
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    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    10/01/09

    @DreamTheEndless: Hiding small children.
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    Image of AmphetamineCrown AmphetamineCrown
    10/01/09

    @Walljasper: Right, like the article says "THE guaranteed way to pick up robotic prostitutes along the superhighway."
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/01/09

    In reply to Once Again, This Is an ELECTRIC Car?
    The e-Wolf, otherwise known as the BastardENZO Reventonesque, with a hint of Maserati MC12.

    They even managed to throw some hints from the 1995 Ford GT90 concept car.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: seen here
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    Image of MarcusMaximus MarcusMaximus
    10/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Looks more like the batmobile to me.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/01/09

    @MarcusMaximus: I dunno man, it looks pretty darn close to these particular cars...
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Mixed with this...
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    10/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: but at least they picked a bunch of pretty cars to copy!
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    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    10/01/09

    @Kaiser 'Pervy-nano' Machead: First thing I thought when I saw the car was Reventon. But with the Enzo picture it does look alot like a mix of the two.
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    Image of jonhapimp jonhapimp
    04/24/09

    In reply to This May Be the World's First Electric Car
    and now the best we have is the volt and a car from a failing company
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    Image of Monty Monty
    04/25/09

    @jonhapimp: Isn't that redundant?
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    Image of rpt9281 rpt9281
    04/24/09

    In reply to This May Be the World's First Electric Car
    Think about how much pollution could have been prevented if they had these cars all these years.
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    Image of Morgan Breden Morgan Breden
    04/24/09

    @rickt: Not that much actually, automobiles only account for about 3% of worldwide pollution. The biggest offenders are power plants.
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    Image of jaycanuck jaycanuck
    04/24/09

    @Morgan Breden: Not only that I'm sure battery technology back then wasn't the most environmentally sound option.
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    Image of Talryyn Talryyn
    04/25/09

    @jaycanuck: Not all that great today either, plus disposal of the automotive grade batteries is a pain.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    04/25/09

    @Talryyn: Actually, over 90% of the battery components in hybrid cars today are completely recyclable. Then again, 94% of all statistics are made up on the spot, so take numbers like that with a large grain of salt.
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    Image of N@tedog N@tedog
    04/10/09

    In reply to Tesla Roadster May Set New Record for Distance on A Single Charge
    This post is completely wrong.


    [www.reghardware.co.uk]


    [www.mygreencar.eu]


    [www.leftlanenews.com]


    It only went 241 miles. Not 341. This is no where even close to the Solectria Sunrise's 375 miles during the 1996 American Tour de Sol.


    I hate to call you out like this, Giz, but who's editing this stuff? This is a brazenly obvious and flagrant error.

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    Image of N@tedog N@tedog
    04/10/09

    @N@tedog:


    Record is 375 miles.


    [www.megawattmotorworks.com]


    [en.wikipedia.org]


    [www.acterra.org]

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/10/09

    In reply to Tesla Roadster May Set New Record for Distance on A Single Charge
    Man do I hate those taillights, but man do I love this car.
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    Image of Dave Lindsay Dave Lindsay
    04/10/09

    In reply to Tesla Roadster May Set New Record for Distance on A Single Charge
    Predicting remaining energy near the end of a battery's run is difficult, so the 38 miles remaining claim is dubious. On top of that, 241 + 38 = 279 miles, still a far cry from the 375 mile record. Go Gizmodo.
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    Image of pettiblay pettiblay
    04/10/09

    @Dave Lindsay: It's a typo you stupid facebook user. 341 + 38 = 379 > 375
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    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    04/10/09

    @pettiblay: You need a juice box.
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