I want to see what kind of tech this thing has in store, I doubt the claim years in between charging, but if so, we don’t need to worry about this guy and his 80 mpg Mustang!

Hu worlds fastest production car. Funny Genis world records says that it is the Kossingsing, There are claims that the Bently was at one time or maybe beat it not very long ago but this car is deffently not

Koenigsegg was 2 cars ago. I believe it was Koenigsegg, then the Bugatti Veyron, then the Ultimate Aero. The title for fastest is not in question.

Whether the technology to produce a 500HP electric car that only needs to be charged every couple of years is. The energy has to come from somewhere.

I will believe it when I see it. Till then this is either a grab for media attention or somebodies ill thought out pipe dream. Although if it is true, this has the potential for a lot more than just the supercar segment. The developer of this technology would be an instant billionaire with autocompanies falling all over themselves to license the tech.

Or, maybe they just stuffed a fission reactor next to the flux capacitor.

======>>Who said that it would go years in between charges??

MugenSentraKen (#4),

Same thing here.

I don’t think anyone has ever claimed more than 250 miles on a charge. I would be surprised at some advanced charging system that will get that much or more but I don’t think it would be measured in years. You’re reaching into Star Trek tech there. Come back to the early 21st century, will you?

Stop making stuff up so you can make erroneous arguments against it.

Check WCF, they said the company claims a six year charging interval.

“======>>Who said that it would go years in between charges??

Comment by MugenSentraKen, posted on July16 at 1:43 pm ”

LLN claimed in its article that it would go several years between charges on its revolutionary new batteries. They have since changed it to say “extended time between charging intervals”.

Also, on its website http://www.shelbysupercars.com/news-071208.php it claims the possibility of “The drive train under development will feature a revolutionary power source allowing for extended time between charging intervals with the possibility of several years between charging.”

Not making stuff up, just commenting on it.

928dreamer (#7 and #8),

I don’t think LLN made that claim. They only went on what was posted on the SSC site. The Site says “extended periods between charging intervals”. While iI have my doubts on this I don’t think it is impossible to accomplish something quite earth shattering if the company has the tech. Surprisingly, the technology is out there but no one seems willing to use it of even look into it. Maybe SSC is an exception.

Also you should given this source earlier. Not all of us live online searching for car info all day. Feel free to share your sources or just don’t bring it up.

“with the possibility of several years between charging.”

That’s because they expect it to be in the shop years at a time. You will charge it, drive it around, get stuck, tow it to the shop, and then let it stay there for a couple of years before you can drive it again.

Whoa, Blakkarr.
All I did was make a comment that I found it hard to believe that SSC had a technology that allowed a 500HP supercar able to go years without charging.

LLN had in its original article a quote that it could go several years between charging. It then removed this from its article and you claimed I was making it up. So, I went to SSC’s site and found the direct quote that was originally in the LLN article above.

I didn’t have the source listed in my original argument because it was originally supplied by LLN. Why they changed it I don’t know. My follow up posts were just to show that I was not making up.

Come on, I am just a car enthusiast who likes to take a few minutes out of my day to check LLN. No need to get hateful. If I make a mistake when I post I will admit it. But, I do not make stuff up or lie.

928dreamer (#11),

Sorry just a bad day here. A half dozen needless arguments and severe bouts of bad attitude aimed at me.

I won’t make anymore excuses than that.

But I never said you lied. So stop being so dramatic.

Other than that, I would think it better to just drop it before it gets nasty.

Anyway i think I have an idea of how there generation system would work. A 500hp motor can make on devil of a generator. Whatever else SSC has planned is yet to be seen.

===>>LOL beatusmongous!

Blakkarr, Thats cool. I know how bad days can be. Happens to me all the time.

Anyway, with regards to the SSC, it does state that the electric motor would produce 500 HP. That means that whatever is going to power that 500 HP motor is going to have to produce and huge amount of electricity. There is no point in having a 500 HP gas engine power a generator to in turn power a 500 HP electric motor. That would just increase inefficiencies in conversion. They are banking on some other big power source. Just curious what it could be.

It could be a new battery type that can maintain its charge if unused for long periods of time. So, if the car sits in the garage for 2 years then it potentially could be good to go without charging first. Would be curious on the total range though.

A little math goes a long way…..
500 HP * 760 watts/HP = 380,000 watts. Now the “newer” high voltage automotive electrical systems are 42 volts, so if the battery = 42 volts, it would have to supply 9047 amps to provide that kind of power, assuming 100% efficiency, which does not exist, so probably needs to supply 10,000 amps current or is a much higher voltage. I’d like to see the cables required to carry that kind of current without appreciable IR losses and self heating!

Foster1, you’re a complete idiot! The SSC ULTIMATE AERO TT is currently the fastest production car ever. Need proof?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSC_Aero
I talked about the SSC ULTIMATE AERO TT in many, past, long ago, posts, and I think LLN finally recognized it as the fastest production car in the world. Always setting the trends as usual. All the freakin haters in here who don’t like it, are obvious import humpers. America owns at everything.

“the SSC Ultimate Aero TT, is currently the fastest production car in the world, with a fastest recorded speed of 413 km/h (257 mph). This speed was reportedly achieved during tests on September 13, 2007 in West Richland, Washington, United States and verified by Guinness World Records on October 9, 2007.”

And correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe the SSC Ultimate Aero TT is built right here in Las Vegas. I know this is where they build the Cobra remake and the Series 1, but I’m not sure about the Ultimate Aero TT. I’ll have to take a trip to the LV Speedway to find out for sure.