Students Working On EV Which Could Charge In Ten Minutes

A group of students at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) are currently working on a project aimed at designing the world’s first electric car with the ability to drive 200 miles on a single charge.  The uniqueness of their design comes in the form of a special battery which would be able to completely charge in about ten minutes.

The students are using A123’s batteries on Mercury’s Milan, which as been adapted to be electric battery powered.  The A123 batteries have recently been recognized as the best battery for electric vehicles.  In light of these A123’s battery technology is currently becoming popular with researches developing different types of electric vehicles.

The team at MIT have developed a prototype in the form of Mercury’s Milan sedan, and outfitted it with 8000 Li-Ion batteries giving the engine 250 horsepower and an acceleration capability of 0 to 60 in under 9 seconds.

The students consider the range and acceleration to be a good compromise considering the car weighs almost 2 tons.  The max speed for the vehicles has been clocked in at 100 mph.

The MIT group has named the project the “elEVen” and hopes to have it finished by the end of next year.