[s-cars] Lithium-ion car ~ NAC

[Lee Levitt]

The Prius has an interesting traction control system. It basically 
shuts down the engine if it senses any slip. Not great in New 
England.

Lee



On Thu Aug 17 11:43:32 PDT 2006, James Shackelford 
<93urs4 at rovershack.com> wrote:

> This concept is actually pretty cool.  With gas prices going 
> crazy, I drove
> my sisters Prius and was impressed with the 60 MPG she got on the 
> highway...
> of course the car can't get out of it's own way, and that would 
> drive me
> crazy.  Electric and performance should go hand in hand, owing to 
> the fact
> that an electric motor gives you 100% torque immediately.  It 
> will be
> interesting to see what types of vehicles are developed by this 
> company.
> 0-60 in 4 seconds sounds conservative and is probably limited by 
> the amount
> of traction available.
> 
> James
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Bill 
> Mahoney
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 11:35 AM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Lithium-ion car ~ NAC
> 
> In case you missed it; "Tesla," an Eliselike electric car powered 
> by laptop
> batteries:
> 
> http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0,71414-1.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1
> 
>  No turbo.  No noise.  (Hope they're not Sony/Dell batts;)
> 
> Electric Bill M
> 
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