Zenn Electric car

[H4MM3R]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C02Auy1M8Uk

http://www.zenncars.com/

Links to an Electric car.

[tjts1]

Very cool. I saw one in Barcelona back in the summer of 2006. I didn't even realize it was electric at the time.

I think its made in Canada.

[trebuchet03]

Wow, there's a retailer right down the road from me.... A road, with a speed limit of 45mph... Which is not legal to drive an NEV on...

Base price of $13,625 though :/

[Christopher Jordan]

Zenn got a "cease operations" order- last week I think. Canada won't allow them for some reason.

They were being sold here; I test drove one and it is terrific! But when they say 25 mph- they mean it. Pretty unnerving to have it floored and traffic is passing at 35 + mph.

Power sunroof and stereo were fun options. It is such a shame that these might disappear.

countersTrike

[basjoos]

Its aerodynamics don't look all that great, with a level roof line, open wheel wells, open wheel spokes, various stying bumps and grooves, and something hanging down underneath it (no underbody paneling?). I wonder what kind of speed and range improvement it would get with a decent aero treatment.

[H4MM3R]

Originally Posted by basjoos

Its aerodynamics don't look all that great, with a level roof line, open wheel wells, open wheel spokes, various stying bumps and grooves, and something hanging down underneath it (no underbody paneling?). I wonder what kind of speed and range improvement it would get with a decent aero treatment.

At 25mph, not that much. Now if the car was able to go 40mph or faster then aero would play a much bigger factor.

[H4MM3R]

Originally Posted by Christopher Jordan

Zenn got a "cease operations" order- last week I think. Canada won't allow them for some reason.

They were being sold here; I test drove one and it is terrific! But when they say 25 mph- they mean it. Pretty unnerving to have it floored and traffic is passing at 35 + mph.

Power sunroof and stereo were fun options. It is such a shame that these might disappear.

countersTrike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M88k6Ipp3c

[trebuchet03]

Originally Posted by H4MM3R

At 25mph, not that much. Now if the car was able to go 40mph or faster then aero would play a much bigger factor.

Sure, benefits will be more if it goes 40... But there's plenty benefit at 25. Don't believe me? Hop on a bike and tell me how much force you feel riding your bike at 25mph And a bike has but a fraction of the frontal area

All or nothing will result in the latter

[tjts1]

They could probably sell a lot more of these things if it went 40mph.

[H4MM3R]

True, there is something to gained in aero even at 25mph. However weight and rolling resistance have more of a drag then aero at speeds below 40mph. Above 40mph aero is the greatest resistance the car has to work against.