Aptera is a new conception car designed by Expedited Composites. The fellowship claims that they achieved a proceed coefficient of fewer than 0.06 using a contrary aerodynamic body work, many may say original.
Beingness rattling lightweight, Aptera should score a supply t.b. of exclusive 0.7 liters per 100 Km (336 mpg US).
Aptera, the threesome travel car, looks fitting like an warplane, the car has a full trickster with two discrete proximity wheels and a tapered lift area with one, full confined place transport. Aptera present be equipt with a modify hybrid-electric actuation system.
Tehnical specifications:
Mean grouping: Parallel hybrid-electric and oxidisation engine
Signaling index
Diesel engine: 9 kW (12 hp)
Galvanic efferent: 18.6 kW (25 hp)
Fuel: Technologist
Hydrocarbon uptake: 0.7 l / 100 km (335 mpg)
Maximum quicken: 155 rate (95 mph)
Speedup 0-97 km/h (60 mph): 11 sec.
Aptera is a new concept car designed by Accelerated Composites. The company claims that they achieved a drag coefficient of less than 0.06 using a different aerodynamic body shape, some may say unconventional. Being very lightweight, Aptera should have a fuel consumption of only 0.7 liters per 100 Km (336 mpg US).
Aptera, the three wheel car, looks just like an airplane, the car has a wide front with two separate front wheels and a tapered rear section with one, fully enclosed rear wheel. Aptera will be equipped with a parallel hybrid-electric propulsion system.
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The new Fiesta will be sold all over the world, first appearing in Europe, then in Asia, South Africa, and Australia. Americans will be the last to get the Fiesta in 2010. Engine options on the Continent will include three engines ranging in output from 59 to 113 hp.
Mitsubishi i MIEV is scheduled to be introduced for 2010. This particular car is one of a 30-vehicle test fleet that’s running around Tokyo right now.
Battery Life
With the Mitsubishi MIEV’s motor, inverter and charger located under the floor of the luggage area behind us, the 22 lithium-ion cells are artfully spread under the belly pan. Given that the car weighs 2,380 pounds — 397 pounds more than its gasoline-powered counterpart .
Lightning Fast
Powering the electric-powered i is a rear-mounted, permanent-magnet synchronous motor developing 63 horsepower and 133 pound-feet of torque. The Mitsubishi i MIEV feels brilliantly quick. It jumps from rest to 60 mph in under 9.0 seconds on its way to a top speed of 82 mph. Mitsubishi claims that in ideal conditions, the i MIEV gets 100 miles on a full charge. Read the rest of this entry »
The biggest pre-show buzz among boutique builders was for Rinspeed’s amphibious, deep-diving, Lotus Elise-based “sQuba”. Going into the show, we had heard it was actually capable of driving into the water, floating about like a slow motorboat, and then diving beneath the surface like an open-topped submarine.
After seeing a short video loop of the sQuba in action, we were sort of glad it was sitting still. That’s the best way to describe the way the little white Lotus pondered, wheels motionless, several feet below the water’s surface (it can dive to a maximum of 33 feet). Inside, a pair of occupants—seen seconds before in clothes and sunglasses “driving” on top of the water at about a knot .
Even more wrong but equally pointless is the ability of the sQuba to drive on dry land by itself, as in, by remote control, guided by laser sensors keeping it from running over curbs, trees or, say, surfers changing in the beach parking lot as it silently makes its own way back to the sea, perhaps to find others of its kind.
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