Shockwave Motor's Electric - 3 Wheeler

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Shockwave Motors' Electric Roadster Faces Challenges on All-American Makers
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Tune in and see how our prototype electric roadster faces their challenges.

Science Channel’s All American Makers featuring the Defiant EV3 Roadster©
On All-American Makers, designers and creators pitch their products to a panel of three experts featuring Printrbot founder and owner Brook Drumm, mechanical designer and robotics expert Brian Roe, and venture capitalist Marc Portney. Products are put through a series of rigorous tests by Drumm and Roe to find out how it works and if it lives up to its claim. Watch what happens when our prototype electric roadster is put through the wringer by these experts!

At Shockwave Motors, we make electric cars cool by providing a high performance electric roadster that’s economical, pollution free, and just plain fun to drive! Our three-passenger roadster is classified as an Autocycle and is designed with the daily commuter in mind. The roadster has a range of 80 to 100 miles and then plugs into any standard 120-volt outlet for about 8 or 9 hours for a complete recharge. Then the commuter is ready to drive another 80 to 100 miles home. This gives the roadster an effective range of up to 200 miles per day. The top speed is about 70 MPH. No other electric vehicle, with our level of performance, can get a complete recharge in about 8 hours from a standard wall outlet. This is what sets us apart. We don’t need any new infrastructure or special charging stations – just a simple 120-volt outlet!

The show is scheduled to air on Wednesday, December 9th at 8 PM on the Science Channel. Tune in and see how our prototype electric roadster faces their challenges.

 

[KenK]

What is this "level of performance" they keep mentioning? My opinion, of course, but 80-100 miles range is crap. Top speed of 70 MPH is crap. Does it do the quarter mile in 6 seconds or something? What's the price? It doesn't even look that good.

 

[John-b-gone]

You're going to tune in to find out. rukrz Thanks for the readable font.

 

[JEBar]

I'm looking forward to seeing video of how it handles making turns at highway speeds .... I wouldn't want to drive it, just to watch

 

[Rob Croson]

What is this "level of performance" they keep mentioning? My opinion, of course, but 80-100 miles range is crap. Top speed of 70 MPH is crap. Does it do the quarter mile in 6 seconds or something? What's the price? It doesn't even look that good.

From their spec sheet:

Top Speed
Our high performance electric roadster has a top speed of over 70 MPH and can accelerate from 0 to 60 in about 10 seconds.​

Also:

The MSRP of our electric roadster is $24,950 (US). While a stereo system, heater, and defroster are standard, air conditioning and certain high capacity battery combinations are optional.​

Projected MSRP of $25,000.... and no air conditioning. I have no idea what market they're going for here. With that poor performance they're not really going for "rich man's toy" like Tesla. And with the limited range it's not suited for anything other than a local runabout, but with a pretty high price for it. Chevrolet and Tesla are both hitting the market in 2017 with ~$35k EVs that will crush this thing. Once you add the bigger batteries and AC to this thing to compete with what others are coming out with, you'll be pushing the price of much more capable EVs with more features.

Looks aren't all that great, either. Not bad from a direct side profile view. But the overall sharply triangular shape means that as soon as you're not looking at directly from the side, it starts to look really bad.

 

[Sethodine]

A range of 80-100 miles is what my Leaf gets, and it's great for everything except long-distance commuting. Although the Leaf accelerates faster (0-60 in approx 7 seconds), you would never go over 70mph anyways because that kind of speed drains the battery at a rediculous rate. With the small size and arrowhead shape, I can see it getting 80 miles on a smaller battery than the Leaf has, so 8-9 hours to fully charge from 120 is both possible and pretty cool (Leaf takes 21 hours to charge from a dead battery, although real-world use means it's fully charged in 9-14 hours most nights).

If this thing was about $10,000 cheaper, then it would be an amazing machine. If you put the drive train from this into an Elio glider, then you might have an economical EV that I could really get behind.

 

[Rob Croson]

Sure, if it was $10k cheaper it would be a different story. But at $25k, not good acceleration, and not the best range, what market are they really shooting for? It's a low volume, boutique vehicle. But it doesn't really seem to fit any particular market. It's about the same price as a Leaf, with the same range. But with much lower performance. So where's the compelling reason to buy it, if it ever gets built? Especially once the next gen EVs hit the market in 2017.

 

[BigWarpGuy]

Shockwave Motors. It looks interesting.
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Defiant EV3 Roadster. $23,950.00
Brochure.

It reminds me of the Trivette.

 

[Rob Croson]

Yeah that is a nice picture. Unfortunately it's about the *only* nice picture.

 

[NSTG8R]

Batmobile starter kit. 20mm cannons sold separately.