Re: The Electric Car

>>Toyota is coming out with a Lithium-based car in the near future. >> >>I think the first car to ever hit 100 MPH was electric. >>

Doubtful with lead-acid cells.

>There was a news segment done recently on an electric cycle, the >>machine gets up to 150 MPH and does 0-60 in 1 second. That's pretty >>violent acceleration, on par with fighter jets and rockets. > > Roughly 3G. Must be hard on tires. >

Above 1G any RWD vehicle will lift the front. 2G would be suicide.

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Eric Gisin
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Don't fuel dragsters break 1G?

This site claims 3.3:

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and they are definitely rear-wheel drive.

John

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John Larkin

There ARE ways now I am thinking about it. dragsters have a weighted front end on a long arm and a LOW center of mass. so I stand corrected.

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bill

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