one of the approaches to making a highly efficient electric car is to basically add a body and other car-like amenities to an electric scooter. you end up with something like the ultra-thin smera concept from lumeneo which looks more like a 4-wheeled motorcycle than a traditional automobile. at 8 feet long and just over 31 inches wide the smera can only accommodate a single passenger with limited luggage, but it can reach a top speed of 80mph and will run for about 93 miles on a single charge.
both of the front wheels on the smera have their own 20hp electric motor which have a life expectancy of around 200,000 km. those electric motors, as well as the rest of the vehicle, are all powered by a 144 volt lithium ion battery which weighs in at 180lbs. at the moment the smera pictured above is just a concept, but the company hopes to have them ready for sale at the paris motor show in october of this year for about $30,000 to $46,000. good luck with that.
mais info/fotos em pt-br
http://www.msnauto.com.br/wmpublicador/ ... hnid=39313
mais info/fotos em inglês
http://jalopnik.com/363973/lumeneo-smer ... h-of-weird
