Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"We need a digital camera that can be switched on and fire off that first shot fast. It's not a commonly tracked statistic on any review site, and nobody seems to have this information for every camera. We were hoping other readers could inform us as to what small digital cameras can fire off their first pics in under a second (ideally under half a second). It needs to be small, but mostly, just really quick in operation. Thanks!"
that photo looks like it was took in PGR4, its all the blurr i guess lol!
Possibly there's no physical concept car, yet. At least there seems to be some aliasing going on in the other pics with the car in front of the black backdrop, so they're likely all CAD renderings.
Oops, just reread the last paragraph, there definitely is no real car yet.
"...... so they're likely all CAD renderings"
Not all, at least the 4th picture looks absolutely real to me. It's nearly impossible for anyone to render with that level of fine detail. The dust, the dirt, the scratches, and not-so-perfect paint job, all in there, so it must be real.
No, the article definitely says that there is no life sized version of the concept at this time.
So it must be the very real dust and dirt on your Pc screen, good sir.
(Sorry, went to the wrong place in the first try)
SSC makes cars and this is the SSC Ultimate Aero, the fastest car in the world. (Check your Guinness books! It's true!)
This is THAT car, not a CAD rendering. That that is the first thing everyone thought is proof that autoblog and engadget have almost completely different audiences.
There *is* a Shelby Aero, just not the electric. Therefore pics are likely of a gas version.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSC_Aero
That said, I also call bullshit on the 10 minute charge. A 220 volt circuit at 100 amps is going to be 22,000watts. By my calculations charging for 10 minutes gives you 3,666 kWh. Feeding even a very efficient motor that generates 1000hp isn't going to get you very far on that.
@Kattleox
Ok, the tail pipes make sense, then. But I still think the pictures are renderings, even tough it doesn't really matter wether they are or not.
@Travis
I didn't try to verify your calculations, but likely they are too optimistic since there is probably a fair share of loss when charging the battery, not speak of the losses in conversion from electricity to motion. On the other hand the linked article mentions a range of 150 miles on one charge, but no maximum current of 100 ampere, so basically, if they use some specialized electric installations, the claim could be true, though the whole 220V thing becomes sort of pointless.
"........So it must be the very real dust and dirt on your Pc screen..........."
Maybe you're right, you know. But there is one thing I couldn't figure it out, that is when I drag that picture from my primary monitor to my secondary monitor, and all of a sudden, all these "very real dust and dirt" just auto-teleportted from monitor 1 to monitor 2, chasing that picture like a shadow. So weird.......