Electric Supercar Blows Doors Off Tesla

Discovery News ^ | 09-28-2011 | Analysis by Jesse Emspak

[montyspython]

“...it’s just expensive fun”

Name one super-car, electric or gas powered, that isn’t.

[montyspython]

If you referring to Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, he was a naturalized Croatian citizen. He was really a Polish Jew.

[Sawdring]

Where all the electricity would come from for millions of them is an entirely other question.

It comes with your own nickel powered E-Cat.

[Loyal Sedition]

Electrics are, and will remain, a bad joke.
This will not change until batteries are replaced by fast charge - slow discharge capacitors.

Experiments and very slow progress continues in that effort, but real success may be another decade away, two if the government “helps”.

[woodbutcher1963]

Not too practical for NASCAR, the charge would run out of the 100th lap.

However, there is a electric motorcycle manufactrurer out of Cal.(MotoCzysz) that averaged 100 mph at the Isle of Man TT races this year. This is 5 laps over the 31 mile mountain course.
To compare the winner of the Seniors TT(1000 cc Honda)averaged 128 mph over the same course. The Supersports TT(600 cc Honda) averaged 123 mph over the mtn. course.
If you are not familiar , the Isle of Man TT races are the premier motorcycle and sidecar races in the world.

While electric may not be practicle for the mini van or pick up truck , it could become a reality for motorcycles.
It would not replace a Harley Sportster but it could be used in by your average commuter in warm climates. It also could capture some of the crotch rocket market.

[Red Badger]

...but real success may be another decade away, two if the government “helps”.

3 to 5 years if they don't............

[Red Badger]

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/37519/

[Red Badger]

http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/All-that-juice-in-that-skinny-thing-2190255.php

[6ppc]

If they want to make money and prove the electric car concept, they need to build the “Mom ‘n Pop mobile” not sports cars.

All we've seen so far are oversized roller skates and slot cars on steroids. Build a vehicle that can haul a family and gear 500 miles, recharge in 1/2 hour and costs under $30K and they will have something.

This car looks cool, but I doubt it's practical.

[Little Ray]

Dunno. Out where I live, when the weather is good, the bikers go out and spend all day on the road.
I don’t think they want to have spend half the day charging.
And, again, who’s going to put charging stations in just for them?

[woodbutcher1963]

All I am saying is most motor vehicle improvements came from someone spending a lot of money to make something go faster or stop quicker and win races. Eventually those improvements find their way into the car/motorcycle that you and I drive.

Maybe sometime in the not so distant future someone will make an electric motorcyle that costs not to much more than a Harley/BMW or Ducati. It may have a range of 500+ miles and/or 2 days. It may also come with a ac/dc inverter to charge it at your house/hotel,etc. Then MAYBE I would buy one.

However, I don’t think it will replace my pickup truck any time soon.

[Iron Munro]

ObamaKar

[LS]

Volt-n-Nap sounds like an erotic hotel.

[between_the_lines_mn]

92 KWhr is a lot of power..

38 1/3 hours at 120v and 20A (typical US outlet circuit)
7 hours at 220v and 60A (your air conditioner)
2 hours at 440v and 100A (hey, lets rewire the neighborhood)
11 minutes at 5Kv and 100A (just skip around that transformer)

Starting to see the problem.. you need lots of volts and amps to get a quick charge..

I put the last one as a joke. You need your Jesus sticks to handle that one.

Line men, the guys who work on your power lines, use long insulated sticks to move things around. If you don’t, you get to meet Jesus....

[Red Badger]

A real chick magnet.........

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Found this:

Concept_One Key Specs: •Power: 1088 hp

•Torque: 3,800 Nm

•Battery Capacity: 92 kWh

•Range: 600 km

•Acceleration 0-100 kph: 2.8 sec

•Top Speed: 305 kph

•Curb Weight of 1650 kg

No mention of the price tag. I did see that they're planning on producing 88 of them.

[Little Ray]

Hmmm.

What they really need is an Electric Grand Prix!

[Loyal Sedition]

Roy Kaylor was selling practical EV conversion kits for VW platforms over twenty years ago, for a fraction of current prices.

His range was better than the Volt, his hybrid version was about the same as the “Leaf”!
Still a fraction of the cost.

The newer cars have made very little progress as compared to Roy’s products.
Neither their range or charging rate are significantly better.
The ONLY thing they have is factory production, luxury features, and subsidies.

Neither of your links is ready for prime time today, allowing for hype and real world development time, I will stick by my ten to twenty year prediction for practical capacitor development.

http://www.kaylor-kit.4t.com/about.html

http://www.kaylor-kit.4t.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXkijd6_ECQ