Tesla Model S due in 2011

tomasz

Maybe Opel Ampera will suit you Mike?

The Ampera is scheduled to go on sale in 2011, and shares GM's "Voltec" plug-in hybrid system that's set to be introduced in the Chevrolet Volt. Propulsion is provided by a full-time electric motor, with a small gasoline engine/generator aboard to charge the lithium-ion batteries when needed. GM says that the Voltec system will propel the Volt and Ampera up to forty miles (65 km) on a single charge. The engine/generator increases the range to about 500 miles (800 km). Recharging is expected to take 2-3 hours from a standard 230-volt European outlet.

http://www.worldcarfans.com/9090219.027/opel-ampera-spied-completely-uncovered

Mike Lucey

....... or maybe the Electric Porsche 911 by RUF: "Emotions without emissions"?

Electric Porsche 911 fueling.jpg

911 bonnet.jpg

911 Boot.jpg

TIG

This is an interesting talk about electric cars and the future...
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/shai_agassi_on_electric_cars.html

Mike Lucey

Thanks for the link TIG. Did you notice the first written comment?

'Kyle W – April 16 2009
Why is this guy giving a talk? This is the same idea almost every engineer has come up with. Hint: it's the battery stupid.'

I don't think Klye listened to the full talk

Mike

TIG

It's all about the infrastructure - now we have service-stations and oil-wells etc - we used to have coaching-inns, livery-stables and hay-fields etc - in the future we'll need charging-points, battery-exchange-points and 'clean' electricity-production by wind/solar etc...

If we decided that we HAD to run transport on anything we choose, whilst minimising how much we screwed with the planet, then we could do it with enough effort - but an electric future seems the obvious choice now - time will tell... in 100 years maybe something else will have arrived - 'anti-gravity plasma-flux modules' powered by organic chicken-s**t would be good - but until then...

Seems eminently sensible to me to go this route - why it's taken so long is I expect it's because of the powerful vested interests in the old technology (oil, big-auto-co's etc) - in earlier times this attitude gave us men walking in front of slow moving cars waving red-flags - that was surely from the horse-buggy lobby ! That didn't prevail.

tomasz

Someone fancy an electric Ford Mustang?

0 to 60 Miles/Hour in 3.9 Seconds
120 Mph Top Speed
Vehicle Weight 3300 lbs
Range: Base Model with Power Cells 110 Miles
*Range can be increased to 200+ Miles
Engine
Proprietary DC Electric Motor System
300 HP, in Excess of 1000 ft/lbs of Torque

Pure "Plug In" with 110/220V Hook up Capability
Recharge Time 3 1/2 hours/220V and 8 hours/110V
Faster Recharging Capability Optional
Dual Driving Mode Racing/Economy

http://www.hstintl.com/index.php?menu=1&submenu=122