Appearance of two products Li-on Motors at the Detroit Auto Show that took place today - get enough attention from the committee. Understandable, Li-on have a great enough achievement in the country them.
Last September, one prototype of Wave II, winning the Automotive X PRICE, competition alternative energy vehicles, environmentally friendly and fuel efficient. The prize, a total of 10 million dollars. One of the 2.5 million dollar prize fall into the Li-on Motors.
Electric car company from North Carolina said it directly, the gift is used to produce plus Inizio Wave II, the United States first electric supercar that can be drive 272 km / hour.
What's so great to win Wave II, how come? Appearance of this car is not common. Both rear wheels closed, as if mengantung on the back of the car. Both sides of the outside front wheel also closed.
As a result, aerodynamic efficiency (Cd) when tested in wind tunnels, only 0.157. Li-ion direct Motors claims, Wave II is the most aerodynamic production car in the world. For comparison, the Toyota Prius 0.25 and Formula-1 from 0.7 to 1.1.
Energy consumption is also very economical. When tested at the U.S. Department of Energy laboratory States in Argonne, 202.5 MPGe (converted to one liter of fuel and mileage). Equivalent to 1.4 km/100 liters or 71.4 km / liter. Incredible! Results of other tests, in Michigan International Speedway, konumsinya 187 MPGe or 1.5 liters / 100 k or 66.6 KMN / liter.
Despite the strange appearance, Wave II, which is designed as a daily vehicle, can be load of two passengers. For luggage, load 0.79, cubic meter. Once the battery mileage contents, 241 km for Model S and 321 km to the SE model.
The price, $ 30,000 S model of the United States (U.S.) and SE 49 000 dollars. To buy it, not just the old pivot, must deposit first. Order now, to be new Inizio submitted July and Wave II, December 2011.
The problem, Li-ion strategy Motors sold as is not expected to get response. The reason, last October, the company, as written NY Times involved inflate its stock price manipulation and tax arrears and indebted to IRS $ 250,000. Another news comes from the internal Li-ion need fresh funds 5 million dollars to produce a prototype that has been made.