0 - 60 in under 4 seconds... 130 mph top speed... without gas?

Seattle Times ^

[fo0hzy]

Even though it's Ferrari red, zooms from zero to 60 in four seconds, and has a sensuous black leather dash with the same Motech data display found in Grand Prix race cars, this is not your typical little red sports car.

At stoplights, adjacent drivers often ask Rick Woodbury for a card and where they can buy his car.

For starters, it's smaller. Or rather, smallest. At 39 inches wide and 8 feet 5 inches long, it's skinnier than some motorcycles and shorter than many a living-room couch. It runs on batteries, not gas. And, if the thing ever makes it out of Spokane and into consumer production — a big if — this two-person, commuter concept car could very well alleviate air pollution, cruise past freeway congestion, shimmy through urban gridlock and actually find a parking spot...

http://www.commutercars.com/
Video clip (.mov file)

[FreedomFarmer]

[fo0hzy]

I can't get the link to work... sorry.

www.trooppics.com/tango.mov

[umgud]

0-60 in under 4 seconds, 130 MPH, but needs a recharge every 100 miles........ whoopi! BTW, properly set up electric vehicles are quick.

[South40]

No thanks. I'll stick with my Dino 246GTS.

Hey...I can dream, can't I?

[reagan_fanatic]

Lord. Reminds me of a beer can after you stomp on it.

[arthurus]

Looks like suicide among the trucks and SUVs on the road.

[mirkwood]

[Labyrinthos]

Where does the electricity to recharge come from?

[The Mayor]

I would only be able to get one small ladder on the roof.
I don't think they have racks that small, useless.

[bahblahbah]

Someone with photoshop change the paint job on that car to make it look like a coffin.

[FreedomFarmer]

$85,000+ for a deposit on a crate that may never be delivered.

Final price unknown.

[The Mayor]

Are those wheelie casters on that?

[Cicero]

Anyway, it looks to me if you put any weight on the roof and turned a corner, the whole thing would tip over.

[South40]

I think Grandpa Munster made one of those back in the '70s.

[fso301]

More dangerous than a motorcycle with that high center of gravity.

[fo0hzy]

hehe... put a Reece hitch on it, and tow a trailer for your ladders :P

I thought it was a damn fine example of American ingenuity...

[dalereed]

"Where does the electricity to recharge come from?"

Burning environmentalists of course!

What an ugly usless POS!

[Dog Gone]

That is the most gay car ever.

[fo0hzy]

Wrong... with 2k lbs of batteries under the floor, it will out-corner almost anything. But I suppose you'd have to actually READ the info and watch the videos to know that.