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Post #1 Fri, Jul 25, 12:21 PM
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Electric cars are ususally very fast (in terms of acceleration) because they have maximum power and torque available at all times. Why does this one (which is the most powerful electric car I´ve ever heard of) take 4.0 seconds to go 0-60?

Anyone know what this thing weighs?

It may be slow (relatively speaking), but it sure is pretty

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Post #2 Tue, Aug 26, 10:09 PM
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its the gearing, I can assure you, if it had a conventional 5 speed, it would be only limited by traction as to how fast it can get to 60. I would think probably under 2.5 seconds with the right tires.
this is of course impossible because this car has NO transmission IIRC, the electric motors are IN the wheels.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrightspeed_X1
this car did a 0-60 in under 3 seconds with only the second gear of the 5 speed honda transmission.

im guessing we wont see many electric cars out there with real transmissions, but thats really the way to go to get the fastest possible vehicle.

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