Fashion house, Maison de Courrèges’s André and Coqueline Courrèges have embellished their electric vehicle line with the latest ‘Zooop’ that takes you 450 km per charge. The three-seater 690 kg car runs on powerful Lithium Polymer batteries (70 A/hour 370 V) that don’t let you down by generating 150 kW of power and still maintaining their cool, and charging and recharging fast. The Zooop can reach speeds of 180 km/h, which is too good and apparently gives relief to the depleting crude oil resources.
It’s sad we’ve been designing cars to whet our undying appetite for speed and thrill, completely neglecting what and how much nature has in the offing. I think these types of designs should have emerged at least a decade before, however, automobile manufactures, who have in fact lost their focus, can bounce back with more creative and practical concepts like the Zooop, which ironically is unleashed by a fashion house, and help getting back the lost sheen of this beautiful planet.
Via: Gizmag
The designer Courreges Zooop EV takes you 450 km per charge
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these types of designs did emerge long time ago. Lot more then a decade. It is the battery design that is the hard part.
Very ugly in this sickly colour.. Im sure that it must be expensive too.. Looks a bit dangerous, and i agree its a poorly written interview.. Not enough images or actual info.