El primer deportivo elèctrico del mercado está a punto de nacer: 250 millas por recarga, un centavo por milla de coste, de 0 a 60 milla por hora en 4 segundos! (o eso dicen, vaya)
An Electric Car is Born
There’s been a lot of buzz lately about the death of electric cars,
but gearheads ’round the world are eagerly awaiting the July 20 arrival
of a new electric sports car from a startup by the name of Tesla Motors.Yes, an electric sports car. Actually, when you think about a sports
car as a device focused on pure driving enjoyment rather than as A-to-B
transportation (kind of like the automotive equivalent of a Ducati 999),
going electric makes a lot of sense, for a couple of reasons. If all
you’re going to do is carve up a twisty canyon road on a Sunday morning
and drive a loop back home, there’s no need to worry about where your
next jolt of juice will come from. Second, there’s the inherent nature
of electric motors, which develop maximum torque at zero RPM. It’s
torque, not horsepower, that makes for a sparkling drive. A torquey
electric motor will give you neck-snapping acceleration and a
scintillating oomph in the small of your back.Tesla’s car is likely to be very, very good from a performance
standpoint: based on the DNA of an established sports car marque, it
should combine stellar handling with a 4-second 0-60 time. Fast,
nimble, fast, fast. And though the automotive landscape is littered
with failed startups, Tesla Motors is chaired by Elon Musk, who spoke about rockets at TED2005, has a great track record of creating viable technology ventures, and is about to launch another one.Here’s to electric cars. Only 23 hours, 32 minutes, 56 seconds to go…
