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Electric Car with Exciting Performance

New 2010 Sport Model

0 to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds

130 mph top speed

248 miles between charges

3.5 hours to charge

2723 pounds

Yes the roadster looks like a Lotus Elise because it is- - as a base design but modified by Lotus to fit the all electric power train!  The electric motor only weights 70 pounds and uses a very efficient drive.  However with batteries it weights 500 pounds more than the Elise at ~2700lbs. Yep in includes air conditioning and even seat heaters!!  This is no stripped home made kit!

Your still saying;  "But electric production uses lots of oil you're only pushing the problem to someone else." The developer says BS!  He provides the pie chart right showing 63% of US oil is consumed for transportation.

However it doesn't show that 1/2 the power generation in the US is from coal!  See chart below for a complete picture:

Note 19.7% of our US electricity is generated by Nuclear power and 6.9% by Hydroelectric.  You can also charge the batteries off-peak.  In addition to paying much less for power (as we have been at our home for 20 years ) your using power when the demand is so low the power companies have to cut production way back.  The Nuclear, Hydro and Wind Power  are kept at high capacity so you'll be using electricity produced by an even higher percentage of these none "Greenhouse Gas" producing processes! 

Since  we mentioned wind power -- did you know wind tower production employs a lot of welding?  See Below:

Wind Tower Production Employs a Lot of Welding!  ESAB sells a compete production line for wind towers.  See photo upper right.

See Recent Article in The Fabricator Magazine.

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