Rendered speculation: Wired puts together the Tesla Model S
It'll be another month before Tesla officially pulls the cover off the Model S, but Wired Had their in-house photoshopper Holl Liou take a crack at rendering the car. Tesla has sent out two teaser shots so far (1, 2) and Liou has used the enhanced version of the most recent shot to provide a roof-line to the original image. The roof-line of the rendering is a no-brainer, the only real questions that remain are the tail and the front view of the nose. The other unknown, of course, is the battery configuration. We know the Model S is rear wheel drive with the motor at the back end. Will the battery be packaged under the floor? Under the hood in the front? Down the center tunnel? All will be revealed in a few weeks.
[Source: Wired]
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BSinChemistry 8:02AM (8/19/2009)
What GM tells about Volt is hundred percent true.
This car makes 5 miles per kW/hour (electric mode), and 50 mpg hybrid mode.
1 gallon gasoline (hybrid mode) = 50 miles.
36 kW/hour (electric mode) = 130 miles.
T O T A L = 230 miles.
The electric car is very easy to built, and very effective.
In 1899, a Belgian built electric racing car called "La Jamais Contente" set a world record for land speed - 68 mph - designed by Camille Jénatzy.
The battery pack is very short-lived, and very, very expensive.
This is the reason why “the piston cars”, are around for more than 100 years.
Their efficiency is 25% only, and still is more effective than an Electric Car.
The Battery pack is the Achilles' heel of an Electric car.
http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm
http://www.edn.com/blog/1470000147/post/1030008103.html
What GM is not telling is:
The price of 375 lb. Battery Pack -> $10000 to $15000.
The life of the Battery Pack -> 500 to 900 Charge / Discharge Cycles.
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