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230mph Electric Car

Posted by michael on from the never-know-what-hit-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It ain't cheap, but Hiroshi Shimizu has finally shown off his latest electric car 'Eliica'. It accelerates faster than a Porsche 911 Turbo, and will cruise for 200 miles on a one hour charge. Stories at drive.com.au, and an image video and tech video. Interestingly, Shimizu believes that the Japanese motor industry is deliberately ignoring his invention and instead focusing on complex hybrids, as a simple electric engine dramatically lowers the cost of manufacturing, and will lead to a flood of cheap, mass produced cars from Chinese factories." A UK auto site has a story as well, including a test drive.

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  1. Re:Its the Homer !!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    There's your answer, fish-bulb!

  2. Re:Systemic Problems by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Doubly, how do you begin to handle the disposal of all these batteries? What's worse: thousands of millions of hydrocarbons in the air, or various chemicals from batteries leaching into the environment?

  3. Re:Systemic Problems by Requiem+Aristos · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Your meter is weak. For example, the "last full capacity" reading will change as the capacity of the battery weakens. Your meter is only showing the percentage in the form of "capacity/last full capacity", which will always show 100% after a full charge.

    Example:
    requiem@obsidian requiem $ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info
    present: yes
    design capacity: 71280 mWh
    last full capacity: 64970 mWh

  4. Get 3 batteries in your garage , with the charging by SauroNlord · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    station.

    Every day just use the next one, while one charges.

    Simple!