Okay, thanks for the clarification. On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Because of the class that it was in. Because it was listed as experimental > and not a fully regulated car, they could compete but not finish. It was > still early in its development. > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 4:39 AM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> Why wasn't it allowed to finish? >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> BMW is also working on a super hybrid as well. They were all pretty much >>> won over a couple of years ago when an electric was entered into one of the >>> road races in Europe. It did extremely well but wasn't allowed to finish. >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Martin Baxter >>> <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> They've got it on the boards right now, I hear. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Porchea and Ferrari are both working on one as well. Although I think >>>>> Ferrari will probably do a hybrid first. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Martin Baxter < >>>>> martinbaxt...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm impressed. >>>>>> >>>>>> But the Veyron still owns the better part of me. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Tesla May Get Some Company: The Supercar Goes Electric >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *CHARGE!* SLS AMG E-Cell has an electric motor powering each of the >>>>>>> wheels. 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Mercedes is testing the >>>>>>> prototype SLS >>>>>>> AMG E-Cell, in which the standard model’s 563-horsepower gasoline V-8 >>>>>>> has >>>>>>> been replaced with four electric motors, one powering each wheel, that >>>>>>> spool >>>>>>> up 535 horsepower and 649 pound-feet of peak torque. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mercedes estimates a 0-to-60 time of four seconds flat for the >>>>>>> electric SLS, just a few tenths slower than the gasoline version. Power >>>>>>> is >>>>>>> stored in a liquid-cooled >>>>>>> lithium<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/l/lithium_metal/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>-ion >>>>>>> battery; brakes capture energy and return it to the battery. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ola Kallenius, chairman of Mercedes’s AMG high-performance division, >>>>>>> said the company was considering a small production run for the SLS >>>>>>> E-Cell. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> At a recent presentation for the car in Norway, a retired Formula >>>>>>> One<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/f/formula_one/index.html?inline=nyt-org>racer, >>>>>>> David Coulthard, tested the E-Cell on an airstrip and public roads. >>>>>>> His drive and commentary were documented on Web video. “My first >>>>>>> experience >>>>>>> of an electric >>>>>>> car<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/e/electric_vehicles/index.html?&inline=nyt-classifier>,” >>>>>>> Mr. Coulthard said, emerging from the E-Cell with a grin. “You will not >>>>>>> believe the performance.” >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The E-Cell, along with cars like the new S400 hybrid sedan, shows >>>>>>> Mercedes shifting more of its renowned technical resources toward >>>>>>> increasing >>>>>>> fuel economy and developing alternative propulsion systems. Mercedes, >>>>>>> which >>>>>>> has paid more than $300 million in federal fines since 1983 for falling >>>>>>> short of fuel-economy standards — thanks largely to its fuel-sucking AMG >>>>>>> models — has vowed to improve mileage and avoid the fines. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mercedes has not disclosed a potential price, driving range or top >>>>>>> speed for the E-Cell, though the basics are easily surmised: it is >>>>>>> likely to >>>>>>> cost more than the gas model, with much less range and a lower top >>>>>>> speed — >>>>>>> perhaps 120 miles per hour instead of 197. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Audi may beat Mercedes to market: its E-tron, with an estimated 313 >>>>>>> horsepower and a driving range beyond 150 miles, goes on sale in about >>>>>>> two >>>>>>> years. For now, the $110,000 Tesla Roadster remains the market’s only >>>>>>> high-performance electric car. Like the Tesla, the SLS E-Cell looks like >>>>>>> catnip for early adopters with its enormous, silent power, no tailpipe >>>>>>> emissions and no taste for fossil fuel. An electric SLS would also offer >>>>>>> more luxury and more space for two people and their luggage than the >>>>>>> tiny, >>>>>>> bare-bones Tesla. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>>>>>> Mahogany at: >>>>>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody >>>>>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>>>> Mahogany at: >>>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody >>>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >>>> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>> Mahogany at: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell >> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
