The World's Fastest Electric Urban Car

The Tango, built in Spokane, WA is billed as the world's fastest urban car powered by electricity. The Tango achieves 0 to 60 mph in 4 seconds and has a top speed of 130 MPH!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• electronics
• environment
• gadget
• mechanics
• electric
• car
• fastest
• urban
• Spokane
• WA

[steemy2]

full cage, four point harnesses, recaro seats... yep, want one!

[MrJuno6]

The one dislike is the chairman of OPEC.

[drifta96]

i bet it's top heavy as hell

[Mrwoogle]

Looks like a vw polo cross between a fiat 500... That come out downsindrome

[ziasong]

First time I saw Tango, I widened the screen aspect ratio.

[tickyul]

@jeffg3209 Well the issues that make these cars a FAIL for the most part are not that they are not QUICK, these cars have a very good torque curve, quick off the line. Serious problems are that they take a long time to "refuel" and the seriously limited mileage on a charge.

[tickyul]

@gorillatrail I mean, the main issue is these cars are just not practical for MOST people. You have a car and you want to take a weekend trip, what the hell are you going to do with a electric car that drains the hell out of batteries at hgihway speeds???? And the cost.....yikes......I could buy a little beater subcompact for tooling around for 1K, probably get 40mpg/

[tickyul]

@TheFerruccio Yeah, those number that you state are really damning. I think that if these cars get some traction though.......maybe we can see some big breakthroughs in this type of technology. One of the problems is most people will not stand for the limitations of these cars, just will not buy them. Great for a small, specialty market though.

[TheFerruccio]

@tickyul Solar cell paint is nice, but that will not be sufficient to have even the most aerodynamic of cars work. It takes about 30 horsepower to run a sufficiently aerodynamic compact car at highway speeds. That's over 22,000 watts. Solar energy is, on average, around 1,000 watts per square meter. The average parking space is around 12 square meters. The Shockley-Queisser limit for p-n silicon junction solar cells is around 33%. Do the math. It cannot sustain the necessary power.

[tickyul]

@TheFerruccio Yes, the potential for electrics is great.......except for the limitations of the batteries. I think that when Solar cell paint gets better and cheaper you will see a much better product available. I used to drive electric trolley buses and they were extremely good off the line, could go up hill so much better than diesels and were very reliable. I love electricity, but these vehicles will be a small niche market until they work out the mileage issues.

[micol018]

he wanted to say market :)