SSC Ultimate Aero EV- 6 years without a charge.....??? - Page 9

dpeilow · 01-29-2009, 02:50 PM

World's fastest production car to gain electric twin ? Register Hardware

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Now we at Vulture Central don't claim to be top-flight electrical engineers but that claim sounds like bollo... er... suspicious to us.

A ten-minute charge time from a domestic 110V socket would be ambitious even for an electricity sipping micro-EV with a battery pack similar to that found in the more robust models of electric shaver.

In the mean time, we've asked SCC for details on how exactly they plan to bend the laws of physics quite that far.

doug · 01-31-2009, 10:29 PM

I guess the ridicule is working:

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SSC will display its AESP in the Ultimate Aero EV in order to prove that electric-powered vehicles will not only match but also provide more linear power (electric motors have 100% torque at 0 RPM) and overall performance than internal combustion cars. The Ultimate Aero EV utilizes a twin motor AESP producing an astounding 1,000 HP and 800 lb-ft of torque enabling it to rocket to 60 mph in a mere 2.5 seconds and reach a top speed of 208 mph. Not only does the Ultimate Aero EV have a range of 150-200 miles on a single charge, but SSC's "Charge on the RunTM" onboard charging system allows for full battery recharges in as little as 10 minutes. SSC's 3-speed automatic transmission transfers the Ultimate Aero EV's power to its wheels and achieves electronically controlled shift times of .24 s. The entire AESP is liquid cooled allowing it to run for extended periods of time at peak performance with no overheating issues.

They're still making the 10 minute charge claim, but removed any reference to at what voltage.

dpeilow · 02-01-2009, 06:15 AM

What a shame those claims are already all over the internet ("Tesla annihilator", etc...).

I hope SSC show the wardrobe size charger that will be required for these 10 minute pit stops to their invited guests on their test day. Can we also assume the car will have a tonne of fast charge type batteries? Anyone still think this is going to be demonstrated in Q2 when commenters on blogs seem to be doing their electrical engineering?

Perhaps we should hit the comments boxes of all those sites that parroted out the original press release and point them in the direction of this new one - for the sake of EV credibility generally.

EDIT: Doug - you got your 15 minutes...

http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/02...in-now-almost/

dpeilow · 02-02-2009, 08:13 AM

SSC Back Pedal on World’s Fastest EV (Now Almost Believable) : Gas 2.0

Different Doug?

JRP3 · 02-02-2009, 11:00 AM

Gorr makes me miss Kent

doug · 02-02-2009, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by dpeilow

SSC Back Pedal on World’s Fastest EV (Now Almost Believable) : Gas 2.0

Different Doug?

Yeah that commenter is not me!

domenick · 02-03-2009, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by doug

Yeah that commenter is not me!

You need to somehow differentiate yourself. Personally I knew it wasn't you because of the awkward phrasing.

As a side note, it's nice that they credited SSC for the picture but there's no source given for the article (or the original source for that article) even though he "borrows" some of the same verbiage used by the first author about the recent change. Crap. Was that clear?
It's a good thing I'm not an author because I'd suck at it.