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Electric Rolls-Royce Phantom

  • 11-04-2011 3:48pm
    #1
    Number Nine
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Comments

  • #2
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    Why does an electric car need a temperature gauge?


  • #3
    PaulKK
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    Anan1 wrote: »
    Why does an electric car need a temperature gauge?

    Still looks like it has a rad, check out the front.


  • #4
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    PaulKK wrote: »
    Still looks like it has a rad, check out the front.
    I'd always assumed one of the advantages of electric was that you didn't have all the waste heat generated by IC.


  • #5
    Xios
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭Xios


    Anan1 wrote: »
    Why does an electric car need a temperature gauge?

    Because it's hot Hot HOT!


  • #6
    stimpson
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    A phantom must weigh nearly 3 tonnes. It's going to have a range shorter than it's wheelbase.


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  • #7
    homer90
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    I wonder if the V12 CD/MP3 is on the options list :D

    Love the charge point on the car... Pretty cool


  • #8
    Eric Cartman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,280 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    Anan1 wrote: »
    I'd always assumed one of the advantages of electric was that you didn't have all the waste heat generated by IC.

    theyre probably hydraulicly cooled motors or something


  • #9
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,661 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Was reading about this a few weeks ago, the range is only about 100 miles. But it is supposed to be absolutely, 100%, silent; like you aren't moving at all.


  • #10
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    Was reading about this a few weeks ago, the range is only about 100 miles.

    That's as good as a Leaf.


  • #11
    Plug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    PaulKK wrote: »
    Still looks like it has a rad, check out the front.
    Aircon;)


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  • #12
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,661 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    I would have thought Phantoms aren't long range machines anyways. Anyone that can afford a Phantom would probably fly 100 miles in their helicopter.

    Phantoms are for arriving at events in style or for spinning around to the country club in, not for trekking across the country. That my view anyways, there's definitely a market for a shorter range Phantom, especially if its so refined.


  • #13
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    I would have thought Phantoms aren't long range machines anyways. Anyone that can afford a Phantom would probably fly 100 miles in their helicopter.

    Phantoms are very, very cheap to own and run compared to helicopters.


  • #14
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Confab wrote: »
    Phantoms are very, very cheap to own and run compared to helicopters.

    and a lot safer. :)


  • #15
    aphex™
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,338 ✭✭✭aphex™


    Anan1 wrote: »
    Why does an electric car need a temperature gauge?

    They ALL suffer from batteries overheating. That's why some of these are a few years off IMHO. It's sometimes mentioned when you hear about these vehicles, but not nearly enough.


  • #16
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,661 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Confab wrote: »
    Phantoms are very, very cheap to own and run compared to helicopters.

    True, I just don't think a 100 mile limit would bother many owners.


  • #17
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    True, I just don't think a 100 mile limit would bother many owners.
    Me neither, particularly if it's even only a little more refined. Were I in the market, i'd find it hard to settle for an IC-powered one knowing that electric was available.


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