a moment of ZENN
by rd @ 9:25 am post a comment »
ZENN Zero Emissions No Noise - great name for an electric car — and it hails from Toronto, Canada.
With 250 of these babies on the road since its debut in 2006, ZENN’s top speed is 25 mph - great for driver ed classes, campus cruising, geezers or making the neighborhood rounds. With an electric re-charge time of 4 hours, the big upsides are zero emissions and you get to spend zero on gasoline, since it’s 100% electric powered. (check out the corporate video on YouTube or several videos on the home Website.)
Fall of 2009, ZENN Motors is scheduled to release a highway-oriented e-powered vehicle with a top speed of a respectable 80mph and with a range of 250 miles. According to company CEO Ian Clifford, the new car’s “EEStor’s technology is a tenth the weight and volume of lead-acid batteries, and significantly smaller than the most advanced chemical batteries today.” Charge time will be a mere 5 minutes. Now we’re talking.
Remind me again - who killed the electric car? And who’s looking for a handout in Washington right now? (via Cleantech)
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