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   It's a kid killer

   

   Mace, Oct 22nd, 2003 @ 12:00pm

   
   

   This this is fast and doesn't make a sound. How many kids are going to be killed running out in front of these before they ban them or force wind/air horns?

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   Fastest? Not.

   

   Mike, Oct 22nd, 2003 @ 12:33pm

   
   

   Their web site says 0-60 in 4.1 seconds. The Tango by Commuter Car Corporation does 0-60 in 4 seconds and has a top speed of 130 mph. It just isn't as sporty as the T-Zero.

   Mike

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   Fastest? Not.

   

   Mike, Oct 22nd, 2003 @ 12:34pm

   
   

   Their web site says 0-60 in 4.1 seconds. The Tango by Commuter Car Corporation does 0-60 in 4 seconds and has a top speed of 130 mph. It just isn't as sporty as the T-Zero.

   Mike

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   e martin, Oct 22nd, 2003 @ 1:31pm

   
   

   alot of cars are faster than ferraris.
   
   your talking just a v8 engine in most. maybe v10. not sure there.
   
   ferraris are all about name recognition,style, handling.
   
   a bit overrated.

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   charge time, not top speed

   

   eeyore, Oct 23rd, 2003 @ 4:57am

   
   

   When they develop an electric car that can be recharged in a minute or so at widely available locations then they'll have something. I can drive my Saturn about 400 miles without refueling and then tank up in under two minutes and be on my way again. This is what did electrics in a century ago. Having to wait an hour or more to charge up a car (http://www.acpropulsion.com/tzero_pages/tzero_FAQs.htm) is too big an inconvenience even for city driving. As is the $220,000 price tag. Try again guys, but for now, pass.

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   no A/C

   

   eeyore, Oct 23rd, 2003 @ 5:00am

   
   

   The tzero doesn't have air conditioning either. Not a problem on carefree drives up route 101 or cruising the Italian Alps, but big problem when stuck in rush-hour traffic in July in Dallas or Phoenix or even NYC. And if they equip it with A/C it will brutally cut into the cruising range of the car.

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   Re: charge time, not top speed

   

   mike, Oct 23rd, 2003 @ 10:36am

   
   

   the range and charge time argument is just a red herring in my opinion. you just match the solution to the problem. 200 miles per charge is more than enough for the average commuter. even 100 is more than enough. then plug it in when you get home. to me that's easier than dealing with gas stations, opec price hikes, and pollution.
   
   that said, i believe the public has been conditioned to the point were the facts can't change the opinion. too bad.
   

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   Re: charge time, not top speed

   

   eeyore, Oct 23rd, 2003 @ 12:11pm

   
   

   Sure if you can afford one car for city driving and one for everything else. Those of us who have to make do with just one car can't afford a $220,000 electric anyway and if we did we'd buy a Porsche instead.
   
   I have to commute a round-trip of about sixty miles every day and that doesn't include running errands/picking up the kids/going to off-site meetings etc... I don't need a car that will crap out in the middle of the day when I can just pull into Conoco and pump in ten gallons of unleaded and be on my way in two minutes. And never mind the impracticality of a business trip.
   
   Think it's a red herring? You must not drive much.

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   Re: It's a kid killer

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jan 16th, 2005 @ 11:37pm

   
   

   grow up

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    Re: It's a kid killer

    

    Andy, Jun 2nd, 2005 @ 11:51am

    
    

    Educate the kids not to run out into the bloody road without looking.

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    Re: charge time, not top speed

    

    Greg Naso, Mar 14th, 2007 @ 9:25pm

    
    

    This is just an example of what electric cars can do... can you afford the fastest petrol car? probably not!! Just like petrol cars there are cheaper electrics that dont go as fast as the t-zero..
    most people dont do 300 miles in one go and most electrics can plug straight in to a power point so if you go to work you can charge it there and also the new electrics can half charge in just three minutes and thats around the same time you spend pumpin fuel into your car.. I think people have got to broaden there minds to new things and not just try and figure out whats wrong with it, to justify not changing..
    when you see a new Ferrari or Porsche most people say wow thats cool etc they dont say oh thats a kid killer or it uses an enormous amount of petrol and your gonna spend most your day and the petrol pump..

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    F355 IS OLD

    

    JEAN TODT, May 9th, 2007 @ 4:20pm

    
    

    HI THIS IS THE DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR FERRARI. NO JUST KIDIN'. U SEE DA F355 IS OLD NOT MUCH TECHNOLOGY WAS USED ITS A BACK DATED YET A GREAT CAR. COMPARE DA ELECTRIC CAR WITH A MORDEN CAR SINCE THE T-ZERO IS A NEW CAR. I SAY ENZO VS T-ZERO OR MURCEILAGO LP640 VS T-ZERO

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