'affordable' British e-car £7000

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Tue 21 Apr 2009 15:23
'affordable' British e-car £7000 - maz64
...after £5k govt subsidy:
www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/04/21/bee_shows_bee_one/

4 seat, 5 door, 80mph, 200 mile range (100 at 80mph), and:

"Each Bee.One will be permanently hooked up to a 3G cellular network that will allow updates to the car's management system software to be downloaded, and performance and usage data to be sent in the other direction."

Also:

"Alongside the One, the company is also working on a two-seat roadster called the Bee.Four that should be able to hit 60mph in under three seconds, and a 'leccy F1-style hill climb racer that will run under the famous BRM badge. The BRM Bee Four ERV will use four in-wheel electric motors developed at Oxford University to generate 520kW (700bhp) and will have a top speed of 250mph."
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Tue 21 Apr 2009 15:30
'affordable' British e-car £7000 - Rattle
Those pictures look like they have been made in 3D studio max in a lunch break. You would think before putting out a press release they would at least show working models.

Also with 100 mile range at 80 miles an hour this translates to 60 miles range once the batteries get a bit worn so it dosn't really solve any problem. I believe fuel cells are the answer and all this obsession with electric cars is a bit dated.

What we need is cheap save electric transport with a max speed of 40mph which sole purpose is suburban use. It all goes wrong when they try and market an electric car is a proper car.

Oh and where does the electricity come from? I have visions of lots of Drax clones all churining out smoke from burnt coal just to power these cars.
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Tue 21 Apr 2009 17:25
'affordable' British e-car £7000 - Hamsafar
There are people in the USA who converted ordinary VW Passats or Jettas using some motors and batteries and it worked fine and cost a few cents a day to run. There was a writeup somewhere. Much more sensible to give an old car a new lease of life with off-the-shelf parts.

www.electroauto.com/gallery/jetta.shtml

www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/4214/rich.html

www.evalbum.com/1579

Edited by Hamsafar on 21/04/2009 at 17:28

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Tue 21 Apr 2009 18:50
'affordable' British e-car £7000 - maz64
www.electroauto.com/gallery/jetta.shtml


If a 94 year old can make an allegedly usable electric car with a 65mph+ top speed and range of 30+ miles out of a 1987 Jetta, you would have thought that you'd see more than just the odd Prius on the roads by now.

BTW what's a 'peel out'? Wheel-spin start?

Edited by Focus {P} on 21/04/2009 at 18:50

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