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I was watching a special on the car, and one of the engineers was holding a cell out of the pack. Looked exactly like the A123 cell (even had that dorky white cardboard wrap on it). I think A123 may have it on their site as well. I also remember them saying something about the voltage being 3.3v per cell, and the A123s are the only ones that I know of which that nominal voltage (I do believe there are some chinese rip offs of the a123 chemistry now though).

Edit: can't find anything on the cell used. The more I think about it, it's probably not an A123 cell, as this was before A123 had their 18650 size out IIRC. Still neat though.

I've seen the Eliica, and it is UGLY! Nice power output though. It's definitely a piggy when it comes to weight (about 5000lbs.!). The 0-60 time is impressive for something that weighs as much as that thing, and the 8 wheel drive certainly helps it scoot. The Roadster is about the same 0-60, if not a tad less than a tenth or so of a second faster though...hehehe.

Besides.....the Tesla screams "sexay!!!". The Eliica screams "fugly!".

Nice specs on the motor too Lutach. Definitely not a huge motor by any means. 150lbs. isn't too bad either. If you're relatively fit, you could swap that sucker in yourself.... What kinda transmission, if any, were you looking to mate it to? That's something else that's interesting about electric cars. The ones that I've seen either have wheel hub motors (so direct drive), or only like, two speed trannys due to their torque curves and the fact that they can produce power almost anywhere they need to; area under the curve is massive compared to an ICE. Imagine a CVT or CVP (look up NuVinci) mated to an electric powerplant. That'd be pretty neat. Unnecessary, but neat.

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Five-oh-joe Guest Posts: n/a	05.24.2008, 02:35 AM I was watching a special on the car, and one of the engineers was holding a cell out of the pack. Looked exactly like the A123 cell (even had that dorky white cardboard wrap on it). I think A123 may have it on their site as well. I also remember them saying something about the voltage being 3.3v per cell, and the A123s are the only ones that I know of which that nominal voltage (I do believe there are some chinese rip offs of the a123 chemistry now though). Edit: can't find anything on the cell used. The more I think about it, it's probably not an A123 cell, as this was before A123 had their 18650 size out IIRC. Still neat though. I've seen the Eliica, and it is UGLY! Nice power output though. It's definitely a piggy when it comes to weight (about 5000lbs.!). The 0-60 time is impressive for something that weighs as much as that thing, and the 8 wheel drive certainly helps it scoot. The Roadster is about the same 0-60, if not a tad less than a tenth or so of a second faster though...hehehe. Besides.....the Tesla screams "sexay!!!". The Eliica screams "fugly!". Nice specs on the motor too Lutach. Definitely not a huge motor by any means. 150lbs. isn't too bad either. If you're relatively fit, you could swap that sucker in yourself.... What kinda transmission, if any, were you looking to mate it to? That's something else that's interesting about electric cars. The ones that I've seen either have wheel hub motors (so direct drive), or only like, two speed trannys due to their torque curves and the fact that they can produce power almost anywhere they need to; area under the curve is massive compared to an ICE. Imagine a CVT or CVP (look up NuVinci) mated to an electric powerplant. That'd be pretty neat. Unnecessary, but neat. Last edited by Five-oh-joe; 05.24.2008 at 02:43 AM.