E-Car

An odd looking three-wheeler, Zap Alias starting price at $30,000 is a two-passenger vehicle with a top-speed of over 100 mph and a range of at least 150 miles per charge. Power to the two seaters comes from two in-wheel motors .

Detroit Electric , the US-China JV that will manufacture and distribute this EV, the officials look forward to bringing new vehicle technologies to market, and new manufacturing jobs to California by 2009.

Its specification:

- Peak Power – 320 Horsepower (240 kW) total
-Peak Torque –557.52 lb/ft(756 Nm)
- Max Revs - 2100 rpm
- Water cooled
0 – 60 mph (96.56 Km/h) in 5.7seconds,
- Vehicle kern mass: 1612.6 lbs (733 kg)

Tesla Roadster develops a peak torque of 200lb-ft from 0 rpm to about 6,000rpm. Its XTrac two speed gear-box would have provided additional torque multiplication in low gear to help achieve the four-second 0-60mph time, with second gear allowing the car run up to 135mph.

Price at $100,000, this all-electric sports car cruise about 250 miles at a stretch. With a 220-volt, 70-amp charger made by Tesla that is hard-wired into your garage, the roadster will go from flat to flat-out in 3.5 hours. The car will be offered with a cord and a conventional 120-volt wall plug, should you be away from home, but charging time stretches to 33 hours.
The Tesla has a three-phase, 248-hp motor with a 13,500-rpm redline.