Re: The World's Fastest Electric Sedan

2005-10-23 Thread Nick Arnett
on Thursday unveiled the world's fastest electric sedan - an eight-wheeled prototype with a top speed of 370 kilometres (almost 230 miles) per hour. Have you actually *seen* this car? (http://www.eliica.com/) It looks like a cross between a 1960s Citroen DS 21 (http://tinyurl.com/dc2pc

Re: The World's Fastest Electric Sedan

2005-10-23 Thread Robert Seeberger
Nick Arnett wrote: I'm guessing it has eight wheels because it is ridiculously heavy... why else? Perhaps because the 100HP motors are in the wheels and to get 800HP you need 8 wheels. The car is only 5200 lbs., lots of American cars *used* to be that heavy and they only had 4 wheels.

The World's Fastest Electric Sedan

2005-10-21 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/car-tech-05u.html Japanese researchers on Thursday unveiled the world's fastest electric sedan - an eight-wheeled prototype with a top speed of 370 kilometres (almost 230 miles) per hour. A new version of the Eliica car was developed by researchers at Tokyo's

Re: The World's Fastest Electric Sedan

2005-10-21 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Japanese researchers on Thursday unveiled the world's fastest electric sedan - an eight-wheeled prototype with a top speed of 370 kilometres (almost 230 miles) per hour. (...) Ok, but like that old fable about the mice who thought their problems would be solved by placing a bell

Re: The World's Fastest Electric Sedan

2005-10-21 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Japanese researchers on Thursday unveiled the world's fastest electric sedan - an eight-wheeled prototype with a top speed of 370 kilometres (almost 230 miles) per hour. (...) Ok, but like that old fable about the mice who thought their problems would be solved

Re: The World's Fastest Electric Sedan

2005-10-21 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:40 AM Friday 10/21/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Alberto Monteiro wrote: Japanese researchers on Thursday unveiled the world's fastest electric sedan - an eight-wheeled prototype with a top speed of 370 kilometres (almost 230 miles) per hour. (...) Ok, but like that old fable about

Re: The World's Fastest Electric Sedan

2005-10-21 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 07:40 AM Friday 10/21/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Alberto Monteiro wrote: Japanese researchers on Thursday unveiled the world's fastest electric sedan - an eight-wheeled prototype with a top speed of 370 kilometres (almost 230 miles) per hour. (...) Ok

Re: The World's Fastest Electric Sedan

2005-10-21 Thread Dave Land
On Oct 21, 2005, at 3:30 AM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: http://www.spacedaily.com/news/car-tech-05u.html Japanese researchers on Thursday unveiled the world's fastest electric sedan - an eight-wheeled prototype with a top speed of 370 kilometres (almost 230 miles) per hour. Have you actually

Re: The World's Fastest Electric Sedan

2005-10-21 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Julia Thompson wrote: Hey, from an environmental standpoint, is it better to get electricity from an old coal-fired plant to charge an electric car, or use a gasoline-burning car? Gasoline, of course. Gasoline production and consumption has increasing controls on quality, while coal is Evil

Re: The World's Fastest Electric Sedan

2005-10-21 Thread Robert Seeberger
Dave Land wrote: On Oct 21, 2005, at 3:30 AM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: http://www.spacedaily.com/news/car-tech-05u.html Japanese researchers on Thursday unveiled the world's fastest electric sedan - an eight-wheeled prototype with a top speed of 370 kilometres (almost 230 miles) per hour

Re: The World's Fastest Electric Sedan

2005-10-21 Thread Robert Seeberger
Robert Seeberger wrote: Dave Land wrote: On Oct 21, 2005, at 3:30 AM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: http://www.spacedaily.com/news/car-tech-05u.html Japanese researchers on Thursday unveiled the world's fastest electric sedan - an eight-wheeled prototype with a top speed of 370 kilometres