Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out

Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out

* w w w .cnn . com /2008/TECH/05/03/electric.car.ap/index.html

> The car goes from 0 to 60 mph in just under four seconds and tops out at 125 mph. It goes 225 miles on one charge and can be fully recharged in 3½ hours, which Tesla officials say should allow most people to drive it to work and back and recharge it at night like a cell phone.

Re: Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out

On Mon, 05 May 2008 08:11:50 +0000, Alexander Rogge
<a rogge@yahoo . com > wrote:

> * w w w .cnn . com /2008/TECH/05/03/electric.car.ap/index.html
>
>> The car goes from 0 to 60 mph in just under four seconds and tops
>out at 125 mph. It goes 225 miles on one charge and can be fully
>recharged in 3½ hours

Sounds like the ideal commuter car. However, for the same price, I
could buy myself a ZR-1. Guess which one I'm choosing?

Let me know when the price drops by 2/3.
--
Proud to be a wreckless driver.

Re: Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out


"Scott in SoCal" <scottenaztlan@yahoo . com > wrote in message
news:lv3u14h03u5cmn1r4mkhtvq6qqil74si5p@4ax . com ...
> On Mon, 05 May 2008 08:11:50 +0000, Alexander Rogge
> <a_rogge@yahoo . com > wrote:
>
>> * w w w .cnn . com /2008/TECH/05/03/electric.car.ap/index.html
>>
>>> The car goes from 0 to 60 mph in just under four seconds and tops
>>out at 125 mph. It goes 225 miles on one charge and can be fully
>>recharged in 3½ hours
>
> Sounds like the ideal commuter car. However, for the same price, I
> could buy myself a ZR-1. Guess which one I'm choosing?
>
> Let me know when the price drops by 2/3.
> --
> Proud to be a wreckless driver.

<shaking head that there are still people out there buying GM's crap>

- B

Re: Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out

On Mon, 5 May 2008 23:15:32 -0500, "Bill" <you.gotta@be.kidding>
wrote:

>
>"Scott in SoCal" <scottenaztlan@yahoo . com > wrote in message
>news:lv3u14h03u5cmn1r4mkhtvq6qqil74si5p@4ax . com ...
>> On Mon, 05 May 2008 08:11:50 +0000, Alexander Rogge
>> <a rogge@yahoo . com > wrote:
>>
>>> * w w w .cnn . com /2008/TECH/05/03/electric.car.ap/index.html
>>>
>>>> The car goes from 0 to 60 mph in just under four seconds and tops
>>>out at 125 mph. It goes 225 miles on one charge and can be fully
>>>recharged in 3½ hours
>>
>> Sounds like the ideal commuter car. However, for the same price, I
>> could buy myself a ZR-1. Guess which one I'm choosing?

><shaking head that there are still people out there buying GM's crap>

#1 It's orders of magnitude better than Ford's crap.
#2 Show me a Japanese car with 400 HP that sells for the Corvette's
base price. Or a German car with 638 HP that will cost me less than a
ZR-1.
--
Proud to be a wreckless driver.

Re: Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out

On 2008-05-06, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan@yahoo . com > wrote:

> #1 It's orders of magnitude better than Ford's crap.

Not general product line to general product line. The corvette is an
exception to the GM rule and you know it.

> #2 Show me a Japanese car with 400 HP that sells for the Corvette's
> base price. Or a German car with 638 HP that will cost me less than a
> ZR-1.

I encountered an asshat in GT500 sunday... too bad the battries had gone
dead in the camera. Guy couldn't drive it.

Re: Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out

On Tue, 06 May 2008 11:19:51 -0500, Brent P
<tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo . com > wrote:

>On 2008-05-06, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan@yahoo . com > wrote:
>
>> #1 It's orders of magnitude better than Ford's crap.
>
>Not general product line to general product line. The corvette is an
>exception to the GM rule and you know it.
>
>> #2 Show me a Japanese car with 400 HP that sells for the Corvette's
>> base price. Or a German car with 638 HP that will cost me less than a
>> ZR-1.
>
>I encountered an asshat in GT500 sunday... too bad the battries had gone
>dead in the camera. Guy couldn't drive it.

Invest in a cigarette lighter power cord. :)
--
Proud to be a wreckless driver.

Re: Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out

On 2008-05-07, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan@yahoo . com > wrote:
> On Tue, 06 May 2008 11:19:51 -0500, Brent P
><tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo . com > wrote:
>
>>On 2008-05-06, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan@yahoo . com > wrote:
>>
>>> #1 It's orders of magnitude better than Ford's crap.
>>
>>Not general product line to general product line. The corvette is an
>>exception to the GM rule and you know it.
>>
>>> #2 Show me a Japanese car with 400 HP that sells for the Corvette's
>>> base price. Or a German car with 638 HP that will cost me less than a
>>> ZR-1.
>>
>>I encountered an asshat in GT500 sunday... too bad the battries had gone
>>dead in the camera. Guy couldn't drive it.
>
> Invest in a cigarette lighter power cord. :)

It's not a 12V camera. It runs on 3V DC. I don't feel like making a
transformer for it.

Re: Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out

On May 6, 10:05 pm, Brent P <tetraethylleadREMOVET...@yahoo . com >
wrote:
> On 2008-05-07, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt...@yahoo . com > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Tue, 06 May 2008 11:19:51 -0500, Brent P
> ><tetraethylleadREMOVET...@yahoo . com > wrote:
>
> >>On 2008-05-06, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt...@yahoo . com > wrote:
>
> >>> #1 It's orders of magnitude better than Ford's crap.
>
> >>Not general product line to general product line. The corvette is an
> >>exception to the GM rule and you know it.
>
> >>> #2 Show me a Japanese car with 400 HP that sells for the Corvette's
> >>> base price. Or a German car with 638 HP that will cost me less than a
> >>> ZR-1.
>
> >>I encountered an asshat in GT500 sunday... too bad the battries had gone=

> >>dead in the camera. Guy couldn't drive it.
>
> > Invest in a cigarette lighter power cord. :)
>
> It's not a 12V camera. It runs on 3V DC. I don't feel like making a
> transformer for it.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I'm sure a store which sells your model of camera would have an
adapter available for use in a cigarette lighter. I was able to get
one for mine. It shouldn't burn you for more than $20.

Re: Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out

On 2008-05-07, MLOM <grvan@netzero . net > wrote:
> On May 6, 10:05 pm, Brent P <tetraethylleadREMOVET...@yahoo . com >
> wrote:
>> On 2008-05-07, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt...@yahoo . com > wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Tue, 06 May 2008 11:19:51 -0500, Brent P
>> ><tetraethylleadREMOVET...@yahoo . com > wrote:
>>
>> >>On 2008-05-06, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt...@yahoo . com > wrote:
>>
>> >>> #1 It's orders of magnitude better than Ford's crap.
>>
>> >>Not general product line to general product line. The corvette is an
>> >>exception to the GM rule and you know it.
>>
>> >>> #2 Show me a Japanese car with 400 HP that sells for the Corvette's
>> >>> base price. Or a German car with 638 HP that will cost me less than a
>> >>> ZR-1.
>>
>> >>I encountered an asshat in GT500 sunday... too bad the battries had gone
>> >>dead in the camera. Guy couldn't drive it.
>>
>> > Invest in a cigarette lighter power cord. :)
>>
>> It's not a 12V camera. It runs on 3V DC. I don't feel like making a
>> transformer for it.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> I'm sure a store which sells your model of camera would have an
> adapter available for use in a cigarette lighter. I was able to get
> one for mine. It shouldn't burn you for more than $20.

The camera was a cheap one I got on amazon. It doesn't have a power
jack. To power it from the car I would have to make it. It's not that
difficult of a project, but the rechargable batteries have worked for
the most part. It just seems when I lose track of replacing them and
they go dead that's when something happens. Same with when the memory
fills up or I forget to bring it.

Although those u-tube videos scott linked the other day have a lot of
stuff I don't even consider worth saving.

Re: Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out



Brent P wrote:

> SoCal <scottenaztlan@yahoo . com > wrote:
> >Brent P wrote:
> >> Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan@yahoo . com > wrote:
> >>
> >>> #1 It's orders of magnitude better than Ford's crap.
> >>
> >>Not general product line to general product line. The corvette is an
> >>exception to the GM rule and you know it.
> >>
> >>> #2 Show me a Japanese car with 400 HP that sells for the Corvette's
> >>> base price. Or a German car with 638 HP that will cost me less than a
> >>> ZR-1.
> >>
> >>I encountered an asshat in GT500 sunday... too bad the battries had gone
> >>dead in the camera. Guy couldn't drive it.
> >
> > Invest in a cigarette lighter power cord. :)
>
> It's not a 12V camera. It runs on 3V DC. I don't feel like making a
> transformer for it.

Transformers don't work on DC anyway !

Graham

Re: Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out

On 2008-05-07, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail . com > wrote:
>
>
> Brent P wrote:
>
>> SoCal <scottenaztlan@yahoo . com > wrote:
>> >Brent P wrote:
>> >> Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan@yahoo . com > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> #1 It's orders of magnitude better than Ford's crap.
>> >>
>> >>Not general product line to general product line. The corvette is an
>> >>exception to the GM rule and you know it.
>> >>
>> >>> #2 Show me a Japanese car with 400 HP that sells for the Corvette's
>> >>> base price. Or a German car with 638 HP that will cost me less than a
>> >>> ZR-1.
>> >>
>> >>I encountered an asshat in GT500 sunday... too bad the battries had gone
>> >>dead in the camera. Guy couldn't drive it.
>> >
>> > Invest in a cigarette lighter power cord. :)
>>
>> It's not a 12V camera. It runs on 3V DC. I don't feel like making a
>> transformer for it.
>
> Transformers don't work on DC anyway !

Shove your semantic nit-pick up your ass. Transformer and converter are
often used interchangeably.

So much so... that... * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Converter
""voltage converter", another name for electromagnetic transformer"

* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_converter
"A voltage converter or a power supply may be called a "transformer"
even if it does not contain an actual transformer as the term is used in
electronics."

* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer
* w w w .thomasnet . com /products/transformers-dc-to-dc-87060307-1.html
* w w w .powerdesigners . com /InfoWeb/design_center/articles/DC-DC/converter.shtm

Re: Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out

On Wed, 07 May 2008 07:45:58 -0500, Brent P
<tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo . com > wrote:

>On 2008-05-07, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail . com > wrote:
>>
>>
>> Brent P wrote:
>>
>>> SoCal <scottenaztlan@yahoo . com > wrote:
>>> >Brent P wrote:
>>> >> Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan@yahoo . com > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> #1 It's orders of magnitude better than Ford's crap.
>>> >>
>>> >>Not general product line to general product line. The corvette is an
>>> >>exception to the GM rule and you know it.
>>> >>
>>> >>> #2 Show me a Japanese car with 400 HP that sells for the Corvette's
>>> >>> base price. Or a German car with 638 HP that will cost me less than a
>>> >>> ZR-1.
>>> >>
>>> >>I encountered an asshat in GT500 sunday... too bad the battries had gone
>>> >>dead in the camera. Guy couldn't drive it.
>>> >
>>> > Invest in a cigarette lighter power cord. :)
>>>
>>> It's not a 12V camera. It runs on 3V DC. I don't feel like making a
>>> transformer for it.
>>
>> Transformers don't work on DC anyway !
>
>Shove your semantic nit-pick up your ass. Transformer and converter are
>often used interchangeably.
>
>So much so... that... * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Converter
>""voltage converter", another name for electromagnetic transformer"
>
> * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_converter
>"A voltage converter or a power supply may be called a "transformer"
>even if it does not contain an actual transformer as the term is used in
>electronics."

Looks like Brent has more electronics knowledge than meets the eye. :)
:) :)
--
Proud to be a wreckless driver.

Re: Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out



Scott in SoCal wrote:

> Brent P wrote:
> > Eeyore wrote:
> >> Brent P wrote:
> >>> SoCal <scottenaztlan@yahoo . com > wrote:
> >>> >Brent P wrote:
> >>> >> Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan@yahoo . com > wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >>> #1 It's orders of magnitude better than Ford's crap.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>Not general product line to general product line. The corvette is an
> >>> >>exception to the GM rule and you know it.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>> #2 Show me a Japanese car with 400 HP that sells for the Corvette's
> >>> >>> base price. Or a German car with 638 HP that will cost me less than a
> >>> >>> ZR-1.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>I encountered an asshat in GT500 sunday... too bad the battries had gone
> >>> >>dead in the camera. Guy couldn't drive it.
> >>> >
> >>> > Invest in a cigarette lighter power cord. :)
> >>>
> >>> It's not a 12V camera. It runs on 3V DC. I don't feel like making a
> >>> transformer for it.
> >>
> >> Transformers don't work on DC anyway !
> >
> >Shove your semantic nit-pick up your ass. Transformer and converter are
> >often used interchangeably.
> >
> >So much so... that... * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Converter
> >""voltage converter", another name for electromagnetic transformer"
> >
> > * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_converter
> >"A voltage converter or a power supply may be called a "transformer"
> >even if it does not contain an actual transformer as the term is used in
> >electronics."
>
> Looks like Brent has more electronics knowledge than meets the eye. :)
> :) :)

Shame he doesn't use it then !

The idea that a 'transformer' can be used on DC is total fuckwittery. But then
again we westerners don't give a shit for real knowledge, education or skill any
more. This is why the Asians are taking over world manufacturing of course as we
dumb ourselves down into some form of ignorant bliss.

Graham

Re: Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out

On 2008-05-08, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail . com > wrote:
>
>
> Scott in SoCal wrote:
>
>> Brent P wrote:
>> > Eeyore wrote:
>> >> Brent P wrote:
>> >>> SoCal <scottenaztlan@yahoo . com > wrote:
>> >>> >Brent P wrote:
>> >>> >> Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan@yahoo . com > wrote:
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>> #1 It's orders of magnitude better than Ford's crap.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>Not general product line to general product line. The corvette is an
>> >>> >>exception to the GM rule and you know it.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>> #2 Show me a Japanese car with 400 HP that sells for the Corvette's
>> >>> >>> base price. Or a German car with 638 HP that will cost me less than a
>> >>> >>> ZR-1.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>I encountered an asshat in GT500 sunday... too bad the battries had gone
>> >>> >>dead in the camera. Guy couldn't drive it.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Invest in a cigarette lighter power cord. :)
>> >>>
>> >>> It's not a 12V camera. It runs on 3V DC. I don't feel like making a
>> >>> transformer for it.
>> >>
>> >> Transformers don't work on DC anyway !
>> >
>> >Shove your semantic nit-pick up your ass. Transformer and converter are
>> >often used interchangeably.
>> >
>> >So much so... that... * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Converter
>> >""voltage converter", another name for electromagnetic transformer"
>> >
>> > * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_converter
>> >"A voltage converter or a power supply may be called a "transformer"
>> >even if it does not contain an actual transformer as the term is used in
>> >electronics."
>>
>> Looks like Brent has more electronics knowledge than meets the eye. :)
>> :) :)
>
> Shame he doesn't use it then !
>
> The idea that a 'transformer' can be used on DC is total fuckwittery. But then
> again we westerners don't give a shit for real knowledge, education or skill any
> more. This is why the Asians are taking over world manufacturing of course as we
> dumb ourselves down into some form of ignorant bliss.

You know what the fuck was meant by it, and it's common fucking usage as
I proved. Why don't you go torch a speed camera or something useful like
that?

And if you think the 'asians' are exacting in their language of
describing parts, sub-assemblies and other components you've never dealt
with them.

The reason 'the asians' are 'taking over world manufacturing' is because
other than Japan (where things are done well for the most part, but
with their own style as with europe or the US) they are exploiting cheap
labor and cutting corners. People laughed at me when I said that over a
decade ago. When their dog dies of kidney failure from a classic Chinese
material subsitution in the dog food they are all up in arms.

Re: Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out

On Thu, 08 May 2008 03:15:58 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail . com > wrote:

>
>
>Scott in SoCal wrote:
>
>> Brent P wrote:
>> > Eeyore wrote:
>> >> Brent P wrote:
>> >>> SoCal <scottenaztlan@yahoo . com > wrote:
>> >>> >Brent P wrote:
>> >>> >> Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan@yahoo . com > wrote:
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>> #1 It's orders of magnitude better than Ford's crap.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>Not general product line to general product line. The corvette is an
>> >>> >>exception to the GM rule and you know it.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>> #2 Show me a Japanese car with 400 HP that sells for the Corvette's
>> >>> >>> base price. Or a German car with 638 HP that will cost me less than a
>> >>> >>> ZR-1.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>I encountered an asshat in GT500 sunday... too bad the battries had gone
>> >>> >>dead in the camera. Guy couldn't drive it.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Invest in a cigarette lighter power cord. :)
>> >>>
>> >>> It's not a 12V camera. It runs on 3V DC. I don't feel like making a
>> >>> transformer for it.
>> >>
>> >> Transformers don't work on DC anyway !
>> >
>> >Shove your semantic nit-pick up your ass. Transformer and converter are
>> >often used interchangeably.
>> >
>> >So much so... that... * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Converter
>> >""voltage converter", another name for electromagnetic transformer"
>> >
>> > * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_converter
>> >"A voltage converter or a power supply may be called a "transformer"
>> >even if it does not contain an actual transformer as the term is used in
>> >electronics."
>>
>> Looks like Brent has more electronics knowledge than meets the eye. :)
>> :) :)
>
>Shame he doesn't use it then !
>
>The idea that a 'transformer' can be used on DC is total fuckwittery.

It gets the idea across.

Stop being such a nitpicker.
--
Proud to be a wreckless driver.