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Old 12-21-2005, 12:23 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Holy Crap New Car In Japan

Has anyone see that new 8 wheel car that can reach up around 200+ MPH and is running off of lithuim (sp) batteries thats it
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Old 12-21-2005, 12:24 AM   #2 (permalink)
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no but do u have alink so i can see it?
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Old 12-21-2005, 12:35 AM   #3 (permalink)
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yeah ive seen it its crazy as hell
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Old 12-21-2005, 12:35 AM   #4 (permalink)
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HOLY SHIT LOOK HERES THE LINK

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/preview...htwheeler.html
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Old 12-21-2005, 12:37 AM   #5 (permalink)
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800 bhp 4 seconds 0-60 and 7 second 0-100 ohhh my god i think i just shit myself
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Old 12-21-2005, 12:37 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Eliica eight-wheeler


t 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



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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Fast cars are cool...but gay looking fast cars suck.
I'd rather drive a Mini Cooper then that.
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yeah but theres no way that your gonna get a mini cooper to go 0-100 in 7 seconds stock
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Give new meaning to being on Lithium
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It kinda reminds me of a car I've seen on an old T.V. show, but I can't place it.
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