Questions That Need Asking

Forbes.com (Sep 7 2009)

1. Ian Wright, one of the original forces behind the all-electric Tesla sports car, has turned lots of heads lately because his latest electric car prototype can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 2.9 seconds. He estimates the cost of building one of his cars is about $150,000, but the vehicle accelerates faster than cars costing several times that amount. In fact, it can beat any production car off the starting line except the $1.7 million Bugatti Veyron, which is 0.3 seconds quicker but so inefficient that its fuel consumption at full throttle is measured in gallons per mile. Wright's car, in contrast, gets the equivalent of 170 mpg. (Read Full Article)

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