Wheels of Future Past

Hello friends welcome to my blog http://techsonwheel.blogspot.in/. In this new era we have seen many innovative cars evolved around us and along with the regular taste. The big V8, mighty V12, fuel efficient cars, hybrid cars and electric cars or EV’s. As the days are passing by we are leaving our carbon footprint in nature by our vehicles, industries etc. So as to reduce this carbon footprint by vehicles we have shifted partly towards hybrid and electric vehicles.

Tesla Model S

                Today I’m going to tell about a car which runs on batteries but competes with the big V8 in terms of performance, ride quality and cost of running. Tesla Motors Inc. founded by Elon Musk, Martin Eberhard, Marc Tempenning, JB Straubel, Ian Wright in the year 2003 sells electric cars and electric vehicle powertrain components.

                The Palo Alto Company gain widespread attention by producing their Tesla Roadstar, the first fully electric sports car. The company’s second vehicle is the Tesla Model S the electric luxury sedan. The Tesla Model S dispels conventional thinking about EV’s with spacious & luxurious interiors, driving dynamics, ride comfort along with 200 miles of range. The Tesla Model S is a full sized five door electric sedan. It was released on the 2^nd quarter of 2013 in Europe. There are presently two models available one is equipped with 85kWh Li-on Battery which can travel 426km (265 miles) and the other is packed with 60 kWh Battery with a range of 335km (208 miles). The Tesla is expected to release a base model with 40 kWh Battery with range of 260 km (160 miles).

                The Model S Signature model with an 85 kWh pack rated by EPA has a top speed of 125 mph (201 km/h) and accelerates from 0 to 60 miles per hour (0 to 97 km/h) in5.4 seconds. The Model S Signature Performance model has a top speed of 130 mph (210 km/h) and accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 4.2 seconds, while the base 60 kWh battery model has a top speed of 120 mph (190 km/h) and accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 5.9 seconds.The Model S is offered with two battery packs a base model with 60 kWh Battery with range 335 km and 85 kWh Battery with range 426 km. The 85 kWh Battery packs 7,104 Lithium Ion battery cells in 16 modules wired in series and the 65 kWh Battery packs around 5432 Lithium Ion battery cells. Tesla motors guarantee the Model S BATTERY FOR 201,000 km or Eight years. The 80 kWh battery pack gets guarantee of Eight years and unlimited miles. The Model S takes pride in having flat floor as it packs the battery modules in floor of the vehicle with lower centre of gravity.
                The Tesla Model S can get fully in 30 hrs. From a household 120 V/15 A outlet the car recharged by 8 km in every hour. Through 10 kWh 240 V/30 A outlet the Model S gets charged up 50km in every hour. Using Tesla 20 kWh, 240 V High Power Wall Connector and the range can be restored by 100 km for every hour if the car is configured with twin charger (20 kWh). The Tesla Supercharger can add up to 320 km in 30 min. Supercharging is available in the 85 kWh variant. But as an extra option of $2500 the 60 kWh that can be enable supercharging any time only it just requires minor software change.
               The Tesla Model S has 17in LCD display in the centre console of the car which displays all the information and controls of the car from air-conditioning, audio and functions such as regeneration braking, air suspension height even the charge-port hatch, sunroof and demisters. Only glitch is that everyone must have a reliable 3G to power the Satnav. The 60 kWh variant crosses 0-97km/h in 5.9 sec with a top speed of 193km/h. The 85 kWh variant crosses 0-97km/h in 5.4 sec with a top speed 200km/h and lastly the Model S Signature Edition (85 kWh) marks 0-97km/h in 4.2 sec with a top speed of 210km/h.
              Prices start at $49,900 for 60 kWh and $69,080 for 85 kWh variant. It has got many awards from different companies ‘The most stylish car’, ’Car of the year in Norway’, ‘Car of the Future’, ‘Motor Trend’s Car of the year’ etc. It’s a brilliant car in many ways but lack many features and naïve, arrogant in some ways and I think it fix them as time passes. Unfortunately it isn't available in India.

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OnePlus ONE- Never Settle

Hello friends welcome to my blog http://techsonwheel.blogspot.in/. In this quarter of year we have seen fantastic flagship Android smartphones being released. Whenever we hear about flagship device of a company us thing about high end specs, also meant high price point. One Chinese company that is looking to completely shake up the status quo the OnePlus, bringing their 2014 Flagship Killer here.

        The OnePlus One stands out with their “NEVER SETTLE” tag, but the biggest question remains will it be able to stand true to it or not? The One boosts a 5.5inch 1080p full HD JDI screen with LTPS technology for a higher pixel density and sharper pixel density and sharper picture. It has Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protects the screen against scratches, and with 178 degree vision.

            The performance is blazing fast in the device as it features the most powerful processing package currently available. Under the hood it has a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, clocked at 2.5 Ghz and backed by Adreno 330 GPU. It also has a 3 GB of RAM which is a bit of rarity in other certain flagship devices. The device runs on Cyanogenmod 11S which is the latest OS by Cyanogen. The software behind CM 11S knows how to the take full advantages of its processing capabilities. The CM 11S has a lot of customisation underneath and thus making it feel like stock android. It can be customised with widgets or shortcuts and icon through the settings or with their own theme engine. There are many more other features like double tap wake up, on screen gestures or draw gestures for a various tasks.

            On the hardware side the One has 16 GB and 64 GB variants at different price points, but it does not offers expandable storage like other flagship devices which shouldn’t be surprising considering the low price point. The device features Touch and Go, 3 MIC for noise cancellation, Bluetooth 4.0, Miracast, USB OTG, gyroscope, onscreen or capacitive buttons and all the other basic features. And atlast it packs a 3100 mAh non-removable battery.

            The One has a 13 MP Sony Exmor IMX214 sensor with f/2.0 aperture along with 6 physical lenses in it making it an amazing shooter for low light conditions and also producing sharper image in bright daylight. The cyanogens has its own camera application which also help you change the settings for ISO, exposure compensation as well as change the codec for video capture. The colour looks saturated and is not washed out and is beautifully balanced in all proportions. It has a front facing 80º wide angle camera of 5 MP, making it a great shooter for selfies. 4K video capture is available in it but surely you would run out of space in 16 GB model. Slow motion video is also available at 720p for 60 or 120fps capture that yield half or quarter speed videos. Finally while capturing photos you have do all the fun with all the live filters that are available.

            Finally we get on to the price the 16 GB Silk White comes with a price tag of $299 while the 64 GB Sandstone Black for $349 only. At this price range there is Moto X available for $299 but is not powerful as well. Next we have 16 GB Nexus 5 at $349 the closest competition of OnePlus One. The main rival would be the Chinese brand Oppo Find 7a at $499.

            The OnePlus One is a fully loaded device which packs an impressive specs sheet affordable price.

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