dshupp
05-06-2008, 09:59 AM
ZENN motors announced a highway capable car which can go 80mph, 250 miles per charge and can be recharged in as little as 5 minutes (presumably using special equipment). It is called the citiZENN. The new ultracapacitor energy storage technology comes from EEStor. If the claims they make about the ultracapacitor are true, it would be a game-changing energy alternative for cars and other uses, and would likely spur pure electric vehicles rather than hybrids or extended range hybrids.:D
http://www.zenncars.com
- David
efusco
05-06-2008, 10:05 AM
Target availability Fall '09
Pretty sketchy/vague info on the site.
MetrologyFirst
05-06-2008, 10:25 AM
Just another in a long line of wannabes.
I'll believe it when I see a fully legal U.S. version; with the required warranty.
efusco
05-06-2008, 10:29 AM
Just another in a long line of wannabes.
I'll believe it when I see a fully legal U.S. version; with the required warranty.
I know what you mean...PLEASE, someone, put something on the road....!
Jason M. Hendler
05-06-2008, 10:35 AM
The news of this ZENN has been out there for awhile, but we've seen little in the way of its progress to market. I sincerely hope they deliver, but achieving what Tesla has achieved is extremely rare, so I will just have to keep my fingers crossed.
jrigg
05-06-2008, 10:39 AM
http://www.zenncars.com/swf/pdf/ZENN_08Specifications.pdf
0-20mph in 5.7 seconds?
0-25mpg in 9.2 seconds??
No other speeds listed, so it looks like it has a maximum speed of 25mph.
Range: Approximately 30-50 miles (quite a range in range)
Not quite ready for prime time.
Of course, the capacitors mentioned by the original poster will go into their freeway-legal model, but I'll have to search the website for that information; haven't found it yet.
efusco
05-06-2008, 10:45 AM
http://www.zenncars.com/swf/pdf/ZENN_08Specifications.pdf
0-20mph in 5.7 seconds?
0-25mpg in 9.2 seconds??
No other speeds listed, so it looks like it has a maximum speed of 25mph.
Range: Approximately 30-50 miles (quite a range in range)
Not quite ready for prime time.
Of course, the capacitors mentioned by the original poster will go into their freeway-legal model, but I'll have to search the website for that information; haven't found it yet.
Thats the currently available Zenn...a NEV.
On the main page theres a link in the middle bottom for the City Zenn being referred to...not that it says much.