There's an episode of Father Ted called ‘Speed 3' which lampoons the Keanu Reeves action flick by stranding the idiot priest Dougal on a runaway milk-float. Milk-floats are intrinsically funny because they are the dullest form of transport known to man, noiseless, pitifully slow, emasculated. They're also electric, which is why the milk-float is the pejorative that haunts the notion of the all-electric car.
Can we really learn to love the electric car? Internal combustion is explosive and exciting, a thrilling collision between fuel and air, and regulated by fast-moving pistons and cylinders. Electricity comes out of the wall when you flick a switch. Yes, I know it's more complicated than that, but still, electricity is the stuff that makes your fridge work.
Not in the AMG Mercedes' SLS E-cell, it isn't. Push the over-long accelerator pedal once you're rolling, and three things happen simultaneously. The first sees the release of a big, beautiful hit of pure energy that will warp you up the road in a way utterly unlike anything you've ever experienced before. This prompts the second response, an expletive-laden outburst we can't reproduce here. The third is the realisation that you are sampling the Future. With a capital F.
Not in the AMG Mercedes' SLS E-cell, it isn't. Push the over-long accelerator pedal once you're rolling, and three things happen simultaneously. The first sees the release of a big, beautiful hit of pure energy that will warp you up the road in a way utterly unlike anything you've ever experienced before. This prompts the second response, an expletive-laden outburst we can't reproduce here. The third is the realisation that you are sampling the Future. With a capital F.
Not that electric vehicles are a new concept. In fact, electric propulsion was more popular than internal combustion when the car was in its infancy. But industry realpolitik, particularly in the US, not to mention the greater range and flexibility that petrol-powered vehicles soon provided, conspired to drive the EV up a philosophical cul-de-sac. And there it stayed for most of the stupidly oil-happy 20th century.
E-cell engineer Daniel Semmler admits that there is still lots to do. Battery technology is ever-evolving, so their energy and power density can only improve. They'll get lighter too, which will help the car's balance. A range of 60-130 miles is another limiting factor, and though the E-cell can be quick-charged in under an hour, standard re-charging procedure is nearer eight hours. Assuming the infrastructure is in place. And because we don't live in Norway, there's the small matter of where our electricity comes from. Britain's coal-fired power stations aren't that clean, and we don't have the funds to pay for all the nuclear powerplants we need. Or the stomach.
Not that AMG is selling the SLS E-cell as the Holy Grail. It's one answer of many. It not only demonstrates what can be done, it shows that it works. These guys are very clever and very committed. Imagine where they'll be in five years' time.
E-cell engineer Daniel Semmler admits that there is still lots to do. Battery technology is ever-evolving, so their energy and power density can only improve. They'll get lighter too, which will help the car's balance. A range of 60-130 miles is another limiting factor, and though the E-cell can be quick-charged in under an hour, standard re-charging procedure is nearer eight hours. Assuming the infrastructure is in place. And because we don't live in Norway, there's the small matter of where our electricity comes from. Britain's coal-fired power stations aren't that clean, and we don't have the funds to pay for all the nuclear powerplants we need. Or the stomach.
Not that AMG is selling the SLS E-cell as the Holy Grail. It's one answer of many. It not only demonstrates what can be done, it shows that it works. These guys are very clever and very committed. Imagine where they'll be in five years' time.
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