Sunday, July 27, 2003
From the safety link on the Tango webpage:Because safety is such a concern for small cars in particular, we have designed the Tango around a roll cage that meets or exceeds both SCCA and NHRA regulations. These are racing organizations that specify cage design to protect the occupants of cars crashing at over 200 mph. In addition, the extremely high strength-to-surface area ratio of a steel roll cage allows superb visibility from within the Tango. Rollover too is a great danger for many vehicles. The Tango, being so narrow, would look to the layman's eye to be unstable. But in fact, the Tango has stability that exceeds that of most sport cars.
Also, it's an electric car and weighs over 3,000 lbs, so you're probably going to at least hold your own in a head-on with an SUF :)
Also oticed that it charges to 80% capacity in 10 minutes (given a proper chargins station). They give numbers saying it's 30% cheaper per mile than a Honda Insight where electricity prices are average, not as good in places like California. Very neat stuff, at any rate.
