NEWS: 100km for under a dollar
Wow! Just heard (via UK Channel 5 News) about an amazing new (been around for a few months at least from what I can tell) electric car called the Eliica (website is Flash and in Japanese - anyone care to translate?)Managed to find out some info at thinktheearth.net. The Eliica:
- has 8 wheels
- looks like the Ghostbusters car he he he
- does 370km/h for sure but apparently can go upto 400km/h
- uses lithium batteries
- accelerates with a velocity of 0.8G
- is able to run 100 km on just 100 yen (approx 85 US cents or 50 UK pence) of electric fuel
No idea how much it costs...but Electric cars are so close now I can almost taste them! Very excited!
Namaste
CH
ps just discovered it costs US$315,000 (via Treehugger) - hmmm...think I'll wait to see if the price comes down in the Jan sales! ;)
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posted by City Hippy @ 8:07 PM
5 Comments:
Vroom, vroom, vroooom; I'd be happy to drive one!
Looks like it's stylistically modelled on the old Citroen DS.
This car was featured on Discovery Channel's "Daily Planet" a year ago.
The battery pack alone cost $250,000.
Video available at www.exn.ca/dailyplanet/
Click on: DP goes to Japan > Tuesday > first video item...
Wow! Can lots of other people please buy one of these so we can have some ecomomy of scale. Maybe then I will be able to afford one!
Wouldn't fancy trying to park the thing, though...
Nice car.I am so amize of it and give inspiration to have one. Car is a dream of everyone
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