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10-19-2011, 04:31 PM
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#1 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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| Electric Version of DeLorean in the works!
Quote: Back to the Future goes electric
The DeLorean Motor Co. announced it will launch an all-electric version of its Back to the Future gull-winged car in 2013, but aficionados are debating whether or not it will fly.
Texas-based DeLorean has partnered with Epic EV (and its sister battery company Flux Power) to bring to market the prototype DMC-12 EV, with a top speed of 125 mph driven by a 260 horsepower electric motor. Range is between 70 and 100 miles and the battery has an expected lifespan of 7 years.
It will sport a price tag from between $90,000 to $100,000.
Critics are concerned about the weight of stainless steel. “I’m not sure you know the DeLorean – it is a very large, very, very heavy car and I couldn’t imagine making an EV version of it. $100 says the range blows,” writes AMouth, one of 294 comments on the subject at techie hub slashdot.org.
But test-drivers were impressed.
Kevin McCauley at Jalopnik.com says the gull-winged classic glides silently despite its weight, and has more than enough torque to handle the 200 extra pounds of the electric system.
“I twist the key and rotate the surprisingly weighty metal dial. Silence. I press the gas pedal, which, true to form with any 1980s exotic, has so much resistance it’s more like a piece of gym equipment. Press harder, and we silently glide forward.”
Bells and whistles include a built-in iPhone dock, perhaps so you can run the Back to the Future Flux Capacitator app available from itunes for $0.99.
Classic DeLoreans can currently be purchased on ebay. One model rebuilt to resemble the time machine used in the 1985 film Back to the Future, is selling for $65,000.
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10-19-2011, 06:29 PM
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#2 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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i always thought DMC was no more
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10-19-2011, 07:22 PM
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Top speed of 88 MPH? 
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10-19-2011, 07:30 PM
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#4 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Originally Posted by CorneringArtist  Top speed of 88 MPH? | Governed to 87! .png "Y U NO...?")
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10-20-2011, 01:18 AM
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#5 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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wow.. gotta get... go back into the time and win the $40million LOTTOMAX jackpot!
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10-20-2011, 06:24 AM
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#6 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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I would rather wait until 2015 for the Mr. Fusion version.
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10-20-2011, 09:18 AM
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#7 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
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