eBay find of the day: Pyramid-shaped Dream Car 123 electric vehicle
Dream Car 123 - Click above for high-res image gallery
The Dream Car 123 electric car is not your average EV. Previously named the Zanis 1 after designer and builder Greg Zanis, the car is a pyramid-shaped beast that weighs something like 8,000 pounds and carries 80 batteries and four motors. Of course, there are also neon lights. Yeah, this isn't the most efficient vehicle ever.
Zanis has big dreams, from 65-feet-tall garages that collect solar and wind energy to city-to-city tunnels where vehicles like the Dream Car 123 can go 250 mph. For now, things are a bit more modest: the prototype can only go between 15 and 20 mph (but up to 40 downhill!). The good news, if you think this is a vehilce you'd like to drive: it's for sale on eBay right now. Current bid is $10,000 and the auction ends June 23.
As the seller says in the listing, "We are selling this car to rise money for the dream car project. We need to start making the real thing." For more information about the car, check out the Dream Car 123 website and watch the two videos describing the vehicle after the jump. Thanks to Andrew for the tip!
Gallery: Dream Car 123
[Source: eBay, Dream Car 123]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
organic 3:35PM (6/17/2009)
gorr, is this car near you? I think we might have found an EV you can go and look at and buy.
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Chris 4:15PM (6/17/2009)
Reminds me of the Slicer from Gone in 60 Seconds 2. Probably just as green...
http://imcdb.org/images/047/208.jpg
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ozyran440 4:21PM (6/17/2009)
Reminds me of Stargate SG-1. That car looks like the Goa'uld motherships were the inspiration for the vehicle.
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Bip-D-Bo 5:16PM (6/17/2009)
The stupidity is overwhelming.
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Chris M 5:22PM (6/17/2009)
Why is it that extreme eccentricity is inevitably accompanied by religious zeal?
"Inspired by god"? I don't think so, considering the horrible aerodynamics and excessive weight of the car. It isn't nearly as safe as he claims, either. No, I'd say it was inspired by mystical writings about mysterious pyramid powers, and other bits of high weirdness Zanis has picked up from other eccentrics.
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BlackbirdHighway 5:59PM (6/17/2009)
Suddenly the Aptera looks normal to me.
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Jerry 6:15PM (6/17/2009)
It looks like there are no bids and the starting price is $100, not $10,000.
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Chris M 6:21PM (6/17/2009)
Not surprising. What he's got there is an "art car", kinda cool to look at, would make a great parade float, but rather impractical otherwise.
fuel.shy 11:36PM (6/17/2009)
The fun is in the challenge ...SIMON
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Seb 9:03AM (6/18/2009)
For a heart-beat, I thought this was the stage booth for DaftPunk's last tour.
Hmmm.. might have actually found a buyer in saying that... ;)
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Electricnick 2:03AM (6/19/2009)
The 80's will always haunt us... Good find!
The Electricnick.com team.
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RickM 2:05PM (6/18/2009)
Only $100? Cool! I'm still not bidding, but I'm not bidding a lot less than I thought I wasn't bidding on it.
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