The Fastest Electric Car

[DBeck]

I just thought I'd share this amazing car with you guys

The AC Propulsion Tzero*

Amazing thing #1: Efficiency.

Measured in a comparison using British Thermal Units, the TZero manages 2,032 BTU per mile, as compared to the Honda Insight at 2,050BTU/mile, and the Ferrari 550 Maranello at 13,350BTU/mile.


Amazing thing #2:

Range. As you probably all realise, this is the one thing that most electric cars struggle with. However, (this is from their web site):

Wednesday, August 27th, the Li-Ion tzero was driven for the first time. The 90-mile test drive included climbing to the top of Mt. Baldy road, a 40-mile loop including a climb to 6000+ feet elevation, and a 35-mile highway loop at 70-75 mph. At the end of the test drive less than 1/3 of the measured battery capacity had been used. During the test drive, the tzero battery exhibited excellent voltage uniformity, excellent temperature distribution and control, and high discharge rate capability. The Mt. Baldy trip gave the highest regenerative energy recapture ratio that we have ever observed, demonstrating the high cycle-efficiency of the cells.


Amazing thing #3:

Performance. You might be laughing at the comparison above between it and the 550 Maranello, but you wouldn't be laughing if you were the Ferrari Driver

How does a consistent 0-60 in 4.1 sound to you?

200hp from 6000 to 10,000rpm, and 183 lbs-ft of Torque from 0 to 5000rpm. Sounds pretty amazing to me.






A couple of movie clips:

http://www.acpropulsion.com/ACP_movies/Considine.mov
http://www.acpropulsion.com/ACP_movies/tzero_drag_strip.mov





And the website:

http://www.acpropulsion.com/Press%20releases/tzero_Beats_Ferrari.htm

[Brian98GTP]

Wow! That fvcker sounds bad assss!!!

[Al]

Sooo sweet!

I wonder what it would be capable of with a brushless motor (unless a 3-phase is a brushless).

I'm also wondering what it would be like to have a car which relied primarily on batteries for propulsion yet utilized a small generator to recharge the batteries. I know it sounds it bit like a dumbed down prius, but a small single-speed generator would be more efficient than a larger multi-speed engine. I'd assume that the engine would just keep on running as long as the car was not full charged. The only issue with that would be parking it in a garage where the fumes could build up. Then again, if you are at home, then you could just plug it in.

[DBeck]

Yea, its kind of weird. A car with speed, you expect some nice engine sound, but this thing is like a silent predator. You can only really hear anything if you are in it, or real close. Kinda strange.