Here's a great little note just forwarded to us from Ken Muir, Applied Materials to Paul Scott at PluginAmerica.org:
Hi Paul,
Rick Woodbury dropped by Applied Materials yesterday at the request of our manufacturing engineer, William Sallai.
Rick designed, engineered and builds the Tango. George Clooney purchased one a while back.
Bill and I both got to drive this little rocket for about 10 minutes each. I went zero to 90 in about 9 seconds! The looks I was getting from drivers around me were amazing - mostly slack jawed, wondering how in the world that little car was going that fast without making hardly any noise.
According to Rick the Tango produces 1000 ft lbs of torque at zero RPM and I believe him. When I stomped on the accelerator I was smacked to the seat like a bug on a windshield. After the first few seconds, it kicks into second gear and plasters you back into the seat, (where it seems to like to keep you) like the second stage of a rocket just went off. What a blast!
Rick's goal is to produce thousands of these super clean, super fast little cars to get the price down to where just about anyone can afford to own one.
Regards,
Ken Muir
Applied Materials
Quality Manager - Glass Coating Products
Energy & Environmental Solutions Group
Fairfield, Ca.
Popular Post
-
V12 / 5.999 cc / 725 PS / 490 ft/lb (665 Nm) @ 6.500 / 0 - 62 mph (100 km/h): 3,3 s / Vmax: 208+ mph (335+ km/h) (click images for a large...
-
The world is a wonderful, jacked-up place. I'd like to share what I see with you. This may be direct. This may be a life lesson learned ...
-
I love stories that can't possibly be true but they ARE! And I love sharing those stories with friends and family. And I'd like to s...
-
V8 / 4.973 cc / 231 PS / 288 ft/lb (390 Nm) @ 3.750 / 0 - 62 mph (100 km/h): 7,5 s / Vmax: 143 mph (230 km/h) (click images for a larger vie...
-
V8 / 3.999 cc / 420 PS / 295 lb/ft (400 Nm) @ 3.900 / 0 - 62 mph (100 km/h): 4,8 s / Vmax: 155 mph (250 km/h) / Limited Edition only for the...
-
Pix of some new LeMans Miniatures accessories.
-
Went to check-out my phone line today because a few days back, TM had sent someone to connect my line but somehow the wall socket in my hous...
-
In Congressional testimony last week, Alan Mullaly, head of Ford, committed the company to developing plug-in cars. Next month at the North...
-
I don't know why but this Arab Kid Bike Drifting video is really funny.
-
Here are some new pieces of the puzzle that is the 2014 model year Mazda6 , and more specifically, fresh photos of the station wagon variant...
No comments:
Post a Comment