This kind of thing is unfair. People are wary enough about buying a first model year of a new car from an ESTABLISHED manufacturer using current technology.
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Fair enough, but weight comes with the territory with EV's and extended range EVs. I could say that the Tesla being a 2700lb Lotus Elise is ridiculous too, but it's a natural limitation of current battery technology.
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It's a 4 seater. And the point of range extending is that you can refuel it and drive more than one tank in a day.
Ferrari on fire? Shocker!
Austrians...
Hard to beat this one.
Datsun makes it to the list again!
The reason this will be hard to make work in the US is the litigious nature of our country and high insurance costs. Sure, he can build the track, but can he make it as inexpensive to go for a lap as the real one? Probably not.
Too soon?
Where this really could help is in acceleration and top speed, or rather having both. It's all well and good that motors make all their torque at 0rpm, but that's no reason not to multiply it with a low gear ratio. I don't think a 5 speed is necessary given the wide operating RPM range of most motors, but there is an…
Yeah, alot of it is up to the metallurgy as well. There are ductile aluminum alloys and brittle ones. Unfortunately, alot of the stiffest alloys are also the most brittle. Factor in heat and machinability and it becomes a complicated question.
Eh, the same can be said for truly light forged or cast aluminum race wheels.
Motor efficiency is not as closely tied to RPM as it is to load, so I don't see this improving range that significantly.
I believe the rim on those was carbon, the spokes were aluminum or magnesium.
Sounds great, though I could use a little more rasp in the exhaust. That's just me nitpicking though
Fine with me. If he really wants/needs a licence that bad he can move to a different state as I'm pretty sure he'll be able to obtain one there at least after a certain amount of time.
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Fine on the Fairlady thing, but that definitely doesn't sound like a turbo motor. L28 or a something stroked in the 3.0-3.2 range maybe, but I'd be shocked if it were turbo.