Electric car
Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 12:22 am
I caught the last few minutes of a motoring programme on TV this evening. They were test driving an electric sports car.
Now I don't really understand modern car styling (I drive an elderly Volvo). I'm in the old school of 'form follows function', so I assume the function of a modern sports car is pretty much the same as a pair of modern trainers or a mobile phone - first and foremost a type of jewelry. But I have to concede that this sports car looked sexier than a milk float. And the figures were very impressive - a couple of hundred miles when fully charged; three and a half hour charging time; 140 BHP...
Still relies on a national infrastructure of energy supply, and it would be interesting to know how efficient it is (storage batteries are not good at storing electricity). And it does nothing to solve any transport system issues.
However, there was one major flaw that may limit its contribution to the developement of the electric car as a means of daily transport. It cost £300,000.
Now I don't really understand modern car styling (I drive an elderly Volvo). I'm in the old school of 'form follows function', so I assume the function of a modern sports car is pretty much the same as a pair of modern trainers or a mobile phone - first and foremost a type of jewelry. But I have to concede that this sports car looked sexier than a milk float. And the figures were very impressive - a couple of hundred miles when fully charged; three and a half hour charging time; 140 BHP...
Still relies on a national infrastructure of energy supply, and it would be interesting to know how efficient it is (storage batteries are not good at storing electricity). And it does nothing to solve any transport system issues.
However, there was one major flaw that may limit its contribution to the developement of the electric car as a means of daily transport. It cost £300,000.