Zero Carbonista's all-electric Nemesis now testing, crashes into hedge
Not only has a name been decided on – the Nemesis – but Ecotricity founder Dale Vince's pet electric car project is now sitting in Vince's driveway. Well, it is when he's not out driving it. Vince posted an update on the Wind Car blog saying that the Nemesis' arrival is "a bit of a watershed" and he's quite excited to spend most of August giving the newly-road legal car a "general shakedown."
Thus far, Vince has found that the charging system – currently a very manual system – needs to be refined, he implies he's a bit uncertain about taking the car out in the rain and he's discovered that the pedals are a bit too close together. That last fact was discovered when he stepped on the wrong pedal and drove into a hedge. Other than that, the Nemesis EV is developing nicely, and a new video featuring the car should be available soon. Until then, check out Vince's latest video – of the Nemesis on the track – here.
[Source: Zero Carbonista]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
davewin 6:12PM (7/29/2009)
At first I thought this was another Anthony Hamilton sighting... Neat car.
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Chris 11:44PM (7/29/2009)
Another car like Tesla that no one can afford.
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Chris M 1:38AM (7/30/2009)
No mention of any plans for production, it appears to be a "one-off" special to boost a rich guys ego. That makes it quite a bit more expensive than the top-of-the-line Tesla Roadster.
dale.vince 3:13PM (8/01/2009)
Chris and Chris M - It's easy to sit back and bitch at what other people do, much harder to get off your butts and do something yourself. Are there really so many successful Evs in this world that none of us needs to try at all to make the EV a thing of reality? Have all the technical issues been cracked already? Can you walk into a showroom and just buy one, can you go out and just build one? Of course not. And is the Tesla really a cheaper car, many years and 10's of millions of $ in development - on a per car basis - it's actually far more expensive and far less effective (if you check the specs).
Cheers.
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