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Electric avenue

Posted on 20. Jul, 2006 by Cassandra in Design

If the previous ZOOP car was a bit limp-wristed for your manly tastes – then perhaps the recently unveiled Tesla Electric car is more up your street.

The Tesla Roadster, an electric-powered road rocket, that can travel from
0-60 in four seconds with a top speed of 130mph. Singing the body
electric is a 182-kilowatt AC-induction motor, a rear-mounted power
plant drawing its energy from 6800 lithium ion batteries. Even though
that engine’s barely audible, it’s capable of rotating at an
astonishing 13,500rpm before it even gets close to the redline.

Its not just these guys that are leapfrogging the whole hybrid thing and going fully electric. DaimlerChrysler has turned its popular teeny Smart car into an EV. The
electric version of the Smartfortwo will be available for lease to 100
customers in Great Britain in November.

More:

The ZOOP car – Cherryflava
Smart car goes electric – Wired blog
Tesla roadster – Gizmodo
Tesla pics – Wired blog