 Startup company developing 330 MPG hybrid |
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| Startup company developing 330 MPG hybrid |
 Mar 18 2006, 12:01 AM
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Yeah, that 330 MPG is accurate.
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=108992 QUOTE CARLSBAD, Calif.  Accelerated Composites LLC, a small startup company here, said it is developing the Aptera, a two-seat hybrid passenger car delivering 330 mpg at a steady 65 miles per hour  at a price under $20,000.
The company said the car, which may be ready for production in two years, will have acceleration and handling similar to that of the Honda Insight hybrid. The first Aptera prototype may be ready by March. The prototype under construction will be powered by a single-cylinder, 12-horsepower diesel engine and a 24-horsepower DC electric motor, and will have a continuously variable transmission. Power is delivered through a single rear wheel mounted on a composite swing arm. The car is expected to have an electronically limited top speed of 95 miles per hour and an estimated 0-to-60-mph acceleration of 11 seconds. The company says the key to the efficiency of the three-wheeler is an aerodynamic body wrapped around a flat-panel composite structure. The company has developed a composite construction technique that significantly lowers costs. |
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Mar 18 2006, 12:04 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
Very interesting... awesome mileage, awesome prospective price.
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Mar 18 2006, 01:26 AM
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 Why so serious? Group: Global Moderators Posts: 5,286 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Fate, TX Member No.: 4 |
Fuck, one gallon would last me 1 month+! :-D
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Mar 18 2006, 02:18 AM
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 FFFFFFFUCKKKKKKKKKKKK Group: Members Posts: 1,673 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 11 |
BUT THIS CAR WILL NOT GO THAT FAST I WANT TO GO FAST OK
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Mar 18 2006, 02:19 AM
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Fool Group: Members Posts: 2,127 Joined: 23-February 06 From: LBB Member No.: 56 |
Wonder how much trunk space it has.
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Mar 18 2006, 02:21 AM
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FFFFFFFUCKKKKKKKKKKKK Group: Members Posts: 1,673 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 11 |
If i can't fit my non-existant snow mobile in the back i want nothing to do with this weak womanly excuse for a motor vehicle
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Mar 18 2006, 02:25 AM
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Fool Group: Members Posts: 2,127 Joined: 23-February 06 From: LBB Member No.: 56 |
I was thinking I wouldn't even be able to fit a suitcase in it
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Mar 18 2006, 02:25 AM
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FFFFFFFUCKKKKKKKKKKKK Group: Members Posts: 1,673 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 11 |
QUOTE (James @ Mar 18 2006, 02:25 AM) I was thinking I wouldn't even be able to fit a suitcase in it brother, i got all the storage space i need. "points to his lap" |
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Mar 18 2006, 04:59 PM
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 monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
QUOTE (James @ Mar 18 2006, 02:19 AM) Wonder how much trunk space it has. i wonder if a bike will fit... |
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Mar 18 2006, 05:23 PM
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 START THE REACTOR! Group: Members Posts: 874 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 52 |
IF I CANT GO OFFROAD WHICH I DONT DO ANYWAY THEN I DONT WANT IT. Regardless of the fact that if you have the money to get two cars, I would buy one of these for city driving as well as a gas guzzler if you need one or actually do go offroad. Hell, 330 MPG pays for itself after one refueling.
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Mar 20 2006, 12:23 AM
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 Your Private Eye Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 60 |
I don't think it can pass the crash safety requirements.
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Mar 20 2006, 01:18 AM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
wonder if it's one of those tiny ass urkle cars
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Mar 20 2006, 01:53 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 180 Joined: 23-February 06 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 37 |
For some reason, the prototype reminds me of those cars in the movie AI.
http://www.acceleratedcomposites.com/images/aptera/2.JPG http://www.acceleratedcomposites.com/images/aptera/3.JPG |
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Mar 20 2006, 04:03 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 161 Joined: 28-February 06 Member No.: 97 |
is that a wind up key?
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Mar 20 2006, 04:04 PM
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OMG TERRISTS DID IT!111!!
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Mar 20 2006, 05:58 PM
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 DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
Wow. How totally useless
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Mar 20 2006, 05:59 PM
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that would be nice, but for some reason i dont think its gonna happen within 2 years
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Mar 20 2006, 06:01 PM
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DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
I also bet the government gives it a saftey rating of like -10 hundred billion....
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Mar 21 2006, 02:21 PM
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Joe six pack will never embrace the hybrid movement until they stop making them look like "The Car of the Future, uture, ture, ure". Open wheel designs, three wheels, bubble designs, and all that jazz. It's just an American image thing.
Because of that paradigm, hybrids will never be more than deathtraps as long as insecure males and status-seeking females insist that a 6-ton 14 seat off-road behemoth is the only thing capable of the grueling trek to the grocery store. Freight trucks and school busses aside, we could get away with these lighter smaller cars as long as we ALL have them. Just imagine Cooper mini vs. Ford Excursion in a T-bone collision. Now just two minis. This country will probably be among the last to embrace the movement since we don't want a way to get to work as much as another place to watch our dvds. |
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Mar 21 2006, 03:13 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
so... it's another go kart (cept this time it's a slow go kart).
why do people think it's so innovative to have a tiny ass car that weighs like 500lbs get good gas mileage? |
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