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    Back to the Future? The All-Electric DeLorean

    In Back to the Future, Doc Brown's time-hopping DeLorean ran on garbage and plutonium stolen from Libyan nationalists (turns out they did just fine without it). While we're still waiting for the time travel option, DeLorean Motor Company has survived long enough to take one bold step toward an oil-free future. The new, retrofitted DeLorean will run on a lithium battery system created by Epic Electric Vehicles, the company that makes hybrid ATVs and wakeboard boats. But how does it handle? Is it worth between $90,000-100,000? And does it belong in the same class as Tesla or Fisker? I went to Houston to get the first look at this mash-up of modern tech and 80's nostalgia.

     
    • Kaite  •  Little Rock, United States  •  6 mths ago
      No, no, no, no, no. This sucker's electrical. But I need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity I need.
      • jesus 6 mths ago
        Ha!
      • Jessica 6 mths ago
        lol... Roads where we are going We Dont Need Roads....
      • Dotnet 6 mths ago
        What the hell is a gigowatt!!!!
    • GirlsGoneGyno  •  Tampa, United States  •  6 mths ago
      How can this guy get 70-100 miles per charge and GM can't get past 30? Hummmmm...wonder which oil company is paying GM?!?!
      • Jin Huang 6 mths ago
        Battery Size, this thing used up the hole back, no room to carry anything extra. I think, just I think
      • R.Way 6 mths ago
        Not using the Tesla technology, slated to be part of a joint-project RAV next year.
      • Marshall 6 mths ago
        Cost, mainly. Lithium-ions are still expensive. The more they make, the better it will get. That's why the Volt is 40k, the 200+ mile Tesla is around 60k. The good part of the Volt is that they're adding a generator into the electric drivetrain (granted, it's a gas-electric generator)... but that's really the future.
    • contreras  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  6 mths ago
      thats heavy!!!
      • JJ 6 mths ago
        Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the earth's gravitational pull?
      • Rick 6 mths ago
        Wait a minute, Doc; You mean to tell me you built an ELECTRIC CAR out of a DELOREAN????
    • Arthur  •  Kansas City, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Humm... which pollution is worse... burning coal or burning gas?
      • WesleyL 6 mths ago
        Burning gas? Because you still burn coal to make gas.
      • joe 6 mths ago
        and you can basicaly put 4-5 million into a Coal Plant and retro fit the entire thing with new smog protections.
        Point source Pollution is a Heck of a lot easier to clean up and manage.
      • Joseph 6 mths ago
        How about who cares? Nothing has happened since the pollution Nazi started demanding gas price jump by 70 cents to get a .5% decrease in pollution.
    • Ryan Gallegos  •  Santa Rosa, United States  •  6 mths ago
      "Roads? Where we're going, we dont need roads."
    • Terry  •  Norwalk, United States  •  6 mths ago
      if u do a line of coke thats in the glove box,the delorean will go really fast.
      • MGT 6 mths ago
        Actually, if you do a line of coke thats in the glove box, then the delorian never goes fast enough.
    • PlAGuE  •  6 mths ago
      Why do we have to waste 31 seconds of our time to watch this ad before this video can we opt out??
    • MelT  •  6 mths ago
      Still needs a Mr. Fusion. And where's my autolace shoes & more importantly, my hoverboard? I'm already an adult in my 30s but I sure as hell will still ride around like a kid if they ever build a Hasbro Bulldog.
    • janonomous  •  San Diego, United States  •  6 mths ago
      It's all in the flux capacitor.
    • MarkB  •  Cedar City, United States  •  6 mths ago
      It is all made possible with the flux capacitor
    • taylor  •  Kosciusko, United States  •  6 mths ago
      actually believe it or not, the concept o pollution that is output by cars, oil refineries, coal burning plants, the pollution created is slim to none. I happen to be an engineer and my research is all about this particular subject.Everyday a Volcano erupts whether big or small, the amount of toxic polluted fumes that come out of a volcano is much larger. We can continue to drive as we are with a roughly 8.6% increase per year of drivers and with a base rate of 12.5% oil consumption, the amount of pollution put out by the most recent major eruption more than covers what we could put out in the next 20 years so if you think about it we aren't doing anything to our planet to pollute it, the own planet is doing it because that is how it works.
    • Jim G  •  Springfield, United States  •  6 mths ago
      "Do you know what this means? It means this damned thing doesnt work!"
    • A Yahoo! User  •  San Marcos, United States  •  6 mths ago
      No Mr. Fusion????
    • ray y  •  6 mths ago
      This just came across my mind, a car that attracts lightning! Free electricity! Cept for the danger of getting electrocuted.
    • mchammer  •  Tampa, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Its supposed to run on nuclear power...DUH
    • Cavalry Scout  •  6 mths ago
      How can the weight of a stainless steel body help the electric version vehicle achieve high mileage. Why not maintain the basic Delorean body model while adapting the battery, computer, motor and associated system to a light weight frame and body capable of exceeding the Tesla competion car in appearance, speed and mileage.
    • Bill  •  6 mths ago
      $70,000 for one ? Sounds like DeLorean's snorting coke again.
    • duke  •  6 mths ago
      20 comments so far, and 99% are 88 mph, Jig-a-watts, and Flux Capacitor. If your just reading this story now, no need to make a comment (it's been covered).
    • Barry Gusey  •  6 mths ago
      Bet it has more punch that that anemic Renault power plant they came with.
    • Matthew  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  6 mths ago
      lets put kim k in one and send her back to the future

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