Hi Torque

Torque and power

Electric motor gives maximum torque from the start. Fuel car moves when there are about 1000 rpm - electric car moves when the motor turns.

Following electric cars illustrate what kind of power can be teased out of an electric motor when the you master the tech…

Tzero

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Prototype sportscar - built to prove that an electric car goes fast and far
  • 0-100 km/h 3,6 s.
  • Top speed 160 km/h (limited with programming)
  • Driving range with one charge 450 km

Tzero leaves Dodge Viper to eat dust.


Tesla Roadster

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Sportscar currently in production
  • 0-100 km/h 4 s.
  • Top speed over 200 km/h
  • Driving range with one charge over 300 km

ABC report about Tesla


Eliica

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"Luxury car of the future"
  • 0-100 km/h 4 s.
  • Top speed limited to 190 km/h, reached 370 km/h (!) on track
  • Driving range 320 km

50 min document about Eliica


Venturi Vetish

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Sports car
  • 0-100 km/h under 5 s.
  • Top speed over160 km/h (limited with programming)
  • Driving range with one charge: 250 km (normal driving) / 160 km (race)

Fetish test drive.


X1 Wrightspeed

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Sports car proto
  • 0-100 km/h 3 s.
  • energy consumption is equivalent to internal combustion engine car's 1,4 liter per 100km
  • top speed 170 km/h (limited with programming)
  • driving range with one charge 100 km

Wrightspeed X1 in PBS's Science Investigators


White Zombie

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World's fastest road legal electric car, John Wayland's electric conversion Datsun 1200 from year 1972
  • 0-100 km/h under 3,5 s.
  • Top speed over 170 km/h (not tested)
  • Clocks 1/4 mile under 12 seconds in drag racing

White Zombie in Wall Street Journal's report


Maniac Mazda

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Roderic Wilde's electric conversion, 1979 Mazda RX-7
  • 1/4 mile under 12 s in drag racing

This time it's Maniac Mazda that leaves Dodge Viper to eat dust...


… and now the "icing on a cake", something for the motorcyclists:

Killacycle

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World's fastest electric motorcycle
  • 0-100 km/h a little bit over 1 second (!)
  • Top speed over 250 km/h
  • 1/4 mile 8 seconds in drag racing

KillaCycle record run

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