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Electric Ariel Atom

Discussion in 'Auto News' started by 1337Rolla, May 10, 2006.

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    1337Rolla oh my

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    Electric Ariel Atom

    http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/354/C7729/#
    sorta an interesting idea, but not worth the extra $50K
    1337Rolla, May 10, 2006
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    that's great. i can drive to willow springs, take 10 laps, and sit 4.5 hours for it to charge before i can go home.
    sxlostv1, May 11, 2006
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    yeah, pretty pointless.. but electric car people are willing to deal with that sort of thing.

    I remember the toyota rav4 ev was like $50,000.. I thought that was a great technology demo, just the price never came down. If something like the rav4ev was the same price as hybrids I bet they would have sold quite a few.

    rav4ev had like 160 miles range a charge, which wasn't half bad actually
    1337Rolla, May 11, 2006
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    100 miles would get me back and forth from college on my favorite backroads twice, I'd buy it.
    Atmosk, May 11, 2006
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    The GM EV project is dead for a reason.. let's just let the EV fiasco be.
    JspeXAE102, May 11, 2006
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    My school still has an EV1. It sits in the parking deck and collects dust... it's a big target for people writing stuff like "wash me" and the occasional "electric cars suck ass."

    On another note, a 100 mile range is way too short. When the range gets up to around 400 miles or so, and charging time takes an hour, then electric cars would be a viable option.
    Ninety Four, May 11, 2006
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    if you got the money for a track car, you got the money for a trailer. 100k is high for a track day only car (even with stuff that will make it legal to drive on the road, most wouldn't risk it) though. The real question is how much does the added power (or actually would it be torque, since thats what electric motors produce vasts amounts of?) impair the handling characteristics.
    12055, May 11, 2006
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    It couldn't be worse than driving a Viper.
    Ninety Four, May 12, 2006
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    Ive only read a few articles on the atom, but if its anything like a radical or westfeild. Dont run into a speed bump...and especially in america make sure you know where trucks and suv's are cuz your really small and they wont see you well lol. Then of course theres the race suspension..
    12055, May 13, 2006
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    there is a really cool video on streetfire.net that looks cool especially when the old guy drives it and guns it his face gets like pushed back it goes 0-60 in like 4 seconds look for it its really tight.
    Importedmex, May 14, 2006
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