This and the Doking XD Croatian electric supercar, urban ninja version. What are they putting in the water in Croatia? Plus the CEO names are so cool, Mate Rimac and Vjekoslave Majetic.

so why not advance the technology to strip it from Oxygen in water molecules so it's cheaper

BMW and Mazda have abandoned their ICE cars that blow up hydrogen, they're just too inefficient compared with hydrogen fuel cells and they can't recapture braking energy. Car companies continue to develop HFCV prototypes, but it is just an electric car with a fuel cell as a range-extender, so I don't know why you…

The EPA range of the Tesla Roadster has been 245 miles since its 1.5 powertrain, which IIRC is what Tesla originally claimed. Since even its whopping 450 kg battery only holds the energy of ~1.6 gallons of gasoline, aggressive driving has a tremendous effect on range, but Top Gear's staged stunt showed the pack…

Fine, cite any article that says "Lithium batteries are toxic", otherwise STFU. [1] "Lithium (metal) batteries contain no toxic metals." Only the exotic chemistries Li-SOCl2 and Li-SO2 (to my knowledge not used in any automotive application) are listed as toxic [2] . "This review has indicated that lithium is not…

Didn't you read everyone making fun of electric cars because the Volt's entire battery pack holds less energy (16 kW·h) than half a gallon of gasoline (16.7 kW·h)? A tank of gasoline is far more dangerous.

That's why electric manufacturers organize individual cells into packs or sheets, each enclosed in metal. In the case of the Volt, its T-shaped battery pack consists of 288 individual cells arranged into nine modules. It's unlikely that a minor accident is going to "Flex or jar the frame" to stress one of those…

I suspect that either people are ordering cars and failing to take delivery or the Bugatti factory has intermittent orders but rather than shut down they run a few through production. Either way, each unsold car turns into a fancy one-off Pur Sang FbH Blanc Noir special edition to sell to someone who wants to buy a…

Lithium is one of the most poisonous substances on the planet.

So Musk is doing everything that this guy can't and won't do: a conventional-looking attractive car, made in USA, aluminum frame as a compromise between steel and carbon fiber, and actually putting cars on the road instead of designing something fantastic but wonky like Edison2, Aptera, and Gordon Murray Design only…

The Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program is doing exactly what its name says, "funding projects that help vehicles manufactured in the U.S. meet higher millage requirements and lessen U.S. dependence on foreign oil." A few small start-ups complain they didn't get money (GM didn't either) because…

Normal car plus batteries, but without the 10 tons of gasoline a 35mpg car will use over 120,000 miles, that require a lot of machinery to dig up all over the world, transport, and refine. And before you state the obvious about electricity from dirty coal, electricity also comes from natural gas and hydro and solar…

Hey there have you heard about my robot friend?

I don't like knee-jerk condemnation of any vehicle. I've defended GM's hybrid truck/SUV platform many times on this site for your exact reason that the absolute fuel saving going from 17 to 21 mpg is huge; and if I see a solo driver driving a tricked-out Expedition with her knee while juggling a latte and cellphone,…

I watched a documentary of the design challenge between Ford designers and how they came up with the Flex

Close. Porsche tried to acquire all of Volkswagen AG and at one point in 2009 had 51% of VW shares and 74% of VW including options. This resulted in a short squeeze, VW shares trading over 900 euros, a banker throwing himself under a train, etc. Then the financial shenanigans imploded, Porsche was left with huge debt,…

I am not severely underestimating the energy. Here's the study finding it takes about 113 million Btus to make a Prius, equivalent to 1000 gallons. I think that study is flawed because we agree battery production is more energy intensive, but that's where weight enters into it: it's only 120 pounds.

The Prius is a 3000 lb car made out of much the same materials as other cars. It runs on the same gasoline as other cars, it just a LOT less of it. Maybe you're thinking of the upcoming plug-in Prius, which if you plug it in will be cheaper to run for the first ~15 miles and even better for the environment if you live…

I find it hilarious when people here claim a 50mpg car isn't good for the environment, and everyone agrees.

It gets recycled for the valuable nickel. And it's the lead-ACID batteries in conventional cars that are toxic.