Electric Car 0 - 100 km 3 seconds! QUICKER THAN A FERRARI ENZO

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  • Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
  • Only about 15% of the energy from the fuel you put in your tank gets used to move your car down the road or run useful accessories, such as air conditioning. The rest of the energy is lost to engine and driveline inefficiencies and idling. Therefore, the potential to improve fuel efficiency with advanced technologies is enormous. With an Electric Car it costs just $1.00 per 100kms with MUCH more performance than with petrol at $20.00 per 100kms.
    It takes 7.5 kWh of electricity to refine one gallon of gasoline. That same 7.5 kWh can power a Nissan Leaf for 30 miles.
    Electric Car FASTER THAN A FERRARI ENZO 0-60 3.07 sec! In-Car of ELECTRIC 0-60mph 3.07 sec - Wrightspeed Electric car vs Ferrari. Ariel Atom converted to Ev by Wrightspeed. 165KW 3 phase AC induction motor with 25 kWhr Lithium Ion battery pack.
    • 3-phase AC induction motor, 236hp at the motor shaft
    • 182 ft lbs torque at the motor shaft, from 0 rpm to 6,000 rpm
    • 13,300 rpm rev limit
    • weight 1,536 lbs
    • no clutch, single gear ratio 8.25:1
    Ferrari 360 Spider - 400Bhp/3197lb - 250bhp-ton
    Porsche Carrera GT - 605Bhp/3043lb - 400bhp-ton
    Wrightspeed - 220Bhp / 1536lb - 300bhp-ton
    Ariel Atom 300 - 300Bhp / 1005lb - 600bhp-ton
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Комментарии • 473

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  17 лет назад

    Another person who gets it!! The whole point of putting these videos on RUclips is to promote awareness of how good EVs are (even in their current basic state of development) and what they can do. Thanks!

  • @shiphorns
    @shiphorns 16 лет назад

    It's about time real cars caught up to their radio controlled counterparts! Awesome.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    The AC Propulsion inverter in this EV is an Analogue design (ie not digital) that uses transformer isolated gate drivers to switch 24 IGBTs in parallel per phase (72 total)
    It is possible for an inverter with closed loop Space Vector Modulation to improve the efficiency of an induction motor under constantly variable load conditions.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    Not forgetting that an ICE car is designed to cart around a 150kg - 200kg ICE motor/trans.
    An electric only drive system is much lighter so requires a much lighter structure to carry it. By using 4 wheel motors with the same weight as current brake discs, the only load the chassis needs to carry is the battery and the vehicles occupants.

  • @amoringis
    @amoringis 15 лет назад

    They mentioned this car battery at Detroit Car Show 2009. What is notable in this battery is that Ferric(Fe -commonly called iron) is very cheap and common metal all over the world esp. Australia. It is also very stable so that the danger of explosion is very minimal.

  • @torqtoyz
    @torqtoyz 15 лет назад

    didnt even know there was an electric version of this car.liked the effortless cornering :)

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    The point being, for those into asking stupid questions, is that ANY belt driven accessory like power steering, Ac compressor, alternator (i.e the entire electrical system of the car) water pump, etc uses horse power off the crankshaft which is AFTER the motor has already waisted 85% of the energy in the fuel just by combusting it. So if you're AC uses 3hp, that's subtracted from the remaining 15% that actually pushes your car down the road.

  • @amelia13274
    @amelia13274 16 лет назад

    I just saw these on "the G Word" they are sooo coool! I totally want one when they go into production.

  • @Nichen
    @Nichen 16 лет назад

    I love it when he says..."oh my..GOD!!!" in the beginning of the video.

  • @jlewsd
    @jlewsd 13 лет назад

    The Atom looks like it hauls like a bat out of hell! Ohhh yeahh!!

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  15 лет назад

    It has a 25kw/hr battery pack that costs around $8000 and gives this car a range of 125 miles (200kms). The battery will last well over 2000 cycles giving 250,000 miles (400,000 kms)
    Basically the battery is 1/2 the capacity of the Tesla so gets 1/2 the range.
    Cost about $2.50 to 'fill' or free if you have PV cells.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    No idea.
    You can always look up the Wrightspeed website and ask them. The best to use are A123 M1 cells as used by the Killacycle (I have 3 Killacycle videos on my channel) but they're pretty expensive. There are cheaper cells but there's always a trade off.
    I don't think M1's are used in the X1.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    Read the specs before commenting!
    The X1 weighs 1536 lb and has only 236 hp, an Honda powered ICE supercharged Ariel Atom weighs 1005 lb and has 300 hp yet they do exactly the same 0-60 and 1/4 mile times.
    Don't forget the EV is carrying 25kw/hr worth of Li-ion batteries.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    Quick explanation
    To vary the speed of an AC motor you vary the frequency eg the AC motor in your fridge runs at a set speed because 50Hz comes out of the wall socket.
    To accelerate the AC motor in an EV you increase the frequency from 0Hz to 100Hz. The trick with AC motors is when you reduce the frequency, as in when you take your foot off the throttle, and there is a large amount of inertia (ie the weight of a car), the motor turns into a generator as it slows down.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  15 лет назад

    A123 cells can be charged to 80% in less than 5 mins so charging is a minor infrastructure problem not a battery technology problem.
    Every building on the planet has electric power so putting a larger outlet in is really no big deal. The size of the outlet required depends on the battery pack capacity being charged over what period of time. Obviously charging a large pack in 5 mins requires something larger than an outlet originally intended to run a 1kw vacuum cleaner.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    Petrol is 25% Diesel is 40% at the flywheel, not including idling losses. Then you have to subtract another 30% of what remains for transmission losses, gives you about 15% remaining.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    There is a torque curve but it's the inverse of an ICE. It starts from 100% torque at zero rpm, is mostly flat through the rev range and only falls off a little at higher rpm (eg 6000 rpm) where horsepower takes over (HP = Torque x RPM ÷ 5252)

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    The Ariel Atom 300 has 600HP per ton, this EV version has 300HP per ton yet they both set the EXACT same 1/4 mile time of 11.5 sec.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    There's the compromise
    1) You need the electric motor to drive the back wheels for maximum accel
    2) You need the electric motor on the front wheels to gather maximum energy from regenerative braking
    4WD wheel motors are the best solution with perhaps a series hybrid system like the Volt.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    It does say 165Kw in the description.
    165 x 1.36 = 224.5hp
    182 ft/lb = 246.5 Nm from 0 to 6,000 rpm
    Rev limit is 13,300 rpm
    Diff ratio is 8.25:1

  • @mats852
    @mats852 16 лет назад

    Electric Ariel Atom !!! That's insane, and no sound from the engine ! :O

  • @monster0129
    @monster0129 17 лет назад

    Nice! I'm personally all for Brit is Best (well, not for everything, take the Tube for example) but I have to concede that your electric additions are cool, even if it does take the fun of roaring engines away.

  • @Pro60modman
    @Pro60modman 16 лет назад

    yeah ariel provides the chassis, i think this will be a very modular car interms of all the engine you can plug into its bullet proof transaxle

  • @tulmax82
    @tulmax82 16 лет назад

    amazing I would have never thought to convert an Ariel Atom to an electric propulsion system... amazing really! Now I wonder, how long does it work with the set of batteries you used? How many km/miles before recharging the batteries?
    Great great video, were more videos like that, people would stop thinking that electric cars aren't good enough or fast enough! Do more please!

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  14 лет назад

    @oldeskoole623 It uses lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries at a bus voltage around 350 volts. As the battery loses charge the bus voltage decreases so there may be a drop in performance, depends if the inverter has software that compensates for voltage sag or not.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    Does the same times as the 300hp SUPERCHARGED Civic engined atom. But it cost $1.00 per 100km to drive compared to $20.00 per 100km for petrol.

  • @adampage007
    @adampage007 16 лет назад

    Thats the X1-Prototype by Wrightspeed. Same body as ariel atom, but with an electric motor. none the less both are awesome!

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  17 лет назад

    Nothing stopping you from building one yourself!

  • @terry1919
    @terry1919 16 лет назад

    I was watching How it's Made on the Discovery Channel and the Subject was the Lithium Ion Batteries and it looked like the Factory was pumping out those batteries as fast as the Laws of Physics would allow... :-)

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    The US has some of the cheapest fuel in the industrialized world, the savings are even more significant in other countries!
    In Australia the saving is more like 1/20th, in EU-UK it's 1/30th. Eg it costs $1.00 worth of electricity to drive the same distance it cost $30.00 to drive with a petrol powered ICE car. Those savings add up VERY fast over the life of a car.
    50% of new EU cars sold are Diesel and that's to get only a 10% improvement in running costs. The future looks bright for EVs.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    Nanophospate Li-ion batteries as will be used in the GM Volt can be charged to 80% in 5-10 mins... about the same time it takes to fill a tank of gas!!

  • @amoringis
    @amoringis 15 лет назад

    BYD a Chinese car manufacturer has already came up with a plug in hybrid cars( F4, F6 models) that can run on batteries alone up to 60 miles and can be fully charged in 10 minutes . They call the battery Ferric Lithium Ion Phosphate. I heard they have 1000 engineers working solely on battery development .

  • @TheReapersSon
    @TheReapersSon 15 лет назад

    Electric cars have perfect torque curves, so every bit of power that you apply from the pedal is transferred to the wheels. Most combustion engines just aren't efficient enough to keep up.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  14 лет назад

    @ivaniclixx They re-engineered parts for production and changed the analogue controller in the inverter to digital. Other than that, it's the same system.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    It has a 25kw/hr battery pack that costs $2.50 to fill and has a range of 100 miles. If you mean it won't last long driving flat out, most of the high powered cars it can beat will empty a 100 liter tank in 20 mins driving the in the same manner, accept it costs $140 to refill (depending on where in the world you are and todays oil/gas price)

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    Do the math!
    The battery pack in this EV is 25kw/hr @ $0.10 per kw/hr from your local utility that's $2.50. (off peak is only $0.05 kw/hr)
    The EV has a range of 150 miles so that's 166wh/mi which is about right for the AC150 system it's running.
    This EV costs approx 1/20th to 1/30th the cost of driving a petrol powered car the same distance yet can still do 0-60 in 3 sec.

  • @bakerXderek
    @bakerXderek 14 лет назад

    that white car was probly like "what the fuck is that ???

  • @HokKan
    @HokKan 15 лет назад

    Whoa, that's really nice! Is this car put into production? I wonder how much it would cost.

  • @ProfessorJohnFrink
    @ProfessorJohnFrink 17 лет назад

    Now that's one quick golf cart...

  • @VauxhallViva1975
    @VauxhallViva1975 16 лет назад

    Great vid, but there should have been a wind-shield on the camera mic - there is so much audio wind-noise, you can't hear anything the driver or the cameraman are saying, until they stop.

  • @WestonHettinger
    @WestonHettinger 13 лет назад

    @oldeskoole623 The battery power doesn't affect the power output. They don't use standard car batteries. They have an electric motor that spins the wheels. No alternator or combustion engine involved.

  • @LFSPharaoh
    @LFSPharaoh 14 лет назад

    awesome but like, how does it measure the MPGs...well...MPB's really and does it last long? i know some ppl are pushing for E cars because it doesn't use gas, does this compensate for when you are charging it?

  • @petrunic1
    @petrunic1 16 лет назад

    this is a Aerial Atom, just with a electric motor. it's not produced massively, the original has a honda civic typeR 1.6 liter engine, turbocharged to 300 HP. that one goes 0-60 in 3,5 sec

  • @Nichen
    @Nichen 16 лет назад

    I like the guy saying..."oh my GOOOD...."

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  17 лет назад

    No it's a $29,000 Atom converted with a $25,000 AC Propulsion 165Kw 3 Phase electric motor and inverter plus a 25 kWhr Lithium Ion battery pack that probably costs another $25,000 to make it a Wrightspeed X1 which is not actually FOR SALE!

  • @rayamanelly
    @rayamanelly 16 лет назад

    Dont scare me like that! I ain't ready for the lords return!

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    This info is in the (more info)section.
    Battery is 25kw/hr that's enough for 125 miles highway or 150 miles city and costs $2.50 for a full charge.
    Top speed is limited to 112 mph

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    They have made their battery packs by simply assembling many hundreds of small, off-the-shelf, laptop sized 18650 (~AA) batteries into one unit. It has a capacity of 25Kw/h which costs about $2.50 to 'fill-up' and gives 0-60 performance better than a Ferrari Enzo and 250 km range on a single charge.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  14 лет назад

    @kylestark11 AC Propulsion but it costs $25,000 with the inverter, IF they'd sell it to you. Same motor as used in the E-Mini and Tesla Roadster.

  • @Coasterteen22
    @Coasterteen22 16 лет назад

    no it uses the resistance from the motor t slow it down.
    An electric motor turned over from the shaft is a generator and vice versa.
    So the motor puts power back into the battery when you turn it over with the momentum of the moving vehicle.

  • @TechnologyR0xx0rz
    @TechnologyR0xx0rz 14 лет назад

    @slinter Not entirely true also. The only reason why cars with internal combustion engines can reach higher speeds is because they have gears. As far as I know, no one has implemented gearing into an electric-motor powered car yet, as they probably don't see a need to, since an electric-motor provides full torque at 0 rpm.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  15 лет назад

    The rating is 2000 cycles at 100% capacity, then it slowly drops towards 80%
    125 miles x 2000 = 250,000 miles (400,000 kms)
    Most ICE cars don't last that long, I know mine has had plenty of major repairs at only 1/2 that milage... it's all related to the heat stress of the 85%wasted energy from ICEs which EVs just don't have to deal with.
    BTW the battery pack in this car costs only $8000. Petrol to cover the same distance = $30,000, EV $2500

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  17 лет назад

    You get alot more energy in petrol per volume and kg BUT the problem is an ICE is so bad at converting that energy it waists 85% as heat. It's right up there with the incandescent bulb (5% efficient) for being a mega waster of energy. Electric motors are closer to 85% efficient so you need to carry around about 1/10th the energy in the 1st place to do the same amount of work.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  17 лет назад

    Answering the same questions OVER & OVER in response to the same narrow minded negative comments.
    Ferrari 360 Spider - 400Bhp / 3197lb
    Porsche Carrera GT - 605Bhp / 3043lb
    Wrighspeed X1 - 220Bhp / 1536lb
    You do the Math!!

  • @voicetube
    @voicetube 16 лет назад

    Sweet!! Thanks for posting.

  • @calisnowman
    @calisnowman 17 лет назад

    ..An electric Ariel Atom...SWEET!!!

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    Ferrari Enzo 651hp 1365 kg (3000 lb)
    Wrightspeed X1 236hp 700 kg (1536 lb)
    Simple math will give you the power to weight ratio. I say the Electric Car needs to have twice as much power, 460hp for the race to be 'fair'

  • @Tonka66
    @Tonka66 16 лет назад

    Thats awesome. Would be like driving an F1 car on the street.

  • @rgaxio
    @rgaxio 14 лет назад

    how easy is it for the giant trailer truck next to you on the freeway to see you???? does this thing have crash test ratings or is this just one of a kind???

  • @theantiredneck
    @theantiredneck 13 лет назад

    You know you could use a small battery package with a capacitor and flywheel battery with a small electric motor on it to keep the flywheel spinning and get 10 times the run time out of it other than just the battery pack? There are several nice technologies to buffer the power!!

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  14 лет назад

    @nobrizzle Because an ICE is a heat engine and loads of waste heat is an unavoidable consequence of exploding fuel to convert chemical energy into power.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  17 лет назад

    X1 has only 200 bhp / 1536lb and does 0-60 in 3.07sec but costs less than $2 per 100km to charge. A Ferrari Enzo does 0-60 in 3.4 and McLaren F1 3.2 sec but who knows what their fuel bill would be... with 600 hp astronomical I expect.

  • @ivaniclixx
    @ivaniclixx 14 лет назад

    @tsport100 I think the guys at Tesla Motors reenginered the AC drivetrain so It's not the same motor/controller/charger.

  • @AcryllicWonder
    @AcryllicWonder 15 лет назад

    Awesome car. Owes it's design to the Pontiac Fiero though, in the end! Viva la space frames!

  • @TonyS606
    @TonyS606 15 лет назад

    Electric cars were first developed in the early 1800's. Lets not let history repeat itself again. Keep E alive

  • @The1234cadillac
    @The1234cadillac 13 лет назад

    @TheFerruccio the noise would be the same level on a a high speed road but in the city during gridlock it would be eerily quiet people would be able to talk to each other

  • @sn0wchyld
    @sn0wchyld 11 лет назад

    hydrogen is just another form of battery or more correctly 'energy storage'. you still need to get the hydrogen - an energy intensive process - and then store it, which is difficult in itself. And you really need to look at batteries again, they're more than a little different from 20 years ago. even 5 years is significantly different. Though yes, further improvements are necessary.

  • @streamlinedman
    @streamlinedman 16 лет назад

    Hey that's Sand Hill Road, passing over 280. I ride my bike on that road all the time. That is a very dangerous section for bikes, and you were speeding through it. I saw an Ariel Atom at a stoplight on Sand Hill once. Maybe it was this thing.

  • @didybob
    @didybob 16 лет назад

    awesome - now shape it in a sedan..gr8 technology

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    It has a top speed of 115 Mph with 1 gear which is well beyond any legal speed limit.
    The main point being there is a 30% power loss through a gearbox and differential but an ICE HAS to run one, they just can not be driven without gearing whereas an EV can.
    The ultimate solution is to run 4 wheel motors and have no mechanical transmission losses at all. You'll find 10 videos on wheel motors on my channel, search for 'wheel motor'.

  • @mattieyo
    @mattieyo 16 лет назад

    could u imagine being behind the wheel of that car on a windy course. seriosly. its like a go cart on steroids.

  • @theantiredneck
    @theantiredneck 13 лет назад

    If you used a hybrid power not a hybrid motor you can get indefinite run time a very small efficient fuel motor can keep a flywheel battery and capacitor system charged, something as small as a 10cc engine the size of your hand and one gallon of fuel and keep the system charged in economy driving!

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    The Enzo weighs twice as much as the X1 (3009lb) but has THREE TIMES the hp and costs over 30x more per mile/km to drive.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  17 лет назад

    Look! This is an EV made by WRIGHTSPEED using a 170Kw electric motor bolted to a honda transverse gearbox with all but one gear removed. It does not have an Opel/Vauxhall motor or a Honda motor. It's pure ELECTRIC.

  • @junkb0x99
    @junkb0x99 16 лет назад

    How much did this rig cost? What kind of batteries are they using?

  • @nobrizzle
    @nobrizzle 14 лет назад

    @Argoon1981 I completely agree that electric cars are better but I would have to argue that even though I'll be happy once gas cars are gone, there is MUCH room for making the reciprocating engine more efficient. It stands around 25% right now and that could be improved greatly if researchers found out how to make them more efficient. Electric Transformers are around 98% efficient if I"ve been told correctly, why can't we make internal combustion that efficient?

  • @ButteredToast32
    @ButteredToast32 16 лет назад

    It looks like lots of other companies like Mitsubishi and Toyota are planning on releasing their own electric cars in a few years, too.

  • @elchicoboy
    @elchicoboy 15 лет назад

    yeah i know, i did a bit of research and saw a couple of videos and they're using electromagnetic range to charge wirelessly, but still im dissapointed in the range of activity that the machine does. im sure that with more power, the larger the ratio that the electromagnetic range is. im sure if they keep doing research it would be a big hit because you wouldn't need to insert a big cable in the car to make it charge, just park it into the garage with style while its charging :P

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    As always there is a never ending line of people desperate to quote their high school science teacher to say "conservation of energy says, energy efficiency can never exceed 100%" that law is a linear equation and does not account for regeneration or the return of kinetic energy from a vehicles inertia back into a reusable form of energy. An EV with regen can travel DOUBLE the distance of an EV without regen yet the Ev without is still 90% energy efficient. So you CAN have over 100% efficiency.

  • @stopglobalswarming
    @stopglobalswarming 17 лет назад

    Wow this is cool. Now make a muscle car with this tech, we can drive them forever without having to grow our own biogas.

  • @VIDEOZAL
    @VIDEOZAL 15 лет назад

    not in NY yet((
    never heard of this brand...
    what car company owns them?

  • @Indiasrainbow
    @Indiasrainbow 15 лет назад

    please put this on the british 'top gear' track and let the stig give it a lap or two. i just know it woud beat so many of those other cars if it was set up right for the course and road legal too.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    Quick/fast.. , any speed capacity over the legal speed limit is redundant over capacity, it's a side effect of how much gearing an ICE needs just to function. You can still break any speed limit in the EV and that's all that's needed. If you installed the same 8.25:1 diff ratio the EV has in the Enzo to lower it's top speed in return for more acceleration like they do with rally cars, it would use so much fuel as to be unusable! It barely does 8 MPG as is with a 4.1:1 diff.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    No problem.
    This EV has 1815Nm (1338.50 ft/lb) at the rear wheels from zero to 115mph. That's more torque than most cars have in 1st gear.

  • @JuhCoby91
    @JuhCoby91 12 лет назад

    Thank God, someone smart.

  • @rmcdaniel423
    @rmcdaniel423 13 лет назад

    I wish the auto industry was more like the computer industry, with LOTS of different innovative companies to choose from, all competing like mad to put out the absolute latest and greatest, with every conceivable option to choose from. Instead we have a handful of slow-moving giant corporations that dominate everything.
    Small independent innovators FTW!!

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    On what public road is that speed legal?

  • @xmodalloy
    @xmodalloy 16 лет назад

    I am actually working on an electric car right now, it will be similar to this in the respect (or lack there of) of wieght, mine is going to wiegh less than a thousand pounds, and saftey, since it is so light, if it gets hit by anything, I could be killed in a head-on collision because of the extream forces of going on way one second, and the opisite the next. and I sit in front, however, I might to be able to avoid any accidents by having increadible handling.

  • @Argoon1981
    @Argoon1981 14 лет назад

    Between 1832-1839, Robert Anderson invented the first crude electric carriage. A small-scale electric car was designed by Prof-Stratingh of Groningen, and built by Christopher Becker in 1835. More practical EV's were invented by Thomas Davenport and Scotsmen Robert Davidson +- 1842. Both were the first to use non-rechargeable electric cells. Gaston Plante invented a better battery in 1865 and Camille Faure improved the storage battery in 1881. This battery paved the way for EV's to flourish.

  • @mellotrongirl
    @mellotrongirl 17 лет назад

    oh man, wow...I'm just stunned jawdropped speechless. Hey! Anyone wanna convert a 1973 Triumph TR-6 ?
    I know they say the folks that convert cars and then race them at the Woodburn (Oregon)drag strip are more apt to break a U-bolt or twist a drive shaft those electric motors put out so much torque. And they'd lift off the ground if it weren't for the weight of the battery packs.

  • @shimrra
    @shimrra 16 лет назад

    i HATE people who keeps taking about drag racing an atom. yes they are fast in a line, but not too insane.
    the beauty of an atom is in the cornering, if you take one of these and do a rally with it vs the cars that yuo think blow it away; it will SMOKE them.
    so, is that weight total or added on?
    and what model did you start with?

  • @MrHoppyX
    @MrHoppyX 17 лет назад

    How does the energy compare? I mean, can you get as much as a tank of fuel's worth of energy in a battery of similar size and mass?

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    There is no maintenance on these cars other than replacing tires. Electric / Electronic parts are designed to last 100,000 hours. Driving @ 60 kph that's 6 million kms or @ 20,000 a year that's 300 years for the average driver. In most cases the car will out last the owner. The battery is experimental, no idea on life but Altairnano batteries can last up to 15,000 full cycles, that's 40 years if fully drained daily.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  17 лет назад

    Natural Gas, Hydro, Nuclear, Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Biomass, Tidal, Atmospheric etc etc... Plenty of alternatives compared to being restricted to just oil.

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) battery can be charged to 80% in 10 mins!

  • @tsport100
    @tsport100  16 лет назад

    You are wrong on both counts!
    1) It's an Atom converted to Electric.
    2) The fastest road car Ferrari make, the Enzo with 650hp, does 0-60 in 3.14 sec. This EV does 0-60 in 3.07

  • @camshaftsteve
    @camshaftsteve 17 лет назад

    As whole, you are correct stretchsje. The lack of consumer demand did kill the electric car. However, it is not because the product is inferior or because people made a concious decision that they did not want electric cars. The reason electric cars are not dominating metropolitan and suburban driving is due to ignorance. The greater society just does not know about them. The good news is that those days are quickly coming to and end.

  • @jackojeff
    @jackojeff 13 лет назад

    i have come to like the idea of an electronic motor especially with the free energy such as soler and wind becoming increasingly better but no sound it sucks i mean how could i go from a straight through 600 inline four to an electric engine

  • @Marillionado
    @Marillionado 14 лет назад

    Never thought the Ariel Atom was this quiet :-)

  • @heinzkitzvelvet
    @heinzkitzvelvet 16 лет назад

    Next, Most Hybrid or electric vehicles are intended to be charged at night when the most significant drains on the power grid such as office buildings, residential lighting and usage are at there lowest. I'm not sure about here, but in England they have lower rates for night usage, as opposed to peak usage during the day. Anyway this means that the ecological impact of charging these cars is offset by the fact that power stations aren't under the same amount of strain at night i.e. less impact.