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Re:Vega, Sri Lanka's All-Electric Supercar by 6stringmerc on Thursday February 12, 2015 @09:36AM (#9038908)
Neat concept car, looks nice but not exactly revolutionary. As an auto enthusiast, I'll point out that it may very well exist, but it is likely little more than vaporware. Well, I mean if just going by what the builders claim it can do, then sure, all kinds of things are possible from all sorts of little shade-tree shops. Once it gets in the hands of auto journalists with actual testing equipment, and meets a real road, well, that's when I'll toast to the company.
Re:Vega, Sri Lanka's All-Electric Supercar by jkestner on Thursday February 12, 2015 @10:31AM (#9039163)
Yeah, this sounds more like CrunchPad-level PR. Someone without experience making a car is going to make one. Notable because of the country only.

There are not a lot of roads in Sri Lanka where you can drive that kind of car, either. But electric car range is perfect for the country — you can drive from the west coast to the east on one charge.

Re:Vega, Sri Lanka's All-Electric Supercar by jeffcox on Thursday February 12, 2015 @10:11AM (#9039052)
>Neat concept car, looks nice but not exactly revolutionary.

Exactly. If they really wanted to wow the world they would have figured out how to make a more accessible electric vehicle that has a range long enough for the average person to consider buying.

Re:Vega, Sri Lanka's All-Electric Supercar by arethuza on Thursday February 12, 2015 @10:22AM (#9039099)
I usually don't drive very much but when I do it tends to be 6 or 7 hours (I drove for 9 hours yesterday) - so I'd actually be fine with a "normal" long distance car and a wee electric town car like the Renault Twizy - which is really cheap as well - but odd looking, but maybe that's the price of being revolutionary:

http://www.renault.co.uk/cars/electric-vehicles/twizy/twizy/

Re:Vega, Sri Lanka's All-Electric Supercar by sah2ed on Thursday February 12, 2015 @12:57PM (#9040135)
How much does the Renault Twizy cost?
Re:Vega, Sri Lanka's All-Electric Supercar by arethuza on Friday February 13, 2015 @07:33AM (#9043986)
About £7000 depending on model.