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Automotive company Shelby SuperCars' (SSC) Ultimate Aero model made news last year when it set the land-speed record among production cars by pushing just past 256 miles-per-hour.
This week, according to GizMag, SSC announced that it was in the planning stages for the Ultimate Aero EV, an electric version of the record-setting vehicle that, if the company's hopes are realized, would be able to go without a recharge for as long as "several years," according to the somewhat vague press release, which also didn't give any details regarding this potentially revolutionary car's construction. Still, the release did reveal that an innovative drive train would feature the energy-saving agent.
Although SSC doesn't expect to release the prototype until early 2009, you might want to start saving up now, as the company's models are by no means cheap. Why is it that electric cars, running on such an economical power source, are so dad-gum uneconomical? [From: GizMag]
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Subscribe to commentsSimple PhysicsSep 25th 2008 2:36PM
So the electric car can go years without a recharge? So what? My gas-powered car can go for years without a fill-up (if I don't drive it, either).
BenSep 25th 2008 3:00PM
Riiiiiiiiiiiight...
I also heard that Santa and the Easter Bunny are teaming up to solve the current crisis.
NJNov 19th 2008 12:05PM
My disability requires me to own and use a power chair that can be recharged overnight and get about thirty miles on that charge. There are six wheels on the chair. SO... why can't we triple the batterys, half the wheels, and turn out a really great three wheel, two passenger small car like they have had overseas for many, many years?
In 1986 I purchased a Chevy Geo that got almost 50MPG. Where are they now that we need them even more? It seems to me that Chevy would rather go out of business and collect from the government for their 'losses' then to make what people really need. We are not all heavy footed teenagers or egotistical (mine's bigger than yours) 'do betters'. Most of us just need to get to work and the grocery store.
N.J. Thornton
Robert AlexanderSep 25th 2008 9:25PM
It is possible to build a small highly efficient electric car for less than 20,000 dollars. No company wants to do it as long as they can con us into buying cars that make them more profit per unit. They just don't get it yet that units that do not sell well are not more profitable no matter how much the unit profit is. Mass produced small, economical electrics without all the frills automakers are prone to can get a huge share of the market in a high gas price economy.
tjayspapaSep 25th 2008 9:34PM
you know as well as i that this country has the know how to produce sincible electric cars with there own charging system.A midsize auto
with 4 doors, You probley also know that oil companys dont want this
to happen. So what we need here, is someone with money and back
bone. So Mr Richard Branson,Mr.Bill Gates,Mr.Donald Trump,and
Mr.Stock market himself Mr.Warren Buffett. why dont you folks get
together,buck the oil companys, Who needs gas any way?Help the
American dream to happen,It doesn,t have to be an expensive sports
car. put your money where it will do the most good. For mankind
and planet EARTH.
Carlos ArechigaSep 26th 2008 10:18AM
Seriously,
Last time I read the news ( a few moments ago) salaries are down, unemployment is up, the economy is crashing, and college grads can't find jobs that will help them pay their student loans.
How am I going to afford a 300k dollar electric car? Whos stupid idea was it to post this article? Who gives a damn about an electric sports car from Shelby? The100 or so people that can afford it?
Impress us, start reporting on when the electric car that will be econimically priced (where I don't have to sell my soul and sign a 30 year note) to buy one.
jdaleSep 26th 2008 11:33AM
The oil companies own a large share in the auto makers so what would hurt the oil companies never goes into production. Why do you think japanese cars gets a lot better mileage than american cars.