Tazzari Group teases with flashes of Zero, the Italian city car
An Italian company has set up a Flash-based web site to inform the world of their upcoming city car. Although images of the lithium ion-powered two-seater are only briefly glimpsed during the techno-accompanied presentation, using the power of Photoshop we were able to improve your ability to get a decent peek. Interestingly, the Tazzari Group claims their Zero will charge up in 45 minutes using a three-phase power source. Plug it into a regular outlet and your wait is lengthened to 10 hours.Built on an aluminum frame, the Zero weighs only 1,195 lbs. and has a 93-mile range. It can reach 31 mph in 5 seconds and tops out at 56 mph. That makes it faster than the MyCar or G-Wiz but leaves it in the medium-speed-vehicle (MSV) range and well short of the mark set by that other Italian electric, the Pininfarina B0 (B Zero) which just debuted in Paris. No other details are available yet but we'll keep an ear to the ground and keep you up to speed.
[Source: Tazzari Group via Smart Planet]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
jeffzekas 4:03PM (10/07/2008)
The US Government should give safety and tax exemptions to cars like the Zero, to encourage the development of these designs... plus, who DOESN'T love Italian cars?!!
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Woodenbee 4:38PM (10/07/2008)
All these great cars coming out in the next few years, its going to be so fun seeing them all take to our roads, I HOPE!!! Maybe in 10 years I could buy one myself.... what are we going to do with all the suv's ? maybe we could turn them into apartments for all the unemployed and homeless people Bush's policies have created?
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why not the LS2LS7? 4:56PM (10/07/2008)
Your battery isn't going to last if you charge it at 1.33C (45 mins).
How do they change off a regular outlet in 10 hours? That would give them a battery pack size barely bigger than the Volt's. Then how do you get 93 miles range?
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GoodCheer 9:26AM (10/08/2008)
European standard household outlets run at 240V, but even in America charging from 120V at 15 amp line is providing 1.8 kW.
In a small light car you probably only use about 200Wh/mile, so in 1 hour you pick up 9 miles of range, in 10 hours you pick up 90 miles of range.
Of course outlets up to 240V 50A (12 kW) are common for large appliances in the states. That would charge at 60 miles range/hour.
unnikrishnan 10:11AM (10/15/2008)
Every body in Every country like this model,
This is world famious one. Please open a show room each and every country
Unnikrishnan
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