Setting aside aerodynamic and weight issues, man creates pyramid-shaped electric car
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Daily
There are a lot of ways to make an electric car. Greg Zanis decided his should eschew all traditional design ideas and built an EV that looks like something out of an '80s science fiction movie. As you can see in the picture to the right, the ZANIS 1 is a pyramid-shaped EV. Zanis must have made the vehicle road-legal, because he told the Kane County Chronicle he drives it about 10 miles a night. The car has neon lights rimming the bottom and bulletproof windows. The unusual shape isn't the only thing that sets this electric car apart - it's also heavy as heck, weighing four tons. Those 8,000 pounds come from 80 (!) batteries and four motors. Building the thing (and yes, I think thing is a good word for the ZANIS 1) cost Greg $60,000 and took 18 months. While the ZANIS 1 was based on pyramid RC cars, it is just a stepping stone to the ZANIS 480, another pyramid car that Zanis wants to build, this one with 480 batteries.
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