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$US100,000 Electric DeLorean Can't Store 1.21 Gigawatts, Runs at 88MPH
Posted by Jesus Diaz at 6:30 AM on October 3, 2008
This is the Electro DeLorean, a fully electric retrofit of the 1981 iconic Back to the Future car. It's also a completely wasted opportunity: If there's a DeLorean version that needed a lightning hook system, this is the one. Still, you can add it yourself, because it is for sale on eBay for $US100,000 right now, including the obligatory flux capacitator prop. According to the seller, this is the "fastest and longest range electric DeLorean" you can buy, capable of doing 88MPH:
YouThis is a 1981 DeLorean, DMC-12 that was converted to run on electric power. It uses no gasoline what so ever. The stock V6 has been removed and replaced by a powerful electric motor. This car is quicker than a stock DeLorean and it's top speed is over 88 MPH.
This amazing car is powered by thirteen 12 volt 100 amp-hour deep cycle Deka 9A31 Intimidator AGM batteries. The famous Zila Z1K - HV motor controller supplies up to 1000 amps of current to the series wound WarP 9 electric motor.
The electric DeLorean can travel up to 65 kms on a charge and it takes only 2 - 3 hours to recharge when the on board charger, a ManzinitaMicro PFC-20b is plugged into 220 volts AC or 8 hours when plugged into 110 volts AC.
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marc_wtih_a_c
Posted 7:02 AM 3/10/08
If it comes with autolace shoes I'm in!!
marc_wtih_a_c
Pwnage
Posted 6:59 AM 3/10/08
Why would I pay 100,000 dollars for an ugly-ass car (though it may be a classic) when I could spend that money on a car that actually looks good? And, maybe, uses nuclear fusion as a power source?
Pwnage
Parapraxis
Posted 6:57 AM 3/10/08
@kwicherbichin:
you rat bastard beat me to it
Parapraxis
ericigonzalez
Posted 6:53 AM 3/10/08
jumpin jiggawatts! i wonder how it would surivive in cali traffic given that 40 miles at 5mph stop n go traffic isn't exactly conventional.
ericigonzalez
kwicherbichin
Posted 6:52 AM 3/10/08
No Mr. Fusion, no deal.
kwicherbichin
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 6:46 AM 3/10/08
40 miles on a charge? I wouldn't make it to work and back.
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
1.21Gigawatts
Posted 6:45 AM 3/10/08
Great Scott!
This car seems familiar. We'll have to use a local church as a fuel conductor to get the car going. But if we go beyond 50mph the car will blow up.
1.21Gigawatts
7raczyk
Posted 6:45 AM 3/10/08
40 miles? That would be about approximately to school, back, friends, back and no more juice for the Friday night ahead? Make it 10,000 miles on a 5 minute charge and I might reconsider.
7raczyk
Serolf Divad
Posted 6:37 AM 3/10/08
40 miles? That makes this a viable commuter car. Kewl!
BTW: being faster than a stcok DeLorean ain't saying much. The original model basically ran a humdrum Renault motor.
Serolf Divad
flaagan
Posted 6:36 AM 3/10/08
Shockingly awesome...
Now.. I'll need a "DMC-12V" license plate to go with it.
flaagan
Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 6:35 AM 3/10/08
"You mean this sucker is nuclear?"
"No, no, no. This sucker is electrical.
Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude
shenanigans61
Posted 7:30 AM 3/10/08
@7raczyk: Um. Yeah, right as soon as battery energy density jumps 25000% and full-capacity recharge time drops 750%.
Did you even think about what you just said? Over three oil changes worth of a charge in the time it takes to shower.
shenanigans61
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 7:27 AM 3/10/08
@nutbastard: Naw, there are several thousand of us on my campus so we park in a parking garage. I'm sure there is an outlet in there somewhere but then being the slacker that I am I usually don't get in until late and end up with the furthermost parking space there is.
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
shenanigans61
Posted 7:27 AM 3/10/08
@Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another du...: It's "nucular"!
shenanigans61
nutbastard
Posted 7:27 AM 3/10/08
@nutbastard:
but since i don't have 100,000 dollars, it kind of isn't...
nutbastard
nutbastard
Posted 7:26 AM 3/10/08
since i live on a mountain, regenerative braking is a must.
nutbastard
Kaos78
Posted 7:26 AM 3/10/08
If I had f-you money I would so be buying this.
Kaos78
nutbastard
Posted 7:25 AM 3/10/08
15.6 KWh charged in 2 hours @ 220v = 7.8 kilowatts constant = 35 amps... yeah that could work! most of these 'lectric car charging equations dont... equate.
nutbastard
VideoVampire
Posted 7:21 AM 3/10/08
Hey if your gonna build an electric car why do it with some style?
VideoVampire
EricLecarde
Posted 7:20 AM 3/10/08
@marc_wtih_a_c: And Christopher Lloyd. Throw in Christopher Lloyd and you've got yourself a deal.
EricLecarde
pizzlepaps
Posted 7:20 AM 3/10/08
@Pwnage: gullwing doors? besides, 100k won't get you a rolls royce
pizzlepaps
nutbastard
Posted 7:15 AM 3/10/08
@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog:
your boss wouldn't let you plug it in at work??
nutbastard
nutbastard
Posted 7:14 AM 3/10/08
@Pwnage:
seriously? go look at the OTHER cars made in 1981, and call this thing ugly with a straight face.
nutbastard
nutbastard
Posted 7:14 AM 3/10/08
Thirteen batteries?
This is heavy.
nutbastard
CaptainHowdy
Posted 7:09 AM 3/10/08
Oh Now I have to go home and watch the movies. I miss Marty McFly :(
CaptainHowdy
CSX321
Posted 7:51 AM 3/10/08
@Molbork: When you have a low-production 80s car, you can't have too many. I have three unique 80s cars, and probably almost enough spare parts to build another one.
CSX321
7raczyk
Posted 7:48 AM 3/10/08
@shenanigans61:
Ever heard of a joke? Jesus, some people on this site don't go out enough to understand the whole point of sarcasm. You're suppose to laugh, and be enlightened by the humorous statement of which I said in my last post, because it can't be done today with our current technology. But you killed it now, good job.
7raczyk
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 7:38 AM 3/10/08
@Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E: No, China discovers corn dogs and creates its own gravitational force.
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
jdickson87
Posted 7:36 AM 3/10/08
@Serolf Divad: Yeah, when they were filming Back to The Future they had to drop the factory engine and replace it with the flat 6 out of the Porsche 911 so it would go fast enough to be believable. Sad, the car looks pretty cool but it's just so slow and heavy.
jdickson87
Molbork
Posted 7:36 AM 3/10/08
how many Deloreans does this guy have? there is another in the garage in one of the pics on Ebay.
Molbork
Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E
Posted 7:36 AM 3/10/08
@nutbastard: There's that word again, 'heavy'? What's the matter, in the future there's a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?
Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E
Notch Johnson
Posted 8:05 AM 3/10/08
It comes with Gray's Sports Almanac. That's a bargin.
Notch Johnson
DMC-Man
Posted 7:58 AM 3/10/08
Seriously, if it looked like the BTTF Delorean, it might be more worth the $100,000; make it hydrogen power, and it'll be the coolest car ever, and be worthy of the $100,000 price tag.
DMC-Man
m4ximusprim3
Posted 8:25 AM 3/10/08
@Molbork When you have a Delorean, you need a constant supply of parts to keep the first one running :)
m4ximusprim3
Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 8:23 AM 3/10/08
@marc_wtih_a_c: Screw the autolace shoes. I have two words for you:
Hover board.
Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude
snowlock
Posted 11:14 AM 3/10/08
@Serolf Divad:
yeah, but speed wasn't the point of the car in the first place.
it was designed to be the first atomobile that wouldn't show up on radar.
at least that's what i was told; not sure if it's true or not really.
snowlock
ttaber
Posted 11:47 AM 3/10/08
@Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another du...: LMAO!
ttaber
Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E
Posted 12:56 PM 3/10/08
@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: Awww but that was a line from the first Back to the Future :P
Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E
scandalmonger
Posted 2:24 PM 3/10/08
I do think the $100,000.00 price tag is a demotivater for all those DIY electric car buffs. But it does prove that an electric vehicle can be fun while not having practical stamped all over it. 'cause lets face it, if practicality really turned us on, we'd all be trying to strutting in Smart Cars...hmmmm.
scandalmonger
DSLPWR
Posted 5:23 PM 3/10/08
@DMC-Man: Wonder if the new DeLorean will develop a hybrid (or Hydrogen) straight model or BTTF replica. That'd be an interesting twist that would probably sell a few cars.
DSLPWR
Laughtrey
Posted 1:17 AM 4/10/08
"You mean we're outta gas...?"
"Yeah, its no big deal, we got Mr. Fusion."
"Mr. Fusion powers the time circuits and the flux capacitor; the internal combustion engine runs on ordinary gasoline, it always has. There's not going to be a gas station around here until sometime next century. Without gasoline, we can't get the DeLorean up to 88 miles per hour."
"So what do we do?"
"Just use the electic motor and get the hell out of here"
Laughtrey
dmcboy1der
Posted 10:43 AM 3/10/08
The stock DeLorean does have a small engine by most standards, 130 hp out of a V6 is nothing special... the original engine though will easily keep up with most other cars, and it can go a lot faster then 88 mph. Not that you'd know with the 80's stock speedometer, (stops completely at 85 mph).
dmcboy1der
GTgeek
Posted 6:51 AM 3/10/08
@Serolf Divad: I remember watching something about the delorean a while back that said they released a twin turbo concept. It would have gone into production, except for the whole drug trafficking/entrapment thing.
Also, 40 miles isn't bad, but I'd need at least 70 to feel comfortable...my commute is 25 miles each way plus sitting in traffic, and side trips. Maybe one day we'll get decent electric cars.
GTgeek
shenanigans61
Posted 8:19 AM 5/10/08
@7raczyk: Actually, I have. The thing is though, your post contained zero evidence of any kidding whatsoever. In fact, it was quite arrogant and bitchy. And yes, I did kill your "joke". Boohoo. Go cut yourself over it.
shenanigans61
Mr.Wilson
Posted 7:24 PM 5/10/08
Hmm, swore I saw this before on Youtube. It screeched as it took off, which put a big grin on my face. Have to say full electric isn't the best way to do things though. My idea would be hydrogen-electric, but we don't have those fuel stations all over the map, now do we?
Mr.Wilson