On 19 Dec 2022 at 11:56, (-Phil-) via EV wrote:

> Yeah, the original Tesla Roadster used the ACP design with very little
> change.

I read somewhere (haven't taken the time to find it again) that rather than 
license Alan Cocconi's design, Gage and Eberhard reverse-engineered it for 
the Tesla roadster.  Considering the ethics of this move will be left as an 
exercise for the reader.

The T-Zero was a remarkable EV for its time.  It was based on the Piontech 
Sportech kit car, and was a little more than half the weight of the Lotus 
Elise based Tesla roadster.  

The T-Zero's curb weight was just 895kg (1970lb), range 480km (300mi), 
efficiency 9.9kWh/100km (160Wh/mi). 

It could have been - IMO, SHOULD have been - turned into a production car 
with as few changes as possible.  But for whatever reasons, that's now how 
it all turned out.

David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey

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