Spaceships series: Electrical Batteries module?

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Anthony

. Can you give me an example of a 600 horsepower car with a curb weight of less than 4,300 lb, or 500 hp at less than 3,555 lb, or 400 hp at less than 2,810 lb? (in all cases, adding 170 lb to curb weight for a driver).

Bugatti Veyron

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron

This is taking things right to the limit but the weights of high performance cars tend to be tied to many other factors than engine size.

Note that the Veyron for example gives all the luxury you'd expect in a $ million car. If it had been designed with the sorts of weight savings seen in previous stretch the limits cars (i.e. no floor mats much less air con and stereo) it would be much lighter.