SSC to Launch World’s Most Powerful Electric Car in 2009
Shelby SuperCars (SSC), the company behind the world’s fastest production car, has announced plans to launch an electric supercar that is four times as powerful as the Tesla Roadster later this year.
The Ultimate Aero EV will feature the firms proprietary All-Electric Scalable Powertrain, the AESP, containing twin electric motors capable of an incredible 1,000 HP (735 Kw) and 800 lb-ft (1083.42 NM) of torque. According to SSC, this should enable acceleration from 0-60 mph in a breathtaking 2.5 seconds and a top speed of 208 mph.
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The car will boast a range of 150-200 miles on a single charge. Moreover, SSC’s Green division has trademarked an on-board charging system called “Charge on the Run,” which enables a 10 minute full battery recharge on a 220V service.
A new green division, known as SSC Green, Inc., will offer packaged solutions of the AESP for a range of applications, including 200 horsepower economy and midsize cars, 500 horsepower light trucks and SUVs, and up to 1,200 horsepower delivery trucks, heavy-duty equipment, buses and military vehicles.
Shelby expects to roll out its first full-scale, pre-production Ultimate Aero EV in the second quarter of 2009, with full commercial availability anticipated as early as the fourth quarter of 2009.
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Having done this calculation before:
Asumming a 50kWh battery (The same size as the Tesla- and not an unreasonable size) you would need 300 kilowatts to recharge this batter in 10 minutes (assuming the battery chemistry could handle- it can’t- it would simply explode. A supercapacitor might work but that’s still vaporware at this point). At 220 volts, that’s 1,350 AMPS (give or take). My entire house only has 200 amp service.
Even if I had 1400 amp service- I’d basically need a 3 strand wire in which each strand was over an inch thick! You’d need approximately 10/0 AWG wires!
@Mike — The vast majority of the U.S. commercial transport structure uses roads, so it’s not just some sort of regressive tax, it also helps the U.S. economy exist.
this is slightly possible if there using the new super capacitor such as what EEStor’s clames there Caps can do but then again it could vary well be BS… i hope it not , but most likely is… link to EEstor review///
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2007/09/supercapacitor-battery-could-lead-to-instant-charging-long-charge-life.ars
–1200 hp = 894 839.846 watts
–using Watts=Volts*Amps
–4067.45385 Amps needed to charge in one hour
–24404.7231 Amps needed to charge in 10 minutes
–Anyone think this is anywhere near possible out of a wall socket?!?
The ‘Electric Car’ had already been designed and manufactured in later part of 1900s, every car they had manufactured was then immediately rounded up and destroyed. Look into this situation described above done by GM, do a YouTube search of GM EV1 Electric Car.
Mike, I only have one thing to say:
Screw everyone else…when can I buy mine?!
Assuming that battery is the size of the Tesla is underestimating it. This car is larger, more powerful, and has greater range.
There is simply no way to run enough current over a 220V connection to get the job done. Adding capacitors only effects the charge rate problem with the batteries, it doesn’t reduce the current requirements. This is nonsense.
Mike, I had a jaw dropping experience reading your post. Surely you aren’t that stupid. The middle class in this country far outnumber the poor and don’t need the social programs you are espousing. We need more and better roads to improve our capability to produce new goods, not be giving more and more handouts to poor people while our country falls apart. good grief how ignorant can you be?
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Who said it had to charge from the wall anyway? I didn’t personally see anything in the article about charging from a residential wall outlet.
If the car can be charged in a matter of minutes, it would be OK to have to go to specialized charging station, similar to filling your tank at a fuel station today.