MarkI-ZeroPoint <[email protected]> wrote: The 4 electric motors, one on each axle, are rated at a total of 900+HP… > there must be separate storage tech to supply the demands of those motors. > Hmmm… >
Whoa! That's tremendous. The thing must take off like a drag racer. The Tesla Model S produces 310 kW. I have not had a chance to drive a Nissan Leaf. People tell me they are peppy, jumping up to speed. Electric motors produce a lot of torque at low revs. Better than gasoline motors. That is why a parallel hybrid such as the Prius uses mainly electric power to go from zero to 10 mph (I think it is). The Geo Metro is the opposite of peppy. But fun to drive. I imagine this is how a Model T must have felt. You start up with lots of noise and vibration and manually shifting from gear to gear until a quarter mile down the road you are up to . . . 45 mph. It is more like riding a bicycle than driving a modern car. You really have to know what the machine is doing, or you will stall. Old technology teaches you a lot more than modern "no user serviceable parts" closed technology does. - Jed
