scotty g
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| posted on 19/11/06 at 05:46 PM |
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Amazing car from the USA shocker!
Don't know if anyone has noticed this car yet but i think its bally fantastic.
Check out the stats and tell me you wouldn't be tempted.
Tesla Motors
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RazMan
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| posted on 19/11/06 at 06:11 PM |
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Very nice but it is certainly not the only high performance electric car. The Fetish has been around for about a year now and has similar performance
& range.
http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/vehicles/2004/10/05/cx_dl_1005vow.html
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Rich_T
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| posted on 19/11/06 at 06:16 PM |
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How much is it?
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StevieB
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| posted on 19/11/06 at 06:22 PM |
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There's an MK Indy that's electric powered - 0-60 3 secs and 150mph top speed. Should be about £16k according to Total Kitcar.
It's a Ditch setup, but apparent;y MK can sort out the parts to make it work (might be tempted for my next project!)
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 19/11/06 at 07:47 PM |
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The big plus is that it's quite enough not to wake the pigs in the layby as you whizz past. 
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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Chippy
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| posted on 20/11/06 at 12:31 AM |
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Only draw back, as I see it, if you go somewhere say 200 miles away, you would have to book an hotel for an over night recharge. Sort of makes dear,
cheap motoring. Ray
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RazMan
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| posted on 20/11/06 at 08:00 AM |
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Apparently they reckon that 1 mile = 1 minute of charging. Just a case of getting parking & charging combined really.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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jack trolley
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| posted on 20/11/06 at 06:24 PM |
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Good article @ RaceCarEngineering about an electric Westfield
being developed by
ex-Lotus & Saxon engineer.
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jono_misfit
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| posted on 20/11/06 at 06:51 PM |
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The articles about martin oglvie.
He's only really done the westfield as a precursor to his new single seater. Theres so many battery packs in the car theres no passenger
space.
Should be interesting.
However they need something with greater charge density to really make a big push forward with electric cars.
I always thought the tesla looked like a fat elise.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 20/11/06 at 07:01 PM |
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From a recent article on the Eco Indy, it reckons on a range of only 25 miles! It would do for a pub cruise event though.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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JoelP
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| posted on 20/11/06 at 07:43 PM |
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the moment they come practical i will get one, i love the idea of charging it overnight and having nearly free motoring.
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scotty g
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| posted on 20/11/06 at 08:01 PM |
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The tesla was co-developed with Lotus tecnologies which explains its similarity to the Elise.
Personally i think it looks nicer than the Elise.
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