Think I spotted the First ever Electric Elise Sportscar?
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Hey guys some information if anyone can help on the history of this Elise I saw in my local curry house in the midlands at the weekend.
Rumour has it its the first ever electric sports car produced?
If its anyones on here aswell I wish i had of spoke to you regarding the car, really liked the 3 pin plug for an exhaust....
thanks in advance.
Rumour has it its the first ever electric sports car produced?
If its anyones on here aswell I wish i had of spoke to you regarding the car, really liked the 3 pin plug for an exhaust....
thanks in advance.
Pixel-Snapper said:
Hey guys some information if anyone can help on the history of this Elise I saw in my local curry house in the midlands at the weekend.
Rumour has it its the first ever electric sports car produced?
If its anyones on here aswell I wish i had of spoke to you regarding the car, really liked the 3 pin plug for an exhaust....
thanks in advance.
Just another way for Bell & Colvill to 'plug' their company!! See what I did there? a, a, a, do you get it?
Rumour has it its the first ever electric sports car produced?
If its anyones on here aswell I wish i had of spoke to you regarding the car, really liked the 3 pin plug for an exhaust....
thanks in advance.
Just another way for Bell & Colvill to 'plug' their company!! See what I did there? a, a, a, do you get it?
bebee said:
Pixel-Snapper said:
Hey guys some information if anyone can help on the history of this Elise I saw in my local curry house in the midlands at the weekend.
Rumour has it its the first ever electric sports car produced?
If its anyones on here aswell I wish i had of spoke to you regarding the car, really liked the 3 pin plug for an exhaust....
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thanks in advance.
Just another way for Bell & Colvill to 'plug' their company!! See what I did there? a, a, a, do you get it?
Rumour has it its the first ever electric sports car produced?
If its anyones on here aswell I wish i had of spoke to you regarding the car, really liked the 3 pin plug for an exhaust....
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thanks in advance.
Just another way for Bell & Colvill to 'plug' their company!! See what I did there? a, a, a, do you get it?
It appears to be this: http://www.evalbum.com/1454
Zytec did an electric S1 around the time it was launched, no idea if it ever escaped the factory though.
http://www.sandsmuseum.com/cars/elise/information/...
AdrianR
Zytec did an electric S1 around the time it was launched, no idea if it ever escaped the factory though.
http://www.sandsmuseum.com/cars/elise/information/...
AdrianR
Edited by AdrianR on Wednesday 8th July 13:59
AdrianR said:
It appears to be this: http://www.evalbum.com/1454
Zytec did an electric S1 around the time it was launched, no idea if it ever escaped the factory though.
http://www.sandsmuseum.com/cars/elise/information/...
AdrianR
Thanks for that Adrian,Zytec did an electric S1 around the time it was launched, no idea if it ever escaped the factory though.
http://www.sandsmuseum.com/cars/elise/information/...
AdrianR
Edited by AdrianR on Wednesday 8th July 13:59
It has the guys email address and says his from leicestershire so my neck of the woods, going to drop him an email.
Cheers for the help seems that it was quite a rare spot then.
Pixel-Snapper said:
AdrianR said:
It appears to be this: http://www.evalbum.com/1454
Zytec did an electric S1 around the time it was launched, no idea if it ever escaped the factory though.
http://www.sandsmuseum.com/cars/elise/information/...
AdrianR
Thanks for that Adrian,Zytec did an electric S1 around the time it was launched, no idea if it ever escaped the factory though.
http://www.sandsmuseum.com/cars/elise/information/...
AdrianR
Edited by AdrianR on Wednesday 8th July 13:59
It has the guys email address and says his from leicestershire so my neck of the woods, going to drop him an email.
Cheers for the help seems that it was quite a rare spot then.
I've cross posted it on Seloc, and nobody seems to have seen it before - I just can't believe the owner has managed to keep it so quiet! (Oh, dammit! That's another pun, isn't it?!)
Pixel-Snapper said:
we couldnt quite believe it either when it pulling to the curry house with Electric Elise plasterd down the side.....said to my cousin "ive just seen an electric elise pull in the car park" he said "what a tesler?" me "NO an electric elise!!!!"
So you actually saw it moving?
Pixel-Snapper said:
Thanks for that Adrian,
It has the guys email address and says his from leicestershire so my neck of the woods, going to drop him an email.
Cheers for the help seems that it was quite a rare spot then.
Did you get in touch? The owner has replied to someone on Seloc...It has the guys email address and says his from leicestershire so my neck of the woods, going to drop him an email.
Cheers for the help seems that it was quite a rare spot then.
Take a look if you can: http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=224530&...
Pixel-Snapper said:
Hi Mrs Sumner
No didnt get a chance to pop an email to the address on that website if i get a chance today I will.
You cannot view that forum without being a member im affraid.
Thanks for the help
Matt
You don't have to pay to be a member though. You can just sign up.No didnt get a chance to pop an email to the address on that website if i get a chance today I will.
You cannot view that forum without being a member im affraid.
Thanks for the help
Matt
Dropped off a email to the address on the website yesturday but no word as yet.
Heard back from the owner yesturday.
Its his own project which was finished a few months ago and uses it everyday for a 30mile round trip to work.
"I read about the Tesla a couple of years ago and though "I want one of those" but the price was way too high so I decided to do some research and here it is..
Luckily, I am an industrial electrician by trade who has fiddled with cars and bikes for years (you need to have a good understanding of high voltages as the car runs on 320vDC).
It was a bit scary when ripping the engine and associated controls out of a perfectly good car as there was no way they were going back in again.
I also own an M3 but vastly prefer the Elise as it is much more fun to drive. It doesn't yet have high acelleration due to the LiFePO4 cells limiting current, but it is quick up to about 50mph which beats all cars away from the lights (no gears or clutch needed as I drive it in third) with a top speed at the moment of 80mph.
It actually acellerates linearly like an aircraft taking off.
The car is still under development though and my next addition will probably be a bank of super capacitors (supercaps), which will have no limit to current drain to give me the acelleration I am looking for".
Heard back from the owner yesturday.
Its his own project which was finished a few months ago and uses it everyday for a 30mile round trip to work.
"I read about the Tesla a couple of years ago and though "I want one of those" but the price was way too high so I decided to do some research and here it is..
Luckily, I am an industrial electrician by trade who has fiddled with cars and bikes for years (you need to have a good understanding of high voltages as the car runs on 320vDC).
It was a bit scary when ripping the engine and associated controls out of a perfectly good car as there was no way they were going back in again.
I also own an M3 but vastly prefer the Elise as it is much more fun to drive. It doesn't yet have high acelleration due to the LiFePO4 cells limiting current, but it is quick up to about 50mph which beats all cars away from the lights (no gears or clutch needed as I drive it in third) with a top speed at the moment of 80mph.
It actually acellerates linearly like an aircraft taking off.
The car is still under development though and my next addition will probably be a bank of super capacitors (supercaps), which will have no limit to current drain to give me the acelleration I am looking for".
Edited by Pixel-Snapper on Monday 13th July 09:12
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