Tuesday
Jul082008
The Automotive Corner Is Here! Yes Its Tuesday Not Monday!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 4:55PM
Welcome everybody to a fashionably day late automotive corner, I am VizX and thank you for joining us here at flytoyz.com.
Lately ive been hearing raves about the latest electric sports car named Tesla.The battery-powered Tesla is based on a modified Lotus Elise chassis so you know it handles like an overpowered go kart which is always fun! The name Tesla for the auto maker is paying tribute to inventor Nikola Tesla, who patented the first induction electric motor in 1888!! Thats 120 years ago! The automobile goes quite a ways back..alittle farther then we think sometimes. Here is a little something from the Tesla site: "When you build a car that's electric, you start with one built-in advantage: Electric cars just don't have to be as complex mechanically as the car you're probably driving now. Sophisticated electronics and software take the place of the pounds and pounds of machinery required to introduce a spark and ignite the fuel that powers an internal combustion engine.
For example, the typical four-cylinder engine of a conventional car comprises over a hundred moving parts. By comparison, the motor of the Tesla Roadster has just one: the rotor. So there's less weight to drive around and fewer parts that could break or wear down over time.
But the comparison doesn't end with the counting of moving parts. The engine and transmission of a conventional car also need lubricating oils, filters, coolant, clutches, spark plugs and wires, a PCV valve, oxygen sensors, a timing belt, a fan belt, a water pump and hoses, a catalytic converter, and a muffler — all items requiring service, and all items that aren't needed in an electric car."
The Drivetrain is an Electric motor with 2-speed electrically-actuated-manual-shift transmission, the Motor consists of a 3-phase, 4-pole electric motor, 248hp peak (185kW), redline 13,000 rpm!!! It has a guestimated 135MPG with a Top Speed is 125MPH and goes 0-60 in just under four seconds!! Thats pretty nice for an electric roadster. For Stoppers it has a 4 wheel disc brake setup that includes Cross-drilled rotors in the front and in the rear with curved vane ventilation; AP Racing Two piston Aluminum fixed front calipers; Brembo Single piston sliding rear calipers and can go 220miles before or 3 1/2 hours before a recharge! The car will be offered with a cord and a conventional 120-volt wall plug, should you be away from home, but charging time then stretches to 33 hours. The battery pack will be warranted for five years or 100,000 miles., this car not only being a roadster with an open top, but it does have some factory installed options if you so choose, like Bluetooth cellular phone integration, Satellite radio with 170 channels of digital sound,Seven-speaker premium sound system tuned for Tesla Roadster cockpit,Touch-screen navigation system with voice guidance,Matching body-colored carbon fiber hardtop with full headliner, a mobile charging system and a few others. This can all be yours for a price tag right around 100k.
Well thats all I have for now, don't be surprised to see a few celeb's driving this as it may make them feel like they are doing good for the environment. Wether they feel good or not, I thank them for it. Yes I Thank them. We got to start taking care of the environment and the earth before it comes back on us!
And as always you know I have the eye candy for ya!
For some sweet looking wallpaper for your computer please check out the Tesla website Here!
Thank you all for coming by today, It will be back to Monday next week that I promise!
I hope you all have enjoyed yourself as much as I have writing this!!
Have a Great week everyone and I will see you thursday on The Mod Shop!
Ladies And Gents, You Are Now IN THE KNOW!!
Lately ive been hearing raves about the latest electric sports car named Tesla.The battery-powered Tesla is based on a modified Lotus Elise chassis so you know it handles like an overpowered go kart which is always fun! The name Tesla for the auto maker is paying tribute to inventor Nikola Tesla, who patented the first induction electric motor in 1888!! Thats 120 years ago! The automobile goes quite a ways back..alittle farther then we think sometimes. Here is a little something from the Tesla site: "When you build a car that's electric, you start with one built-in advantage: Electric cars just don't have to be as complex mechanically as the car you're probably driving now. Sophisticated electronics and software take the place of the pounds and pounds of machinery required to introduce a spark and ignite the fuel that powers an internal combustion engine.
For example, the typical four-cylinder engine of a conventional car comprises over a hundred moving parts. By comparison, the motor of the Tesla Roadster has just one: the rotor. So there's less weight to drive around and fewer parts that could break or wear down over time.
But the comparison doesn't end with the counting of moving parts. The engine and transmission of a conventional car also need lubricating oils, filters, coolant, clutches, spark plugs and wires, a PCV valve, oxygen sensors, a timing belt, a fan belt, a water pump and hoses, a catalytic converter, and a muffler — all items requiring service, and all items that aren't needed in an electric car."
The Drivetrain is an Electric motor with 2-speed electrically-actuated-manual-shift transmission, the Motor consists of a 3-phase, 4-pole electric motor, 248hp peak (185kW), redline 13,000 rpm!!! It has a guestimated 135MPG with a Top Speed is 125MPH and goes 0-60 in just under four seconds!! Thats pretty nice for an electric roadster. For Stoppers it has a 4 wheel disc brake setup that includes Cross-drilled rotors in the front and in the rear with curved vane ventilation; AP Racing Two piston Aluminum fixed front calipers; Brembo Single piston sliding rear calipers and can go 220miles before or 3 1/2 hours before a recharge! The car will be offered with a cord and a conventional 120-volt wall plug, should you be away from home, but charging time then stretches to 33 hours. The battery pack will be warranted for five years or 100,000 miles., this car not only being a roadster with an open top, but it does have some factory installed options if you so choose, like Bluetooth cellular phone integration, Satellite radio with 170 channels of digital sound,Seven-speaker premium sound system tuned for Tesla Roadster cockpit,Touch-screen navigation system with voice guidance,Matching body-colored carbon fiber hardtop with full headliner, a mobile charging system and a few others. This can all be yours for a price tag right around 100k.
Well thats all I have for now, don't be surprised to see a few celeb's driving this as it may make them feel like they are doing good for the environment. Wether they feel good or not, I thank them for it. Yes I Thank them. We got to start taking care of the environment and the earth before it comes back on us!
And as always you know I have the eye candy for ya!
For some sweet looking wallpaper for your computer please check out the Tesla website Here!
Thank you all for coming by today, It will be back to Monday next week that I promise!
I hope you all have enjoyed yourself as much as I have writing this!!
Have a Great week everyone and I will see you thursday on The Mod Shop!
Ladies And Gents, You Are Now IN THE KNOW!!
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