Eliica electric car Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:28:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Porsche 911 Turbo Beaten by Eliica EV in Japanese Drag Race https://www.greenoptimistic.com/porsche-911-turbo-eliica-ev-20100607/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/porsche-911-turbo-eliica-ev-20100607/#respond Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:28:31 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7905 Remember the Eliica electric car? This ugly 2.4-ton Japanese vehicle is shown how it does a Porsche 911 Turbo. The Porsche hangs in with the Eliica up to 95 km/h, but it's left more than 2 seconds behind when the EV reaches 150 km/h.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/porsche-911-turbo-eliica-ev-20100607/feed/ 0 7905 Eliica – Eight Wheeled Electric Car Trying To Beat The Speed Record https://www.greenoptimistic.com/eliica-eight-wheels-electric-car-speed-record-20090111/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/eliica-eight-wheels-electric-car-speed-record-20090111/#respond Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:19:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1486 A team of Japanese technicians from Keio University have built two electric cars trying to beat the speed record on such vehicles. Each of the cars with a bizarre design, has eight wheels and is powered by Lithium-Ion batteries. Each of the eight wheels is driven by an 80 hp electric motor.

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