QUANT e-Sportlimousine - revealed - Geneva 2014

Nanoflowcell? I want to know more.....

I think I need a change of clothes... phew!

What a great ad too.

Some nice computer graphics, and a lovely idea. I wonder how different a working version will be?

Flaninacupboard said:

Some nice computer graphics, and a lovely idea. I wonder how different a working version will be?

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Nice scenery up here in Glencoe, Kylesku bridge and on Skye, but we still drive on the left! Interesting nevertheless.

Forgot to post this when it hit the news last week, it's gained TUV road-test approval:

http://www.gizmag.com/quant-e-sportlimousine-approved-europe-roads/33020/

Yeah, but no one will want to buy it, it only has 4 seats.. #AmperaProblems

0-60 in 2.8 seconds? Sorry, I require 2.7 seconds.

markweatherill said:

0-60 in 2.8 seconds? Sorry, I require 2.7 seconds.

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I know what you mean, so close to being a really quick car.

Parax said:

Yeah, but no one will want to buy it, it only has 4 seats.. #AmperaProblems

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Should be good at towing though ;-)

it's a lovely car, but after doing a bit of research into the 'Entrepreneur' leading the project, I strongly suspect that this car will never see production. I also suspect the energy storage technology is nothing but smoke and mirrors.

I hope I'm proved wrong though!

400 litre or 800 litre fuel tank......

400 litres of lithium ion (in raw 18650 flavour) would be 320kwh. (800wh/l). Should be enough for a range of about 1,000 miles. Even if you lost 50% with packaging, cooling, monitoring etc, that would still be 160kwh or about 500 miles....

It is using simple water based brine solutions (metal salts) nothing dangerous as such..
The problem is they are claiming 600wh/kg for the technology.
but the car figures are a [400km] range from [400 litres] at [20kwh/100km] - all three are stated figures.
I can't make that add up...

I don't think anyone can make the numbers add up..... it all sounds like a bunch of marketing hokum to me.

cjm_2013 said:

it all sounds like a bunch of marketing hokum to me.

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I think there is more to it than that, and a very large pot of money at stake from organisation who are interested in retailing liquid fuels from exclusive road side establishments (this sales plan fits the oil industry model exactly, and is just as tied in with no home recharge available)
The problem is that I think it's going to struggle to out do battery technology on basic performance, which it would absolutely need to do! yes it can pump 'recharge' in 10 minutes.. but that may not beat the existing perks (eg home charge) from battery.

Paul said:

I know what you mean, so close to being a really quick car.

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You forgot those doors won't work in a garage. lol

Just came across this.

http://www.intelligentliving.co/salt-water-powered-car-gets-european-approval/


What do you think?