Tazzari Zero Affordable Electric Car Available in US in 2010
Italian car company Tazzari has announced plans to launch its Tazzari Zero all-electric vehicle in the North American market next year.
The all-electric 2 door super mini (video) weighs in at a tiny 542 kilograms (around 1,200 lbs), leaving it capable of achieving 100 km/h (62 mph) in a nimble 5 seconds, with a top speed of 80 km/h (50mph) (more pics after the jump).
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The car is powered by a Lithium-Iron battery pack that can be recharged via a standard mains outlet in a snail-paced 9 hours (although an optional Multifast charger enables a 6 hour full recharge or 80% charge in just 50 minutes), which will enable journeys of up to 140 kilometers (87 miles). The Zero also boasts four driving modes, including “Race,” for a “race-like” (although I’m not sure how race-like you can get at 50mph!), “Rain,” unsurprisingly for wet conditions, “Standard” for daily use and “Economy” to boost mileage per charge.
Tazzari will showcase the Zero at the Bologna International Motor Show in December in Europe. There is no news yet on a US price tag, but in Europe the Zero will cost just under 20,000 Euros ($27,000), which I have to admit sounds affordable, but perhaps not very competitive when compared with forthcoming rival offerings.
Author Update - Since 0-100 km/h (or 0-60mph) is the ’standard’ measure of acceleration I can only imagine that Tazzari have released a ‘hypothetical’ 0-60 mph time to give an indication of the levels of torque and acceleration experienced by drivers on their way to the (admittedly quite slow) top speed.
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Oofa, 50mph. So you can’t travel on a typical 65mph highway without being an absolute safety hazard to everyone else. OK, then relegated to secondary roads. But then mileage between many points is increased. What a conundrum.
27k is not what I would consider affordable. These micro cars need to see the sub 20k price range to really be taken seriously. You can’t take a 10k economy car make it electric and expect people to want to pay 3 times the price for it. Until gas hits 6+ this is going to see very limited fan-fair especially at these prices.
So it goes 0-62mph in 5 seconds, but it can only go up to 50mph at top speed? I am confused.
How do you reach 62 mph in 5 seconds if the top speed is 50 mph?
“around 1,200 lbs”
How many companies are taking the same golf cart chassis and covering it with a different skin? Make mine look like a rocket, that way at least the kids will get a thrill.
This “thing” should be on a poster with “EPIC FAIL” printed across it. Not to mention the inaccuracies in the article. News must be in short supply.
0-100 km/h (or 0-60mph)is the ’standard’ measure of acceleration. I can only imagine that Tazzari have released a ‘hypothetical’ 0-60 time to give an indication of the levels of torque and acceleration experienced drivers on their way to the (admittedly slow) top speed. Looks like the ‘error’ also arose in the source article (just click on the second link in the first paragraph). Sorry I dissapoint you so much ‘Jim’ but, given the flippant nature of your comment, I can only imagine you’re quite often disapponted.
You did your best and anyone who does their best is good enough. My apologies for touching a nerve. BTW, you know nothing about me. Bookmark removed.
You can’t be serious? 27,000 $ reasonable for a car with a 88 mile range and a top speed of 55 mph? What are you folks smoking?