Roo Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/niss ... 2011-02-09 Looks pretty..... But will it work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Looks like a hyped up 370z. The problem with it is, although 150miles is a reasonable day to day range, I couldnt make it to the Wales run in one go, nor could we get around the route in a day as you'd have to recharge at lunch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff-r Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 The thought of all these electric cars, it's not a nice one. It will suit 95% of people who couldn't care less and would rather their car made no noise, but I would miss the noise so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Smart coupe. That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cragus Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 The thought of all these electric cars, it's not a nice one. It will suit 95% of people who couldn't care less and would rather their car made no noise, but I would miss the noise so much! You could still get the sound and just think you want need to spend hundreds on an exhaust - just select the mp3 of the exhaust sound you want to upload to your car that day! A speaker will replace the pipes - dual speakers on the zed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Electric cars don't bother me. In some ways I like the idea. The range will be the killer for years! Until you can do 500 miles between charges the success will be limited in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu350z Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Electric cars don't bother me. In some ways I like the idea. The range will be the killer for years! Until you can do 500 miles between charges the success will be limited in my opinion. +1 Range is everything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 When I think about electric cars, from the aspect of range it's a worry. But we can only has a guess, that over time the range will improve. Say or instance here. Between the big cities, can be 150-200kms with not much in between except pasture and trees. Of if one drives Auckland - Wellington, 7-8 hour drive. Electric car would be dead before even reaching the next major city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK350Z Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 More pics on PH: http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=23216 I could get behind that! The interior especially I think is great, wouldn't mind that trickling down to the Zed, even in yellow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 More pics on PH: http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=23216 I could get behind that! The interior especially I think is great, wouldn't mind that trickling down to the Zed, even in yellow! You can certainly see all the design queues from the 350z/370z in there, just "futurised". Hopefully they will continue to make good strides in interior like they did with the 370z on the next model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 more info and pics on pistonheads http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default ... ryId=23216 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilp Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Look on the brightside guys. If more day to day drivers use electrical cars then there will be a substantially large amount of petrol being unused which will mean us petrol heads can run our cars for alot more years without worry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 electric cars are a dead art form doomed to fail; they still rely on fossil fuel to produce the electricity; the only real route forward is hydrogen fuel cells, you fill up like you would with petrol and produce no harmful outputs. the other issue with electric is the charge time, yes you might at some point get a battery life of 500 miles but then you cant drive it for 12-18 hours as it has to recharge. and if its cold your mileage and battery life plummet rapidly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 And where do we get the hydrogen for the fuel cells? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrumbMC Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Its in an autocar i was reading the other day. aparently the looks were based on the 370z. the next Z car is likely to take some of its styling features. i only think electric cars will take off if they discover an alternate means of storing charge and charging quickly. i think james may said when he drove the hydrogen fuel cell honda, the car of the future must be like the car of today. our lives are built around impulsively being able to drive wherever and whenever we want to, with only short stops to take on fuel. having to plan every journey as well as making sure you leave enough time to charge it up before you next want to use it would mean a complete change in lifestyle. also so-called green cridentials about electric cars are a load of "£$% you can do a lot more to save the planet by buying locally sourced foods than you ever could by using a hybrid or electric vehicle. - this is what a family member of mine who works for english nature told me when i asked her if she despised me for buying a V6 sports coupe. The only reason that motorists get all the stick for climate change and energy consumption is because they are an easy target. so next time someone scouls at you for driving your Z. just tell them that you source all of your food locally and it is them who is destroying the planet. then you can get back on your high horse as you leave them in a cload of smoke and exhaust noise. WOW. i have gone seriousley ahh well, guess i just like ranting about clueless know-all hippes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 And where do we get the hydrogen for the fuel cells? from the hydrogen shop? where else silly currently we don't have the means to produce hydrogen in large enough quantities and cheaply; but then we don't have a hydrogen car market either, as one grows so will the other. and who ever cracks cheap production of hydrogen will be a very rich man in the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkie34 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Don't want to think how much it costs. The Nissan Leaf retails at £24k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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