Tata nano, availability one step closer

[dragonfire]

For all of us interrested in building up a NEW electric car in a not to far away future, a car that has some actual passive safety, little but existing comfort, an not fully bussed functionality on the gizmondos and safety features and all of that at a fraction of price of like the "tango":

http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/07/15/report-tata-nano-passes-european-crash-testing/

The tata nano passed euro-NCAP ( except the roof-frontal-colosion of a fake elch load harder than us-requirements ias i believe to recall) testing just recently, a surefire sign the manufacturer wants to make use of the testing and certificate he actuallypaid for.

so we will see a ( at the moment) 3000$/ 2000 € NEW car that can be converted easily in the not-to-far future.

 

[jmygann]

and the all electric model ??

 

[RoughRider]

cant belive that anybody wants to drive this peace of shit...

 

[Malcolm]

cant belive that anybody wants to drive this peace of shit...

I'm curious. What do you reckon's so wrong with it?

 

[TylerDurden]

"kann glauben, dass jemand will, um diesen Frieden der Scheiße ..."

 

[www.evlogix.com]

and the all electric model ??

I think the OP suggests it'd make a good car to convert to EV. It seems more ideal than the modern car (Half the frontal area means about half the drag which means upto twice as much range as a full-car sized equivalent), but I'd have to wonder about the drive system's reliability. If you're going to take out much of the ICE machinery, it seems you only care about the drive system and brakes at that point and you couldn't go too wrong with that, hopefully?

 

[jmygann]

"Tata Motors has plans to use the Nano platform to build electric and hybrid cars,

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News-By-Industry/Auto/Automobiles/Tata-Motors-to-build-electric-hybrid-cars-on-Nano-platform/articleshow/4662512.cms

 

[dragonfire]

and the all electric model ??

I think the OP suggests it'd make a good car to convert to EV. It seems more ideal than the modern car (Half the frontal area means about half the drag which means upto twice as much range as a full-car sized equivalent), but I'd have to wonder about the drive system's reliability. If you're going to take out much of the ICE machinery, it seems you only care about the drive system and brakes at that point and you couldn't go too wrong with that, hopefully?

this.

tata on themselves now obviously does it, i was seing a 3k dollar new car that i can put a 2 paralleled perms or 4 hubmotors ( ) in, still have a somewhat existing passive safety and a vehicle built so easy i could probable get to keep stock antilock-brake and (if exising) airbags and such.

like a "tango"http://www.commutercars.com/ on a tighter budget.