Comments on: The Electric DeLorean Takes Riders Back to the Future http://inhabitat.com/the-electric-delorean-takes-riders-back-to-the-future/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sat, 25 May 2013 19:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: JakeyBoy http://inhabitat.com/the-electric-delorean-takes-riders-back-to-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-263683 JakeyBoy Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:27:55 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=170578#comment-263683 As a previous owner of a DeLorean, the engines are fairly gutless. Otherwise, the car is pretty cool and very unique. I always thought it would make a great candidate for an EV. And yes, it will never escape the BTTF jokes...unless you are too young to know what BTTF is. As a previous owner of a DeLorean, the engines are fairly gutless. Otherwise, the car is pretty cool and very unique. I always thought it would make a great candidate for an EV. And yes, it will never escape the BTTF jokes…unless you are too young to know what BTTF is.

]]> By: Anaerin http://inhabitat.com/the-electric-delorean-takes-riders-back-to-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-263652 Anaerin Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:15:16 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=170578#comment-263652 "About to"? It's been done since 2008: http://electricdelorean.com/ And the DeLorean in BttF was gas-powered, and sounded like a (supercharged) gas-powered DeLorean. The "Whine" was from the supercharger, and (As pointed out above and explained in the BttF3) the Car was always gas-powered, it was just the time circuits that required the 1.21GW, which is why when the gas tank was hit at the beginning of BttF3 the car died, and they had to use the train to "Push" it up to speed. “About to”? It’s been done since 2008: http://electricdelorean.com/

And the DeLorean in BttF was gas-powered, and sounded like a (supercharged) gas-powered DeLorean. The “Whine” was from the supercharger, and (As pointed out above and explained in the BttF3) the Car was always gas-powered, it was just the time circuits that required the 1.21GW, which is why when the gas tank was hit at the beginning of BttF3 the car died, and they had to use the train to “Push” it up to speed.

]]> By: pandemonium2x http://inhabitat.com/the-electric-delorean-takes-riders-back-to-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-263626 pandemonium2x Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:56:08 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=170578#comment-263626 or a bolt of lightning or a bolt of lightning

]]> By: skwid http://inhabitat.com/the-electric-delorean-takes-riders-back-to-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-263503 skwid Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:37:43 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=170578#comment-263503 Hate to break it to you guys, but the car will need 1.21 Gigawatts to run successfully so you'll need to use plutonium. Hate to break it to you guys, but the car will need 1.21 Gigawatts to run successfully so you’ll need to use plutonium.

]]> By: garyiacobucci http://inhabitat.com/the-electric-delorean-takes-riders-back-to-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-263476 garyiacobucci Mon, 11 Oct 2010 05:56:03 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=170578#comment-263476 "This sucker's nuclear?" "No Marty, this sucker's electric. But the only way to get the power necessary to make the temporal jump was plutonium!" Or something to that degree; I'm paraphrasing. The point is that the reason the DeLorean in the films never made a revving gas engine sound--and instead sounded all whirry, like Luke's landspeeder--was that it was an EV conversion. “This sucker’s nuclear?”

“No Marty, this sucker’s electric. But the only way to get the power necessary to make the temporal jump was plutonium!”

Or something to that degree; I’m paraphrasing. The point is that the reason the DeLorean in the films never made a revving gas engine sound–and instead sounded all whirry, like Luke’s landspeeder–was that it was an EV conversion.

]]> By: fromtheotherside http://inhabitat.com/the-electric-delorean-takes-riders-back-to-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-263445 fromtheotherside Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:11:22 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=170578#comment-263445 No, the time circuits were electric, but the car needed gasoline to get up to 88 MpH, hence the reason for the train (no gasoline in the 1800's) in Back to the Future 3 No, the time circuits were electric, but the car needed gasoline to get up to 88 MpH, hence the reason for the train (no gasoline in the 1800′s) in Back to the Future 3

]]> By: egg http://inhabitat.com/the-electric-delorean-takes-riders-back-to-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-262563 egg Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:37:24 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=170578#comment-262563 It was an electric It was an electric

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