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Comparison:
What do the mass produced Light Electric Vehicles look like, what are their
capabilities, and how much do they cost:
Granted, some of these vehicles are far too heavy to be considered true
light electric vehicles, in that they (with their battery packs) weigh far more than the occupants. But they all have unique
designs that can and should be incorporated into lighter, more efficient vehicles by others.
Each picture links directly to their website.
| MicroWatt -by Green Vehicles |
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| Range: 60 miles @ 30mph - $12,000 |
Green Vehicles
Green Vehicles, an importer in San Jose, California, just may have
the world's first truly practical electric cars: Performance and range -at an affordable price.
Featured are just two of their cars: The MicroWatt, and the Triac, both of Chinese manufacture.
The MicroWatt is powered by a compact 96 Volt absorbed glass mat lead acid battery pack.
The Triac is powered by a 144 Volt lithium-ion battery pack.
Oddly, I have not been able to schedule a test run with Green Vehicles, on the Triac. They
seem to be behind in their production orders. And the performance claims seem doubtful, considering the posted Lithium-Ion
battery pack specifications for the vehicle. But I love the basic design of the car, and, if I was wealthy, would not
hesitate to buy the Triac -without their Lithium-Ion battery pack, and experiment with my own unorthodox battery
pack of flooded sla-agm's.
| Triac -by Green Vehicles |
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| Range: 80 miles @ 60mph - $20,000 |
| American Electric Vehicle |
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| Range: 40 miles @25mph - Wt: 1,080lbs - $9,800 |
| City EL |
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| Range: 30 miles @30mph - Wt: 617lbs - $10,200 |
| NmG |
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| Range: 30 miles @75mph - Wt: 1,350lbs - $36,000 |
| Takara 2010 Q-Car |
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| Range: 37 miles @19mph - $ 11,537 |
| Tango T100 Electric Car |
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| Range: 80-40 miles @40-80mph - Wt: 2,200lbs - $18,700 |
| BugE |
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| Range: 30 miles @30mph - 320lbs - $6,000 |
| Twike |
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| Range: 80 miles @53mph - Wt: 520lbs - $ 27,500 |
| Comet EV |
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| Range: 200 miles @70mph - $32,950 |
| Rhoades Car |
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| Range: 30 miles @18mph - Wt: 165lbs - $ 3,529 |
| Shoprider Flagship |
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| Range: 50 miles @10mph - Wt: 328lbs - $ 6,000 |
| INTR-114 |
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| Range: 65km @ 30km/h Wt: 175kg |
| Aerorider |
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| Range: 30 miles@20mph - Wt: 198# - $ 9,161 |
| TARC - Taiwan Automotive Research Consortium |
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| Range of 100 kilometers (62 miles) & a top speed of 40mph |
I declare these a work of art!
| Jory Squibb's "Moonbeam" |
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| (click picture to go directly to his webspace) |
While this ingenious 3-wheeled vehicle is powered by an internal combustion
engine, weighing in under 400 pounds, it embodies all the design features of what a good 2-passenger electric vehicle should
be.
The "Moonbeam" is a creation of Jory Squibb. Having converted Volkswagen
"Bugs" into electric vehicles in the 1970's, Jory was eager to go for range and performance, this time around, on 100 miles
per gallon.
Check out his webspace for an incredible and inspiring story.
| Segway's Puma |
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Segway’s P.U.M.A. (Personal Urban Mobility & Accessibility) prototype
represents the shift that’s needed for the future of transportation. It values less over more; taking up less space,
using less energy, produced more efficiently with fewer parts, creating fewer emissions during production and operation, all
while offering more enjoyment, productivity, and connectivity.
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Xof1: 15,000 km on America's and Canada's highways, on solar
power alone -and still going!
| Xof1 |
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Weighing in at 660 pounds (with driver) the Xof1, which stands for "Power
of One",
is creation of Marcelo da Luz’.
Powered by a 3.8 kW lithium ion battery pack, the vehicle can accelerate
from 0 to 60mph in 6 seconds, achieve a range of 125 miles on a single charge, and a top speed of 75mph.
He began development of the vehicle in 1999, to
enter the "World Solar Challenge", in Australia, where, ultimately, the world's distance record for a purely solar powered
car was set at 13,000 km.
Marcelo, instead, decided to attempt to surpass the world’s long distance record for solar vehicles, which he did, by traveling over 15,000 km.
Investing about $ 500,000.00 in the vehicle, Marcelo operated without corporate sponsorship.
Here's a link to breathtaking photos (taken by Marcelo himself):
And here's a link to Marcelo's Xof1 website:
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