The Ultimate Electric Car - Coming to Continental USA ... Better Place Inc.
April 27, 2011 ... Better Place is coming to the continental USA within a few months. The prototype production in Israel and Hawaii was a great success!
Get ready to 'throw away' the keys to your gas guzzling clunkers of yesterday!
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Better Place, Sheraton Waikiki and Hawaiian Electric Partner on EV Charge
Network in Hawaii
September 30, 2010
Better Place announced today the start of its initial deployment of EV infrastructure in Hawaii, with the launch of a project to incorporate its electric-vehicle infrastructure in Honolulu, in partnership with Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts' Sheraton Waikiki Resort and Hawaiian Electric Company. The project will start with a small number of charge spots in Waikiki and around Oahu and includes seven electric vehicles. Better Place will manage the charging of the vehicles via a network operations center located in Palo Alto, California.
"Hawaii's commitment to being a world leader in renewable energy, as demonstrated by the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative, aligns very strongly with our mission to help end the world's reliance on oil," said Jason Wolf, Vice President of Better Place's North American Operations. "This project marks the beginning of our initial, pre-commercial infrastructure deployment in Hawaii. It supports the state's goal of leading the nation in renewable energy use, which Better Place will integrate into the grid via electric cars."
1981 Chevrolet Malibu Team 'Sputnik'
Team 'Sputnik'
http://www.sputnik.hr/
Car 1981 Chevrolet Malibu
Engine Competition Big Block Chevrolet naturally aspirated V8
2000 HP Supercar Attacks Malibu! Nelson Racing Engines. NRE.
This car is a rocket ship! Tom Nelson pilots this rocket through Malibu and surrounding areas. Three action sequences. Tom tells us about this Nelson Super Car # 004. The engine is a work of art. We hope you enjoy this movie. Let us know if you do. We will do more. For more information or to download your own copy of this video, go to http://nelsonracingengines.com and http://nelsonsupercars.com as well as nretv.com. Also go to http://VeritasMovieStudio.com for marketing help.
WORLDS FASTEST street legal ELECTRIC CAR
Worlds fastest street legal ELECTRIC CAR 1972 Datsun 1200 Whtie Zombie.
This car is based in Oregon... there are something like 18 hydro electric power plants in that state! Hydro generation accounts for 58% of all electricity in Oregon (Over 70% in Washington) and coal accounts for less than 7%.
Only about 15% of the energy from the fuel you put in your tank gets used to move your car down the road or run useful accessories, such as air conditioning. The rest of the energy is lost to engine and driveline inefficiencies and idling. Therefore, the potential to improve fuel efficiency with advanced technologies is enormous. With an Electric Car it costs just $1.00 per 100kms with MUCH more performance than with petrol at $20.00 per 100kms.
EVs use between 1/6th and 1/10th the energy of a comparable ICE powered car.
Datsun 1200 EV Specs:
- Motor - Hi Torque Electric 'Siamese 8' Series Wound DC Dual Armature 8 inch
- Controller - Zilla Z2K EHV 2000 Amp
- Battery - 60x 16 Ah Hawker Enersys 'Genesis' Lead-Acid 360 Volts
- Final Drive ratio - 4.11 : 1
- Weight - 2,450 Pounds (1,113 Kilograms)
http://goo.gl/ek8Dj
Rimac Concept_One - EVO magazin
Družili smo se s Rimac Concept_One.
Kako zvuči, vozi i funkcionira Concept_One, prvi konceptni primjerak Rimac Automobili, možete pročitati u novom broju EVO magazina za prosinac 2011.
Rimac Concept_One, first road drive with EVO magazine Croatia.
Shoot: BIB Nakladnistvo&Rimac Automobili
Edit: Vladimir Baće
Music: "Leptir" by B-film Ltd
FASTEST STREET CAR IN THE WORLD! Larry Larson runs 6.95 @ 209 on Drag Week!!!
http://www.1320video.com/store/dvd/ Larry Larson proves his car once again to be the fastest street car in the world by completing Hot Rod Magazin'es Drag Week 2010 AND making the first 6 second pass in Drag Week history! Not only did he make a 6 second pass, but he made that pass after driving 1200 miles on country roads, rain, and he did it 20 minutes after a 7.005 pass, hot lapping the car!
The World's fastest electric car. Speed 280 km/h WWW.GOODNEWS.WS
http://goodnews.ws/
BYU-student-built electric car sets land speed record at Salt Flats. An electric car designed and built by BYU engineering students set a world land speed record for its weight class, averaging 155.8 mph over its two required qualifying runs, one of which was clocked at 175 mph.The milestone marks the end of a seven-year quest of more than 130 students, led by Perry Carter, who just retired as an associate professor. "This is a wonderful closure to 31 years of teaching at BYU and many projects," Carter said after the record was certified. "But this is the one that takes the cake. I'm done." "This is like Christmas morning," said Jeff Baxter, a former student captain on the project who returned to Utah to witness the record-setting runs. "But like five Christmas mornings -- or seven Christmas mornings!" In land speed racing jargon, the car is called a streamliner, meaning it has a long, slender shape and enclosed wheels to reduce air resistance. Students custom-built the lightweight carbon fiber body after modeling it on a wind tunnel program on a computer. The aerodynamic performance and lithium iron phosphate batteries helped the car reach its high speeds.With one inch of ground clearance and an extremely wide turning radius, the streamliner can run safely only in places like the Bonneville Salt Flats. Jim Burkdoll, president of the Utah Salt Flats Racing Association, drove the car on its two record-setting runs, certified by the Southern California Timing Association - Bonneville Nationals, Inc.The streamliner, named "Electric Blue," competes in the "E1" class, which includes cars weighing less than 1,100 pounds. Because electric cars rely on heavy batteries, engineering a speedy vehicle at such a light weight is very difficult. That's why there were no prior certified speed runs for this class, although unofficial standards reached the 130s. The BYU team completed a qualifying run at 139 mph last year, but failed to complete the required second run when the car rolled, damaging the car's body but not the driver's. About half the students who have worked on the streamliner program over the years have been manufacturing engineering technology majors, about 40 percent mechanical engineering majors, and the rest from various other disciplines. Many worked on the car as part of an annual capstone course, but most were unpaid volunteers. The primary sponsor of the project is Ira A. Fulton, after whom BYU's College of Engineering and Technology is named. Kelly Hales is a BYU electrical engineering major who came to BYU to prepare for a career working on electric cars. He joined the streamliner team and took over as student captain of the project when Baxter completed his BYU MBA in April and left to work for a space exploration company. Baxter is one of many alumni who have gone on to success in their careers -- several working on electric cars or competitive car racing -- after helping develop the streamliner."Students who study music need to give concerts, students who study dance need to perform, and students who study engineering need to engineer things and compete to see how they work," said Carter, the team mentor. "Experiential education is a key aspect of every program." News from: Brigham Young University
The World's fastest electric car. Speed 280 km/h WWW.GOODNEWS.WS
http://goodnews.ws/
WORLD'S FASTEST ELECTRIC DRAGSTER Current Eliminator V
WORLD'S FASTEST ELECTRIC DRAGSTER
World record ET for an Electric Car Current Eliminator V 7.956 @ 159.85 MPH. Powered by Altairnano batteries. Record since beaten by Killacycle but still the fastest EV car. http://goo.gl/ek8Dj
BMW E30 electic vs. Chevy Malibu
BMW E30 electic (600 HP) vs. Chevy Malibu (1100 HP) on 402 Streetrace 2011 in Zagreb - Croatia
Most powerful electic car in the world.
BMW wins
