Eight wheeled cars can be considered a total waste of power, especially when they come running on batteries. However, the Electric LIthium-Ion CAr (ELIICA) is a unique concept car that you don’t see on the roads everyday. The 17 feet long car, featuring just four seats, is sheer luxury that will retail for around $255,000. While the front doors, opening forward, are not much different from regular car doors, the back doors look more like the Dolorean, which are gull-winged. Even with such a huge size, the Eliica just weighs 5300 pounds, quite amazing! Featuring a regenerative braking system, all the wheels of the Eliica generates power from a separate 60kW motor that gets as high a range as 200 miles per charge.
Usability:
As depicted, the ELIICA isn’t the car for the masses, in fact, it is a vehicle for the elite club with deep pockets. The design of the vehicle is still looking for a taker from the automotive industry.
Via: Zoomilife
A team led by Professor Hiroshi Shimizu at Keio University, Tokyo.
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Well, that looks like a robotic and small version of a limousine to me. I wonder how long will the batteries of that car last. Buying it seems impractical nowadays.
It looks more of the concept of a futuristic cars in the past. I don’t think we’ll be seeing one of these on the roads in the future.