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Originally Posted by redshift
Some seriously STOUT powertrains there Luc. I don't know enough about what's really involved to knock any 1:1 electrics... I'm just so tired of seeing these "breakthrough" EVs that just always fall short in one area or another. Tesla's claim is 200+ miles, but Top Gear ran it dry in 55. Evidently there have been successful tests of 230+ miles, but I wonder if it can deliver that consistently. Going to a single speed may be great for simplicity and durability, but at the cost of some efficiency maybe??
What the hell are you supposed to do when a few cells get weak, or crap out entirely... buy a whole new pack?!
Seems to me they should be using the largest (not neccessarily highest discharge) lipo cells available, and make it 'modular' - so that cells can be individually tested or changed.
In focusing on performance, they actually did a bad thing IMO. This is not the EV most EV-inclined customers are looking for. They should look into a more practical (yes, slower) vehicle if they REALLY want to turn the internal combustion world on it's ear.
The SSC EV looks SO much more promising, but again a niche market. It's almost as if they made a blind leap from dull and lame EV- to Uber EV, completely missing the middle-market buyers. Where is the electric for the common man???
Almost as if the dinosaur petrochems are still calling the shots.... tyuh.
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Yes sir, very stout and made by a family of great people who holds speed records and their products can be found in the best of the best. The SSC EV, I'm still waiting for, but I doubt it'll happen. I've shown actual products that nobody in the industry seems to care about. I sent zeropoint 2 datasheets of what I can get and I hope he comes in here and talk about it a little. The info can't be posted, but we can talk about it. I can have vehicles made to cover all the market. You want small efficient city cars to real super cars, it can be done. Do you know how Tesla got started? They actually took the AC Proportion TZero to potential investors and got going. The first guy they fooled was Elon Musk, but then Mr. Musk with all the cash took over. I'm actually sending all the info to some folks and see if they have any interest. The products to make some amazing vehicles already exists and could only get better if they get used. If the high performance comes out now, in no time it'll get better and keep evolving to better and better technology.