- UltraCommuter
UltraCommuter is a hybrid electric
concept car first designed by theWaikato University groupSERG (Sustainable Energy Research Group ) [http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~serl/UltraCommuter.html The UltraCommuter] ] and later further developed byHybridCar .http://hybridauto.com.au/5.html]Its electric motors are in its wheels.http://www.abc.net.au/ra/innovations/stories/s1714177.htm]
It is capable of running on battery for up to 200km before it requires recharging and reaches speeds between 120 and 170 km/h [http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4695844a6502.html] .
Production
Discussions are under way between the Waikato University electric vehicle project and British car makers with the view to establishing a Britain, Australia and New Zealand consortium that may manufacture electric vehicles in New Zealand [http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4695844a6502.html] .
World Solar Challange
The UltraCommuter raced in the Darwin to
Adelaide 2008World Solar Challenge [http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4695844a6502.html] .ee also
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Charging station
*Electric car
*Environmentalism
*Hybrid electric car
*Institution of Professional Engineers ofNew Zealand Rerefences
External links
* [http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4695844a6502.html Electric cars wait in the wings]
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