Wrightspeed has constructed a proof-of-concept prototype, the X1, which has demonstrated 0-60mph in ~ 3 seconds, and an energy consumption equivalent to 170mpg. The X1 prototype proves that extreme performance vehicles can also be extremely efficient if they use advanced technology drivetrains.
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Wrightspeed has constructed a proof-of-concept prototype, the X1, which has demonstrated 0-60mph in ~ 3 seconds, and an energy consumption equivalent to 170mpg. The X1 prototype proves that extreme performance vehicles can also be extremely efficient if they use advanced technology drivetrains.
That's the Atom -made in Australia!
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I thought it looked familiar. I think it was R&T or Popular Science that had writeups on several lightweight hyper performance cars. Looks like someone got an Atom and dropped in an experimental drivetrain. It works pretty well from what I saw. 170 mpg, that'll drop like a rock once you start adding in all the needed stuff for a real, useful, drivable car. However as a proof of concept, it works like a champ.
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1990 Mustang Gt
MAC Pro-Dumps
Sub-Frame Connecters
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This is a crappy sig.
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list other mods
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I'd be impressed if it was racing cars in its own weight class. Racing 2 cars that weigh twice as much as you do isn't a challenge.
Being electric impresses me, even if the times were doubled. Just the fact it probably has 1/4 of the moving parts or less than an internal combustion engine.
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Electric car technology has been around since the 20's. High Performance Electric motors... hell what do you think drive Trians now?
The limitation (I used ot be on a formula Lightening Team at OU) is the Energy storage... i.e. batteries, fuel cell... etc. To keep them dman motors fed. Remember that electric comes from somewhere and usually it sburning fossil fuel. If nto that then its from a nuclear plant creating nuclear waste.
Ethanol is the way to go! Except when a Flood hits an whipes out the crops one year and we end up paying $30/gal
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Electric car technology has been around since the 20's. High Performance Electric motors... hell what do you think drive Trians now?
The limitation (I used ot be on a formula Lightening Team at OU) is the Energy storage... i.e. batteries, fuel cell... etc. To keep them dman motors fed. Remember that electric comes from somewhere and usually it sburning fossil fuel. If nto that then its from a nuclear plant creating nuclear waste.
Ethanol is the way to go! Except when a Flood hits an whipes out the crops one year and we end up paying $30/gal
I would think hydrogen would be better since it comes from water and there would be zero pollution.
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I think hydrogen will win out in the end, But I also think it will come after Ethanol comes and dies. Brazil uses ethanol now and it seems to work well. The biggest problem is the initial cost of conversion to any alternative fuel. Either way some of us will always have hot rods whatever the price of good ol V8 power!!
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I believe that, ultimately, hydrogen technology WILL be the answer!:thumbsup
It takes nearly as much energy to split the hydrogen from the oxygen or hydrocarbon.
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Hydrogen fuel cell technology is a promising potential source of power, but a few things to remember...
Free hydrogen is hard to grab. It tends to latch onto other elements and has to be "cracked" loose from those bonds. The good news is that we know how to do this. Small (they fit in the space of a typical basement) hydrogen generating units can be purchased off the shelf (the industry leader is a german company that actually makes the plants in three components built on skids so they can be literally "slid" into place with forklifts). Thats the good news.
The bad news is that these units cost millions of dollars.
OK, but then the hydrogen just pours out the end, right?
Wrong. These systems rely upon copious amounts of electricty to run the electrolytic process that seperates and cleans up the hydrogen. To the tune of about the same cost as an equivilant amount of gasoline to run a vehicle the same distance at the same performance level. And where does the huge majority of this electricity come from? Burning fossil fuels.
Oh. Not such a good thing. But wait, there's more...
These hydrogen generators don't just suck hydrogen out of the air - they have to have a raw material to extract it from.
And then you're right back to using fossil fuels, for most of these machines extract the hydrogen from lpg, natural gas or a similar source (a few use gasoline!). And believe it or not, these fossil fuels have been increasing in price much faster than gasoline...
There are some creative souls out there trying to breed microbes to eat waste and create hydrogen, and there are some efforts to extract hydrogen directly from water rather than fossil fuels, but for the time being... And we can all hope they figure this out.
Hydrogen ain't the answer, guys.
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I never heard of the Atom being Electric. i know they now have the Atom 2 that is avalible here in the US and it can have either a General Motors Ecotec 4 cylinder with 205hp and 200 torque, or a Honda iVTec with 220hp and 144 torque. just look up Ariel Motors Company on Google and then click on showroom followed by Video. its a test drive of the Atom 1 on the show 5th gear. great video, watch it! you really have to just watch it to see his face, sooo funny!!! Oh, and it gets better power to weight ratio then then Enzo, just to let you know.
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Lower w/ 1 inch spacer,
FRPP 3.73's, BBK Under pullies,
Mac H-Pipe, Mac Cat Back, Rebuilt AOD with Transgo
stage 2 shift kit, and a 2500 stall coverter.
more to come in time.
Electric car does 0-60 in 3 seconds w\video 
