Comments on: Shelby SuperCars announces worlds fastest electric production car

By: naveed sahi

naveed sahi — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:10:14 +0000

well,
Butt its design is old. I think Bugatti & Enzo Ferrari & Lamborghini reventon is most beautiful machine.
Bugatti maintains its road grip & balance at top speed but Ultimate Aero can not do so.

By: Sarah Angelina DeLagostti

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:55:55 +0000

Honestly speaking. Here is what I really think.

I personally think a larger 4 door 100% all electric non-plug in SUV that can drive at highway speeds., coast to coast is what the world actually needs.

Sports cars are great for young guys that aren’t married. Or retired older men that are being young again. But. Zippy, zippy, potential roll over death traps are not for this girl. Nor do I feel that this is a car for a family of four plus the family pet. LOL.

I mean. I wouldn’t want my husband owning a girl magnet car ether. No. Not even or weekends drives. Especially if I cared about him and our marriage. And if I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him…..

So I don’t understand why anyone wants a car. Any car for that matter EV or not. That can go that fast.

However. If I was a speed junkie. Here is what I would do.

I would buy me a fast private airplane and…. the slowest airspeed for one of those is some 160 MPH ( land speed ) ? That was a question ?

Anyhow thats just my thoughts….

Thank You,

Sarah Angelina DeLagostti
http://www.DeLagostti-Industries.com
Manhattan, New York City
United State Territories

By: bob deverell

bob deverell — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:51:00 +0000

Marketing half truth. 10 minute recharge claim easily met by dumping from their intermediate trickled storage device. Perfectly valid to advertise as a 110v system with 10 minute charge. They don’t need to explain repeatability limitation.
bob bangkok

By: DGDanforth

DGDanforth — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:13:44 +0000

I agree with the physics calculations of both Menace and Daniel Jaeger. I calculate that you would need 2,000 amps over 10 minutes at 110 volts to get the energy required to drive 200 miles. 2,000 amps!

By: Menace

Menace — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:23:52 +0000

High school physics? Clearly they don’t really mean it can charge from a normal house 110 outlet for 10 minutes. A simpler physics breakdown:

With a 15A breaker on that 110V plug it can only produce a constant 1650W with perfect storage. (there is no such thing but we can ignore this for now) A car will consume ~1000W just to drive. So for every minute you plug it in you get 1.6 minutes of driving time. Sorry you really just cant beat basic physics for a reality check here. You can drive for 16 minutes at best.

By: Martin Lewis

Martin Lewis — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:08:15 +0000

Nuce nice nice. Expensive, but nice.

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:00:45 +0000

OPEC and the Saudis will never come clean, but methinks their wells run low! They are pumping less and asking more per bbl than ever before! Is there a hidden message in this? The American South West is the most wired, super-radiant energy resource in the world, and it belongs, lock, stock and barrel to the U.S.A. Lets keep the fucking extortionist Arab bastard investors totally out of our energy supplies, and make it a U.S. government, “Manhattan” style development project! We will learn to love the electric car, once we feel we can securely and cheaply fuel them near home, without going “mercenary” for oil in service of Middle Eastern interests! Faster than gas cars and with untouched development potential, they bring a fresh new interst to the automotive world. No more cheesy re- skinning of old gasoline technologies, these are totally new adventures, every one of them! I Love it!

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Žalieji | karolis.net — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:43:06 +0000

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By: YAZ

YAZ — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:31:09 +0000

Who ever designed this car,,, please be original. its a copy of the ferrari 360 modena!

By: SSC Ultimate Aero EV- 6 years without a charge.....??? - Page 4 - Tesla Motors Club Forum

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:26:15 +0000

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By: Dogbreath

Dogbreath — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:55:24 +0000

The Ultimate Aero EV is a nice concept. I wish Shelby Super Cars the best of lock with this new technology. OPEC country’s have been sucking us dry long enough!

By: Samuel

Samuel — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:33:57 +0000

World’s fastest electric production car has really come i cant beleive it! But it is truth.It;s really a great work from shelby as this is really a eco-friendly car.

By: FULMTL

FULMTL — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:03:33 +0000

looks good on the side, but the front, not so much…

By: Daniel Jaeger

Daniel Jaeger — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:01:32 +0000

I keep seeing claims like this over and over again (10min on a standard outlet), however, physics tell us easily they’re utter bullshit.

Let’s do a little math (or physics) here. 10 min on a standard out let means 110V * 25A * 1/6h = 0.5kwh. That’s the amount of energy one would get. 1 Gallon of gasoline is equivalent to roughly 11kwh. Combustion engines convert about 25% of the energy into motion, that means for each gallon of fuel, 2.75kwh are generated to move the car. If a car goes 50mpg, that means it needs 4×2.75 kwh to move 200 miles = 11kwh. Do you still Follow? So even at this extremely conservative estimate, the car would go about 10miles after 10min on the plug. (That is at 2.75 kw power output, or about 4hp for 4 hours, at a power output of 400hp that would probably be about 150yard)

By: Neil Maguire

Neil Maguire — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:04:39 +0000

Love it, beautiful design. Keep up the good work – would live to see this drivetrain in a Taurus.

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