Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

100-Year-Old Electric Car Design Makes a Comeback

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the they-do-make-em-like-they-used-to dept.

CNet's Green Tech Blog is reporting that Detroit Electric plans to release a small number of cars based around a car designed nearly 100 years ago. Detroit Electric is a joint venture between Santa Rosa, CA-based electric transportation specialist, Zap and China's Youngman motors. "Back in 1917, a Detroit Electric cost anywhere from $1,775 to $2,375--in other words, fit for the proletarian or plutocrat. The cars could go 65 miles to 100 miles on a battery charge, but only go at speeds ranging from 6 miles per hour to 25 mph."

5 of 385 comments (clear)

  1. 6mph - 25mph???? by kellyb9 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe, the electric car is making a comeback... but it's making a very, very, very slooooooooooooow comeback.

  2. Re:Why no go back to horses sometime? by jandrese · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know if it's true, but I heard awhile back that Horses generally can only put out about 3/4 of a horsepower. Turns out when they were defining the spec the farmer lied about his horse.

    --

    I read the internet for the articles.
  3. Re:Such a lovely place, that Eastern front by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    more people died prior to the year 2000 than any other time in history

  4. 6 to 25 MPH by PPH · · Score: 3, Funny

    No problem. That seems to be about the same top speed as most of the Cadillacs weaving around my town.

    --
    Have gnu, will travel.
  5. Re:Such a lovely place, that Eastern front by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 3, Funny

    And death continues to be our nation's #1 killer.

    --
    Slashdot Burying Stories About Slashdot Media Owned