Shelby announces world's fastest electric car
Shelby is working on an electric version of the 2009 Ultimate Aero supercar.
(Credit: Shelby SuperCars)In conjunction with the release of its 2009 Ultimate Aero at the Abu Dhabi International Motor Show, Shelby SuperCars announced details of an electric version of this same car, due to be launched in the second half of this year. We hope the oil barons of Abu Dhabi took the news graciously, as Shelby's move seems kind of like walking into a convention of cigarette makers and announcing a cure for tobacco addiction. But maybe they merely smiled at the fairly outlandish-sounding claims by Shelby SuperCars.
The Ulimate Aero EV won't need one of these.
(Credit: Shelby SuperCars)According to Shelby, the powertrain developed for the Ultimate Aero EV uses a lithium ion battery pack, which can be fully charged from a 110 volt AC outlet in 10 minutes. This powertrain can be scaled from 200 up to 500 horsepower, with a special, dual-motor configuration that could produce 1,200 horsepower.
On top of that, Shelby claims a 200 mile range. If this powertrain can truly meet these specifications, Shelby will revolutionalize electric cars. Fortunately, we only have to wait about 10 months to see if it happens.
The details of this powertrain follow an announcement in July of last year that Shelby was working on turning the Ultimate Aero into an electric car. In that previous announcement, Shelby said its electric powertrain "will feature a revolutionary power source allowing for extended time between charging intervals with the possibility of several years between charging."
(Source: Jalopnik)
(Mass production of a model affordable to the masses would do this!)
The amps required might require an electrical substation, but you would not have to change the laws of physics - I *hope* Obama *changes* the laws of physics - they restrict my freedom.
How about swapping battery packs like they do with electric forklifts. That could be done in a minute.
Unless you find bigfoot. He can do it.
;-)
On a final note, electric cars are great, but unless power production is converted away from coal and oil and over to wind, solar, thermal, etc. they will do nothing to help the environment and reduce greenhouse emissions. You are simply moving the pollution from one point to another so mindless consumers can feel good about themselves.
Oh, how wrong you are! Due to the efficiencies of electricity production and the car's utilization of the electrical energy, greenhouse emissions from the electricity to power the electric car are 60-80% LESS than that of a gasoline-powered car. Over time, it is much easier to clean up and make more efficient a few thousand electrical power plants than it is to modify the millions of gasoline-powered cars to be more efficient. And, electricity can be produced in several different ways (coal, hydroelectric, solar, nuclear, etc.) where gasoline has a single, limited source.
10min at 110V?
110V will supply maybe 20 amps. 110*10/60*20 < 400Whr = 0.4 kWhr.
0.4kW = 0.536hp. Even if the charger, batteries, wiring, and motor were 100% efficient, the energy stored in a full charge is only .5hp for an hour. Or 0.25hp for 2hours.
Or, in other words, they effectively claim to be able to plug in a 200-1200hp motor to a household power outlet. Crazy Talk!
So this is probably just a reporter typo. It could be charged at ordinary 110 V AC outlets OR in 10 minutes in a dedicated charging station. The reporter must have written it wrong and so the typo.
;-)
-http://www.shelbysupercars.com/news-012209.php
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by Windstar-SC
July 4, 2009 12:50 PM PDT
- WOW, I wish that my supercharged Ford Windstar could get as many MPG as smiles per gallon, it might hurt in the wallet but when your cheeks hurt from dusting a new Challenger you know it's worth it all the $$$ you've poured into it. Now I need to go electric for the rear axle. Food for thought after seeing this!
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