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The World's Fastest Electric Car

Posted by timothy on from the forbes-sans-flames dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "In this review, Forbes.com looks at the fastest electric vehicle in the world, the tzero roadster built by AC Propulsion Inc. 'The tzero does 0 to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds, according to the company, and it does it on only 200 horsepower.' The company says it starts faster than a Ferrari F355. It also has a limited range of 280 to 300 miles at 60 mph on a single charge. The company expects a price somewhere between a Porsche and a Ferrari, but Forbes says it carries a $220,000 sticker price. This overview contains more details and links. It also includes a rendering of the Tzero. Please note that the Forbes article has a very different focus from the one mentioned in a previous Slashdot reference."

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  1. Talking about electric cars by photonic · · Score: 5, Interesting

    What about the world's fastest SOLAR-electric car?
    The Nuna II, just won the World Solar Challenge, travelling 3000 kilometers in just 31 hours, averaging around 97 km/h.

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  2. What about the Tengo? by jpatters · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What about the Tengo?
    It gets 0-60 in about 4 seconds, and a top speed of 130MPH. That is certainly better than 3.6 and 60.

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  3. Where's the energy saving? by Davak · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not trolling... I just honestly don't know.

    How are electrical cars more energy efficent than gas powered ones? We get the majority of our electricity from burning fossil fuels.

    If we all convert over to electrical cars, will be not just burning more oil and coal in our power plants?

    Where the energy-saving step that I am missing?

    Davak

  4. Electric Motors have high torque by pz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Electric motors, unlike internal combustion engines, can generate maximum torque at zero RPM. This translates directly into excellent off-line acceleration, impressive 0-60 times, and all-round high performance. Around-town driving in an electric car should give the impression that there's a much bigger engine due to our preconceptions based on internal combusion (thus, the comment "only 200 hp"). Top speed, however, will seem stunted in comparison to that available from an internal combustion engine because they generally produce increasing torque with increasing RPM (especially below 2000 RPM).

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