Electric Car Sighted on Highway - Who Makes It?

moophus managed to spot an interesting vehicle on the roads: "Spotted: one electric vehicle on the highways of Atlanta, Georgia. Sighted around 6:30pm EDT, going south on I-85, traveling ~60mph (had a cool hum). It was a single seater, three wheeled wonder. Can anyone identify make, model? Any details on this bugger, like: range, efficiency, top speed, acceleration, cost, and cell type? I could only get several pictures which didn't turn out too well, since I had to gamma correct two of them. Another interesting thing that I've heard about electric cars: they have purposely put in noise makers in the wheels (like those plastic tri-cycles back in the day) because they just ran too quiet to be safe. Is this true?" The pictures didn't turn out too badly, as you can definitely make out much of the shape of this thing. It's more like a motorcycle than a car, but it still looks interesting enough. Hopefully more vehicles like this will be making their way on to the markets (and the roads) sometime soon.

I could only get several pictures

[isorox]

"Spotted: one electric vehicle on the highways of Atlanta, Georgia. Sighted around 6:30pm EDT, going south on I-85, traveling ~60mph (had a cool hum)"

"I could only get several pictures"

Is anyone else worrried about people driving at 60mph snapping away?

Re:Is it even street legal?

[Stone Rhino]

"Pure hydrogen gleaned from fuel cells"
From dictionary.com:
glean \Glean\, v. i. 1. To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers. --Ruth ii. 3. 2. To pick up or gather anything by degrees.
As you can see, you DID say that they made hydrogen. Fuel cells dont act as the source of the hydrogen, they use the hydrogen.

Noise in the wheels.

[whatnotever]

I sure hope they put noisemakers in those things. Just a few days ago, I was walking past a car that didn't strike me as all that special until it started moving without making noise. It was a Prius, I think. I sort of freaked out and almost shouted, "Dude! Your car isn't making any noise!"

I then realized that if electric cars become more prevalent, I am *so* dead. When crossing roads these days, I'm often in too much of a hurry or just too lazy to look both ways and all that jazz, so I just rely on my ears to hear any approaching bringers of death and/or mutilation. If cars go silent on me, I'll be roadkill in no time!

Messerschmit?

[soundman32]

Does anyone else think this Sparrow looks like the old Messerschmit Bubble car?

Pictures here [3wheelers.com] and here [3wheelers.com]