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Future Cars - T Zero

Future Cars - T Zero - (02:04)

The T Zero is an electric car that's faster than a Lamborghini!

  • Added: 20-Mar-2009
  • Popularity: 23 views this week

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" This is Future Car."

" Hear that? It's the sound of nothing, nothing but speed. I'm Tom Gage. This is the tZero. It's the future of electric vehicles. A lot of people think electric vehicles are slow like golf carts, but this car, the tZero, accelerates to 60 in 3.6 seconds."

" An electric car faster than a Lamborghini."

" Electric cars don't have to be slow but they are always efficient."

" Efficiency from exceptional torque. Internal combustion engines need rev time, but the tZero achieves peak torque immediately. Like flipping a switch, instant current, instant speed, silently."

" And you pull away from a stop sign, and you don't make any noise at all. But if you're not careful, you'll look in your rear-view mirror and every car will be a half block behind you because you zipped away from the stop light so fast."

" An electric car faster than a Porsche."

" It's a feeling of supreme confidence but also a feeling of ultimate serenity as you drive a tZero. The tZero is really the start of a new series of electric cars that provide both high efficiency and high performance. It was the first of its kind."

" 25 years ago, cars were emission-spewing gas-guzzling monsters. 25 years from now, there will be zero emissions, electric children of the tZero. 25 years ago, electric vehicles had a range of about 60 miles. Today, the tZero has a range of 300 miles, and 25 years from now, it could easily be over a thousand."

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