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    Protoscar Lampo, First Drive: $1.4 Million, Solar-Powered Electric Roadster
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    06/05/09

    In reply to Protoscar Lampo, First Drive: $1.4 Million, Solar-Powered Electric Roadster
    This makes the Tesla roadster look like the bargain of the century. In a somewhat related, minor thread jack, I had the opportunity to sit in a Tesla last weekend (at Maker Faire of all places) and now I want one (the Lotus chassis and the 276 ft/lb (375 Nm) @ 0-4500 rpm are also quite attractive). Is something wrong with me?
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    06/05/09

    In reply to Protoscar Lampo, First Drive: $1.4 Million, Solar-Powered Electric Roadster
    What's with Bubble Boy?
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    06/05/09

    In reply to Protoscar Lampo, First Drive: $1.4 Million, Solar-Powered Electric Roadster
    Where the solar panels? Does anyone realize how big they would have to be to power the car for say 50 miles?


    Typically the best you can do with a solar panel is about 12 watts per square foot (maybe there better solar panels now). So just to power a 100 watt bulb for an hour would take about a square yard of panels.


    One hp requires 746 Watts. So let's say you want 20hp, it is going to take 14920 Watts. If we divide 14920/12 we get 1243 square feet of solar panel. The square root of 1243 is about 35. So you would need a 35 foot X 35 foot panel just to generate 20 hp on a perfectly bright sunny day with the sunlight at 90 degrees to the panel. When one considers the inefficiency of charging a battery, well things get even worse.......

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    Image of Wes Siler Wes Siler
    06/05/09

    @Flathead Smith: That's why they're in Tuscany, Italy.
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    06/05/09

    In reply to Protoscar Lampo, First Drive: $1.4 Million, Solar-Powered Electric Roadster
    I'm sorry, but is butt-ugly the new design criteria for a lot of these eco-friendly, pie in the sky cars???
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    06/05/09

    In reply to Protoscar Lampo, First Drive: $1.4 Million, Solar-Powered Electric Roadster
    Protosscar? I'd much rather have a Zergcar. You could grow it in your basement, fuel it by feeding it garbage and parts of the neighbours, and no-one would ever cut you off. Plus, once you've researched fast metabolism, they're rocketships.
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    06/05/09

    In reply to Protoscar Lampo, First Drive: $1.4 Million, Solar-Powered Electric Roadster
    Yeah, but how were the cupholders?
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    06/05/09

    In reply to Protoscar Lampo, First Drive: $1.4 Million, Solar-Powered Electric Roadster
    That totally looks like a car that puppets would drive. Thunderbirds are Go!
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    06/05/09

    In reply to Protoscar Lampo, First Drive: $1.4 Million, Solar-Powered Electric Roadster
    Did anyone else notice the NAF sticker?

    I'm hoping NAF is like DAF's Norwegian cousin and not what came up in my google search.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/05/09

    @franzouse: Well, it should have been aborted!
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    06/05/09

    In reply to Protoscar Lampo, First Drive: $1.4 Million, Solar-Powered Electric Roadster
    I think they should call it "Lamprey" -- you know, because that's an eel. Like electric eel. But lamprey eels are actually parasites. With special no-jaw mouth parts. Because, of course, they suck.
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    06/05/09

    In reply to Protoscar Lampo, First Drive: $1.4 Million, Solar-Powered Electric Roadster
    Wait, it's not based on a Lotus platform? What kind of EV is this?
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    06/05/09

    @KTown_WhiteBoy: I know, i thought having an Elise underneath was prerequisite for electric power.
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    06/05/09

    @KTown_WhiteBoy: +1
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    06/05/09

    In reply to Protoscar Lampo, First Drive: $1.4 Million, Solar-Powered Electric Roadster
    Solar powered? Oh I feel a Vampire uprising coming on. Better not cross post this to Bloodcopy.
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    06/05/09

    @Jo Schmo: You know .357 will deliver the hearty for that one...
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    06/05/09

    @Jake the Mascot: Sorry to break it to you, but...[bloodcopy.com]
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    06/05/09

    In reply to Protoscar Lampo, First Drive: $1.4 Million, Solar-Powered Electric Roadster
    You gotta hand it to those Norwegian marketing guys: saying this car is solar-powered is ingenuously deceptive.
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    06/05/09

    @franzouse: Yup. They just hooked it up to solar panels to charge it.


    If you want to get technical, then, the V8 in my car drinks liquid dinosaur, and those dinosaurs were plant-eaters or plant-eater-eaters way back in the day. And those plants were solar-powered! So my V8 is solar-powered. *nods*

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    06/05/09

    @EidolWays: Your vicious display of logic-fu has earned you a heart-click.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/05/09

    @evoCS-Hench-Minion at *location CLASSIFIED*: He got one from me for his name.
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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    06/05/09

    In reply to Protoscar Lampo, First Drive: $1.4 Million, Solar-Powered Electric Roadster
    Sounds like a total piece of shit.


    Solar-powered? Seriously?


    Whats next? Hydroponic?


    You can't even smoke it.

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    06/05/09

    @wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx:
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    06/05/09

    @1000songs: testing...
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    06/05/09

    @wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: I think I could smoke this. In my NA 244.
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