Electric Car Faster Than A Ferrari or Porsche

jumpeel writes "CNN's Business 2.0 has photos and video of a Silicon Valley-made electric car with a 0-60 acceleration rate that's faster than a Ferrari Spider and a Porsche Carrera. From the article: 'In fact, it's second only to the French-made Bugatti Veyron, a 1,000-horsepower, 16-cylinder beast that hits 60 mph half a second faster and goes for $1.25 million.' The X1 is built by Ian Wright whose valley startup WrightSpeed intends to make a 'a small-production roadster that car fanatics and weekend warriors will happily take home for about $100,000 --a quarter ton of batteries included. The X1 crushed the Ferrari in an eighth-mile sprint and then in the quarter-mile, winning by two car lengths.'"

Comments

Mmm, VW

[joe_n_bloe]

As long as it crushes the spirit of VW's target demographic* that's fine by me.

* 25 year old pasty white geekboys dressed in black with "WARDRIVER" window stickers

This PROVES...

[rice_burners_suck]

This PROVES that you do not need fossil fuels to power your automobile. Within a few months, vehicles like this will come to market, and the worldwide demand for oil should plummet. Gasoline will cost five cents per gallon, AFTER government taxes of 38 cents per gallon. (Because the gasoline companies will pay YOU to take their gas.)

Re:Acceleration Range

[Moofie]

I don't buy cars for "most people". I buy cars to suit MY performance requirements. And I, like the gp, require 300+ mile range and rapid refueling.

And that's what will get my money. If you want to buy something else, great!