--- Lee Hart <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
[email protected] wrote:
> > Lee, could you lay out exactly what your longterm
> gameplan is with the
> > Solectria?
>
> I've done it before, but can outline it again.
>
> The goal is to produce a refined and comfortable
> family sedan, like a
> Toyota Camry or Honda Accord. A four-passenger car
> that is comfortable,
> quiet, reliable, economical, and can be used for all
> your daily driving
> and commuting.
>
> But it's electric. Designed from the ground up as an
> electric car (not a
> conversion), so it can achieve much better range and
> performance. We're
> designing for a range of 100 miles and 0-60 mph in 8
> seconds, on
> ordinary lead-acid batteries.
>
> But we're designing it as a kit car, to avoid the
> cost and regulatory
> hurdles of setting up a major auto company. The
> model is the
> experimental aircraft industry, where people
> routinely build high
> performance aircraft from kits that require minimal
> assembly, yet are
> far better than anything you can buy as a finished
> product.
>
> Initially, we will be offering plans, so that a
> determined person can
> build one from scratch, just like what we are doing
> now.
>
> Farther along, we will offer major parts (such as
> the composite body and
> chassis) as finished parts. You buy a donor car
> (1989-1997 Ford
> Thunderbird or Mercury Cougar) for the drive train
> parts, and bolt them
> onto the chassis. You add the motor, controller, and
> batteries of your
> choice, plus an interior to suit your tastes.
>
> Later, we want to offer as complete a kit as
> possible, so a builder only
> needs a basic set of tools and a place to work.
>
> Eventually, we may even have dealers that can
> assemble a car for you,
> for those who want a "turn key" solution. But that
> will be years off.
>
> --
> Ring the bells that still can ring
> Forget the perfect offering
> There is a crack in everything
> That's how the light gets in -- Leonard Cohen
> --
> Lee A. Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377,
> leeahart_at_earthlink.net
>
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