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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.
| Triac -by Green Vehicles |
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| Max.Range: 100 miles, Max.Speed: 80mph - $25,000 |
Green Vehicles
Green Vehicles, a domestic manufacturer in Salinas, California, just
may have the world's first truly practical electric car: Performance and range -at an affordable price.
Featured here is their Triac. 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. The performance claims of 100 miles on a charge, is a true 100 miles, in that
it includes a mix of neighborhood as well as highway speeds. Weighing in at 2,000 pounds, Green Vehicles has made 12
prototypes so far, the first of which were made in China. But the company expects to begin full production by the end
of 2011, and roll 2,000 Triacs off the assembly line per year. And all production of the Triac will be entirely domestic
manufacture, to create jobs in the local economy and further reduce the carbon footprint of the over-all production on the
vehicle. Stay posted.
| 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!
| Al Yanda's light electric vehicle |
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| (click picture to go directly to Mother Earth News website) |
Al Yanda (rhymes with Honda) and His Electric Car!
Back in 1975, Al Yanda built his own version of the ultra-light, ultra-efficient
electric car. A Kansas City architect with a special talent for
putting together his own "better idea", he came up with a sleek little
electric runabout he built for somewhere around $800. For the body, Al came up with a
lightweight sheet aluminum structure specifically designed to offer minimum air and gravity resistance.
But the real heart of the matter is what makes Al's runabout run: A total of 250 pounds of the 550-pound car is batteries. Four 6-volt Gould lead-acid units, hooked up to two permanent
magnet Bosch 1.14-horsepower motors. A fan belt connects each of the drive
units to a pulley wheel fixed to the car's split rear axle.
Note carefully the thin motorcycle tires, mounted on large diameter rims: This is the secret
to the vehicle's unusually high performance, both in speed and range. All too many neighborhood electric vehicles are
designed and built from the ground up, while ignoring this basic physics of efficient locomotion.
A push of the floor
pedal that engages one of three voltages, producing a 3-speed vehicle (remember that those were the days before electronic
controllers). Top speed
is 35 mph-plus, with a range of around 30 or 35 miles per charge. Just
right for non-polluting jaunts to work, or the neighborhood grocery store.
| Jory Squibb's "Moonbeam" |
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| (click picture to go directly to his webspace) |
Jory Squibb's "Moonbeam"
While this ingenious 3-wheeled vehicle is powered by an internal combustion
engine, weighing in under 400 pounds, it embodies many of the design features of what a good 2-passenger electric
vehicle should be.
Already having earned his ecological stripes by converting Volkswagen "Bugs"
into electric vehicles in the 1970's, Jory was eager to go for range and performance, this time around, achieving an
incredible 100 miles per gallon.
| Segway's Puma |
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| (click picture to go directly to their website) |
Segway’s P.U.M.A. (Personal Urban Mobility & Accessibility) Prototype:
Representing the shift that’s needed for the future of transportation.
Transporting two passengers, 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 |
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Xof1: 15,000 km on America's and Canada's highways, on solar power
alone -and still going!
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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