{"id":723062,"date":"2010-04-24T02:24:32","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T06:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/e-rex-three-wheeled-ev-beats-prius-on-the-efficiency-scale\/"},"modified":"2010-04-24T02:24:32","modified_gmt":"2010-04-24T06:24:32","slug":"e-rex-three-wheeled-ev-beats-prius-on-the-efficiency-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/723062","title":{"rendered":"E. Rex three-wheeled EV beats Prius on the efficiency scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/24\/e_tIQs6_69.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"e\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Zero-emission efficient vehicle powered by electricity.<\/p>\n<p>Silicon Valley startup OptaMotive is building the E. Rex for the Progressive Automotive X Prize, which is being claimed to be three time more efficient that a Toyota Prius. The E. Rex has a top speed of 144mph and offers a range of about 100 miles. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/24\/e_gSJ62_69.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"e\"\/><\/p>\n<p>With an ability to go 0-60mph in less than 5 seconds, the vehicle sports a water-cooled permanent magnet that produces 45KW continuous and 125KW peak power. The battery pack that fuels the vehicle consists of 96 lithium-iron phosphate cells that have a claimed recharge time of 2.5 hours at 220V and 20amps. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/24\/e_ITFKs_69.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"e\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/24\/e_wWOaS_69.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"e\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/autopia\/2010\/04\/optamotive-e-rex\/\">Wired<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Zero-emission efficient vehicle powered by electricity. Silicon Valley startup OptaMotive is building the E. Rex for the Progressive Automotive X Prize, which is being claimed to be three time more efficient that a Toyota Prius. The E. Rex has a top speed of 144mph and offers a range of about 100 miles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":421,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-723062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-326i","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/421"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}