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Eliica
Sign in to savethumb|Eliica, the eight-wheeled electric car prototype The Eliica (or the Electric Lithium-Ion Car) is a battery electric vehicle prototype or concept car first shown in 2004 and designed by a team at Keio University in Tokyo, led by Professor Hiroshi Shimizu. The car runs on a lithium-ion battery and can accelerate from 0– in four seconds (faster than the Porsche 911 Turbo at the time). In 2004, the Eliica reached a speed of on Italy's Nardò High Speed Track. The team's goal is to exceed , breaking the record set by today's street-legal gasoline-powered vehicles.
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 2400
- Official website
- www.eliica.com/English
- Image
- Eliica.jpg
- Height
- 1365
- Width
- 1900
- Length
- 5100
- Speed
- 370
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- Eliica
- inception
- 2005-00-00
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- Other 8-wheelers
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thumb|Eliica, the eight-wheeled electric car prototype The Eliica (or the Electric Lithium-Ion Car) is a battery electric vehicle prototype or concept car first shown in 2004 and designed by a team at Keio University in Tokyo, led by Professor Hiroshi Shimizu. The car runs on a lithium-ion battery and can accelerate from 0– in four seconds (faster than the Porsche 911 Turbo at the time). In 2004, the Eliica reached a speed of on Italy's Nardò High Speed Track. The team's goal is to exceed , breaking the record set by today's street-legal gasoline-powered vehicles.
Shimizu's new project is called "SIM-Drive" (シムドライブ), with wheel hub motors.