| The Tango electric car may not look like it at first | | | | One of the other outstanding characteristics of |
| glance, but it basically a high end electric sports | | | | the Tango EV is the price. The car retails for |
| car. The Tango is a low profile car...turned 90 | | | | somewhere around $110,000 depending on the |
| degrees. The design takes advantage of battery | | | | battery pack. Get ready to put $10,000 down to |
| weight to provide a low center of gravity that | | | | hold one. No problem for those with the cash. |
| works better than it looks. This is particularly | | | | If the buyer decides to finance the thin car, the |
| effective considering a lead acid battery pack only | | | | payments will be something like those for a house. |
| 11 inches off of the ground. | | | | Here is an example of possible payments: |
| The Tango uses 2-9" DC motors to provide | | | | Tango Model T600 Electric Car: |
| forward thrust, and thrust it does. The car does | | | | Down payment: $10,000 |
| well at the drag strip and has beat the Tesla | | | | Loan Amount: $100,000 |
| Roadster to the finish line by up to a few tenths | | | | Car loan interest rate: 6.81% |
| of a second. It will hit 60 mph is around 4 | | | | Loan Period in Months: 48 |
| seconds. The Tango may do well at the strip, but | | | | Monthly Payment: $2,385 |
| it seems unlikely that it could follow the Tesla | | | | Same loan over 5 years: |
| around rally course for long. | | | | $1,971 |
| In other performance specs, a top speed over | | | | And over 7 years: |
| 170 mph can be had. A range of 150 miles is listed | | | | $1,695 |
| with the Li-Ion battery pack. This 49 kWh energy | | | | Add in the $53, 000 - 49 KWh battery pack and |
| storage unit will run the owner around $1,000 per | | | | your monthly payments look something like this: |
| kWh or $50,000. | | | | 48 months - $3,340 |
| The Tango may be quick, but it is not too | | | | 60 months - $2,759 |
| efficient. It uses over 300 watt hr/mile; about a | | | | 72 months - $2,374 |
| third less than the Tesla Roadster. The Tango | | | | If you are interested, the manufacturer of the |
| weighs more, and is less streamlined than the | | | | Tango electric car is taking orders. Contact for |
| Roadster. | | | | the forms. |