Tesla Motors Club Forum > General Forum > Electric Vehicles Lotus EV User Name Remember Me? Password Electric Vehicles Discussion about Electric Vehicles other than Tesla Motors Page 6 of 6 « First < 2 3 4 5 6   LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes 09-08-2009, 11:59 AM   #51 TEG Tesla Fan     Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,950 Green Car Congress: Lotus to Introduce Range Extender Engine   09-08-2009, 01:07 PM   #52 graham Super Moderator     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Aptos, California Posts: 1,551 Interesting. I thought Lotus usually sourced their motors from Toyota. Do they have experience making this kind of thing?   09-08-2009, 01:16 PM   #53 dpeilow Super Moderator     Join Date: May 2008 Location: Winchester, UK Posts: 2,961 Yes - Lotus do design and make engines for themselves, but in their volume production cars have historically brought them in.   09-08-2009, 04:31 PM   #54 JRP3 Senior Member     Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 670 That big hunk of metal stuck to the back of the electric motor just doesn't look right to me. I don't see a range extender, I see a battery-only range killer __________________ Building the AMPhibian http://amp-phibian.blogspot.com/ If you can't wait for or afford a Tesla http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/   09-08-2009, 07:09 PM   #55 vfx ERIC VFX     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CA Posts: 4,631 Such a young motor to be afflicted with a Dowager's problem. __________________ . . . . . . The world loves to be deceived. Last edited by vfx; 09-08-2009 at 07:13 PM..   09-09-2009, 02:26 PM   #56 JRP3 Senior Member     Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 670 Hey, what happened to the recent posts in this thread? __________________ Building the AMPhibian http://amp-phibian.blogspot.com/ If you can't wait for or afford a Tesla http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/   09-09-2009, 05:52 PM   #57 doug Head Moderator     Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stanford, California Posts: 3,604 Quote: Originally Posted by JRP3 Hey, what happened to the recent posts in this thread? The got moved by a mod (rightly so) to here, but I just now more appropriately stuck them here. Last edited by doug; 09-09-2009 at 05:55 PM..   09-10-2009, 06:09 AM   #58 JRP3 Senior Member     Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 670 I know I've mentioned this before but there really needs to be a link or an email notice when posts are moved so we know where they are and that they haven't been deleted. I looked for those posts but never found them. __________________ Building the AMPhibian http://amp-phibian.blogspot.com/ If you can't wait for or afford a Tesla http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/   Page 6 of 6 « First < 2 3 4 5 6 Bookmarks del.icio.us Digg StumbleUpon Google « Previous Thread | Next Thread » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules All times are GMT -7. The time now is 08:17 AM. Mark Forums Read | View Forum Leaders Click here to learn about advertising! Contact Us - Tesla Motors Club - Archive - Top | Home | Register | FAQ | Today's Posts | Search | New Posts |

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