The first Tango

Filed under: EV News — Chris at 8:56 am on Thursday, August 11, 2005

Clooney and the T600
Now this is something a lot of people have been waiting to see, for a long time.

Rick and Bryan Woodbury of Commuter Cars have pulled it off, delivering the first production Tango T600 to George Clooney. Unlike the familiar blue and red prototypes, this one’s black, and it’s looking really sweet.

0-60 in 4 seconds, 150mph top speed, full NHRA-spec roll cage, dual 9″ Advanced DC FB1-4001 motors and a 2000-amp Zilla controller (the same controller as I’ve bought for my truck project) running at 300VDC, this thing is a rocket. After helping out with modifying the battery tray for a new type of battery when I was in Portland for the Woodburn races a couple years ago, I got a brief opportunity afterward to take a ride as a passenger in the red prototype, with Rick at the wheel. Even with its detuned controller (to break in the new batteries), it accelerated like a cannon shell and took corners with no lean. I haven’t ridden in anything really exotic, but I also haven’t ridden in any sports car of any kind that handles as well as the Tango. All this, in a footprint that’s smaller than some full-size touring motorcycles.

Electrifying Times has a page on the delivery, with a couple large shots of the dude and his new ride.

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