Electric vehicles 1-2 at Pikes Peak 2015 (video)

Credit: gtspirit.com

Pikes Peak this year was won by an electric vehicle (EV) — Drive eO PP03 — driven by Rhys Millen in 9:07.222. Despite the fact that he won the event outright & set an EV record, Millen was less than happy with his time. Failure of the rear electric drive unit, early in the run, reduced the vehicle to front wheel drive, & restricted available power.



In second place, Race to the Clouds veteran, Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima in another EV, at 9:32.401.

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/61846/electric-car-breaks-through-for-first-pikes-peak-win-driven-by-rhys-millen

http://www.gtspirit.com/2015/06/29/rhys-millen-wins-pikes-peak-2015-in-all-electric-racer/

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/06/28/2015-pikes-peak-hill-climb-results/#image-32

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1067809_rhys-millen-takes-overall-2015-pikes-peak-victory-under-electric-power-video / This year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb won Rhys Millen all-electric racer Race to the Clouds first time electric car has taken the overall victory 9 minutes and 7.22 seconds significantly slower Sebastian Loeb’s record time fastest time electric car shift away from internal combustion engines Nobuhiro Monster Tajima second electric Rimac e-Runner Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb perfect conditions Rhys Millen first to win the race electric racer set a new record time battery-powered cars rise of electric machines Nobuhiro Monster Tajima drove Rimac engineered e-Runner America's Mountain electrics were fastest today new technology Drive eO principle Khristaps Dambis electric drivetrain power output superior power-to-weight ratio batteries too heavy nimbleness LiIon lithium-ion lithium ion charge recharge EV electric vehicle /

Solid state batteries already in production & powering electric cars

Credit: Bolloré/Wikepedia

Solid state batteries have a number of advantages over existing technology*, including:
● avoid electrolyte leakage into electrodes with resulting reduced performance
● thin-film solid-state occupy less space
● long-lived
● inherently safer — no flammable, liquid electrolyte

But they have always been seen as just another new battery technology that is all promise & no reality.

Except solid-state batteries are actually in production & installed in cars now: it’s the Bolloré BlueCar. On sale, & in use by the Bolloré car-sharing service in France. Bolloré car-sharing will begin operations in Indianapolis & London later this year.

Sakti3, Quantumscape, General Motors & Volkswagen are also working on solid-state batteries for electric cars.

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098904_solid-state-batteries-already-powering-electric-cars-bluecars-in-fact

Volkswagen's solid-state battery project promised an electric car range of 700 km. A decision on a bigger investment was to be made, "by July". See: http://hhg2tech.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/vw-investigating-700-km-electric.html
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