Eliica trounces 911

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Saw this car on the japan channel the other day. http://www.eliica.com/ The guy that made it had previously made the Paz, which was ugly as sin, but had the right direction. This new one looks really cool. I saw it race a 911 turbo on TV and kill it, and since its got a low CG it can handle well too. Space aplenty, tons of grip, and electric power. Daddy likey.

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Oh, I can't upload photos from my comp for some reason, would someone help me out and nab a few from the website?

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Lol

[VAD0R]

I don't know how the Paz looks like since I can't find a picture of it so I cannot compare it in the looks department. Looks pretty nifty looking, it actually looks like a classic Renault. I can see how this can go faster than a Renault but I am just wondering ig it can corner better, not like I am thinking it can't. Regardless I would like to see a video of this cornering, it must look pretty cool. I wonder how mechanically the wheels that turn are hooked up. What is its hp, kw, cc or what ever medium they use for power because they seem to be keeping it a secret?

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Ok I looked up info on it on autoweek
and found out the top model of this is a 800hp car that can do 0-60 in four seconds and an 11.3 1/4 mile time, accomplishing all of this with an electric motor.

Perhaps if they really want to market this car they should consider trying to sell it to the "environmentally conscious " celeberties of Hollywood.

If you are harrassed for registration by the link I provided you above here is the article. It must have been a lucky click for me or they only allow you to view the article once. Here is a quote of it so you can view it as much as you like, I hope I don't get sued for this.

It doesn't require plutonium to power its flux capacitor. It won't travel through time when it reaches 88mph. And unlike the Doc and Marty McFly's DeLorean of Back To The Future fame, it needs nothing more than a power point to keep it running.

Called the Eliica - short for Electric Lithium-Ion battery Car - this radical 800bhp eight-wheeler from Japan is proof that electric vehicles can be fast and fun to drive, too. Boasting a four-second 0-60mph sprint and seven-second 0-100mph time, the Eliica is faster than a Porsche 911 Turbo.

So what is it like on the road? In this world exclusive, we took the controls to find out. As soon as you climb into the snug cockpit, you realise this car is built for speed. It's more than five metres long, shaped like a bullet and carries its batteries, software and motors in a narrow chassis bed, giving it the lowest centre of gravity of any prototype we've come across.

In tests, the Eliica has recorded a top speed of 370kph (230mph), although its inventor Hiroshi Shimizu claims it could clear 400kph (250mph) in the right conditions. "When you're dealing with technology thought by most to be

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slow, heavy and lacking range, you must do better than any supercar," he said.

At our drive at Keio University near Tokyo, we punched the 'D' button on the dash, pointed the car down the road and flattened the gas pedal. With a faintly audible whirr of eight 100bhp in-wheel motors, the 0-60mph sprint was smooth, effortless, quiet - and surreal. The mind-boggling acceleration was on a par with that of a 500bhp GT racing car. Yet the lack of a transmission meant there were no jerky cog swaps as we were thrust back in our seat by an incredible 0.8Gs.

With that ultra-low centre of gravity, the car handles surprisingly well, and has virtually no body roll or nose-dive. It turns in sharply with well weighted steering through the front four wheels, and gives adequate feedback. And it does not feel as big or as heavy as its length and 2,400kg kerbweight suggest.

The only downsides, apart from the tiny cockpit, are that it takes 10 hours to recharge, and a production version would cost £170,000. To bring Shimizu's research back to the future, he needs a major firm's financial power behind him and the whole electric car movement.

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I also found an interesting article that shows some of the aspects of the mechanics of this thing. So I found the answer of how the wheels are linked, they are but at the same times are not.

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2004...ing_with_.html