AMP offers converted all-electric Saturn Sky in limited run

If you've been bored by your limited all-electric vehicle choices, we've got just the thing for you. After a year of development, Advanced Mechanical Products (or AMP) is taking orders for a limited run of 300 converted Saturn Sky Roadsters, which will be 100 percent electric. The cars can travel roughly 150 miles on a single charge, go 0 to 60 in under six seconds, and can reach a top speed of 90 MPH. The cost of the conversion and vehicle comes to around $50,000, making this one of the more affordable high-performance options around. The cars are expected to ship to buyers in 2009, so you'd better get on that list quick.

[Alexandre Emond Posted May 24th 2008 6:44AM]

If you want to save money and go green you should loose your power and tank like taste. If you succeed at it then you can open up your eyes to electric cars and savings and get a Zenn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjh4EUPTa9Q
Available from 30+ retaillers under 15000$:
http://www.zenncars.com/
Specs and price: http://www.epowersynergies.com/zenn.html

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2008 11:38PM]

I was pretty stoked about this car until it was stated that the ZENN has a governed top speed of 25 MPH and that it can only legally drive on roads with a 35mph. I didn't even get to the range of this thing since I can only think of one 35 MPH stretch in my entire county, and its less than a mile long.

It's not that something like this is not viable, it just doesn't work for guys like me that have a greater than 100 mile round trip comute at mostly freeway speeds.

I could move closer to work in theory. But the city I work in is super crappy, and I'd hate living there. I guess, sometimes our only option is to get screwed over royally by Big Oil.

[(Unverified) Posted May 28th 2008 10:02AM]

I just went to these guy's website ampmotorworks.com and I'm in love. 150 miles on a charge! the average american only drives 30 to 40 miles per day... on the website it says it takes about 3 hrs for a full charge and when you math it out money-wise it comes to about 5 cents a mile, or 125 mpg equivilancy. I want one ...

[(Unverified) Posted May 28th 2008 11:26AM]

Plus its not even about the economics of it, it makes a statment driving this car. I think Amp Motor Works is really going to shake things up. Pricing it at about half of a tesla car makes it less Tom Cruise and more Joe Everyman. With everyone switching green lately i think this car will do really hit the ground running