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Apurimac

Mdler, are you 14?

That's not an insult btw.

Jan 30, 08 2:45 pm  · 
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MysteryMan

[My Non-Green Contribution]http://www.allpar.com/photos/dodge/challenger/burnout.jpg[/img]

Feb 7, 08 4:14 pm  · 
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MysteryMan
SDR
Feb 7, 08 4:22 pm  · 
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treekiller

not as nice as the aptera with half the seating and almost the same price:



Myers No More Gas three wheeler

consumer reports reviews the NMG, the ZENN, and the Tesla. electric cars have gone main street!!!

Mar 12, 08 8:53 pm  · 
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treekiller
where to buy electric cars by the NYTimes


Darlene Kelly of Davis Electric Cars with a Zenn, rear, a Xebra, right, and an electric bike


Steve Sharer of Ecomotion with a Zap Xebra

and the don't look like your typical sleazy car salesmen!

Mar 13, 08 3:24 pm  · 
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SDR

<family@aptera.com>

Mar 26, 08 11:46 pm  · 
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SDR

Did anybody get the Newsletter from Aptera ? There's some new videos.

Mar 27, 08 12:25 am  · 
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treekiller

just got it and was thinking about making a post...

Mar 27, 08 10:02 am  · 
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SDR

I can't figure out how to forward it here. Just post the videos, maybe. . .

Mar 27, 08 12:43 pm  · 
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treekiller
An Aptera guided tour: Introduction

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NuhYmK-CQc&NR=1]Aptera Vehicle Launch Video[/url] with a cool soundtrack...

interesting article about electric car battery tech in forbes

can't wait to test drive one!

Mar 27, 08 1:46 pm  · 
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SDR

Interview with the designer, Jason Hill:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPcFvfLD2Bw&feature=related


Mar 27, 08 1:59 pm  · 
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SDR

I still love this wacky midnight run of the "mule":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pBM557dsdg&feature=related

Mar 27, 08 2:03 pm  · 
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treekiller

just in time for earthday

TH!NK


TH!NK city


TH!NK ox


TH!NK open

The battery-powered TH!NK City has a planned range of 110 miles per charge, with a top speed of about 65 mph, is 95% recyclable, will priced below $25,000, and should be available next year. The LAtimes reports that a southern california assembly plant will be producing cars for the north american market!

check out their funny movies


also in the LAtimes is a gallery of concept cars

Apr 22, 08 2:21 pm  · 
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SDR

Smart cars are suddenly everywhere in San Francisco. . .

I'd like to see more of the Ox.

Apr 22, 08 10:36 pm  · 
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holz.box

i posted this elsewhere a few weeks ago

peugot 308, 75-90mpg

May 1, 08 9:48 pm  · 
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SDR

Plow thru the ad, and the taking heads. . . Press the little blue-and-white rectangle below the screen to enlarge the video image.

May 1, 08 9:50 pm  · 
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oe
May 1, 08 10:12 pm  · 
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SDR

That car is a dog. . .

May 1, 08 10:16 pm  · 
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holz.box

That John Denver's full of shit, man.

May 1, 08 10:37 pm  · 
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treekiller
Fly the Road!

I've seen the VentureOne on TV, but not bothered checking it out until spotting a mention at fortune mag citing a 2010 delivery date...




treehugger pimps this two seater that can 'fly the road', but what I like are the following choices for about $20k;

May 2, 08 1:28 pm  · 
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mdler

the problem with most of these electric cars is that you will get you ass kicked on the playground if you are ever spotted driving one...

May 2, 08 1:42 pm  · 
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treekiller
venture beat

looks at funding for the new vehicle manufacturers...

May 2, 08 1:53 pm  · 
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mdler

i like how GM says that it is too expensive to build electric cars...fucking idiots

May 2, 08 2:02 pm  · 
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treekiller

over in the holyland, Project Better Place is proposing to give away free electric cars with a monthly service contract just like your cell phone. So do they have built in cameras and down loadable horn tones?

check out the video


May 6, 08 6:01 pm  · 
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anybody see the article in wired about the 'zap' company? yikes.

May 7, 08 7:39 am  · 
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SDR

Geez -- Sounds like a Bushco plot. Suck 'em in, spit 'em out. . .

May 7, 08 11:02 am  · 
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treekiller

and the winner is...



FIRST alt-fuel mass production car (if 200 cars is really mass production)

nytimes discussing the FCX Clarity.

too bad I don't have $600/month for the lease (or live in socal right now).

Jun 18, 08 2:08 pm  · 
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treekiller
NEW honda Insight!!!




looks alot like the FCX crossed with the civic. so how will it perform?

also in latimes

Sep 5, 08 12:06 pm  · 
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SDR

A Honda shaped like a Prius ? Perhaps that "peaked" roofline really is the most aerodynamic. . .?

Sep 5, 08 12:39 pm  · 
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SDR

NOW I've got this thread bookmarked. For a month now I couldn't remember the name Aptera, and I lost touch. . .!

Sep 5, 08 12:41 pm  · 
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treekiller

slight tangential to the quest for my own 150mph plug-in-hyrbid, but podcars gets a shout out in an latimes op-ed and previously seen at inhabitat







are the days of the personal automobile numbered?

Sep 8, 08 2:13 pm  · 
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treekiller

not a podcar, but inspired by the same sausage on wheels look/urban assault vehicles



was spotted on inhabitat. Seems a more half-baked/amateurish compared to most of the vehicles featured on this thread.


in another auto related news, an op-ed in theNYtimes calls for speed limiters to be mandatory on all cars to prevent car crash deaths - so days of cruising at 80+mph might soon be a thing of the past...

Sep 8, 08 2:36 pm  · 
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treekiller

for the DIY hybrid crowd:

Inhabitat bring us the XR3 kit car that claims 125 mpg on diesel power alone, 225 mpg on combined diesel and electric power.

So if you have betwen $10k and $25k (depending on the options) plus lots of free time, you can build your own set of wheels.




Sep 9, 08 2:14 pm  · 
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treekiller

and back to reality...



the chevy volt, sans batteries. LAtimes

Sep 16, 08 8:31 pm  · 
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Apurimac

^I'll believe it when i see it. GM introduced us to the electric car only to kill it, and I doubt they would do something so intelligent as to actually give us what we want for once.

After all, these are the same jerks who gave us the 17 mpg "hybrid" Tahoe.

Sep 16, 08 8:41 pm  · 
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SDR

Saw a Charlie Rose with Lutz (?) of GM styling. The Volt show car turned out to have the aerodynamics "of a brick" (Lutz) so they redesigned it. How could they have proposed a shape for this important eco-project without being aware of its performance characteristics ? Amazing. . .

Sep 16, 08 8:43 pm  · 
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the iQ is just too cute!
aerodynamic edges

Dec 20, 08 3:49 pm  · 
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SDR

I guess a (high) IQ is as good as being Smart ?

Dec 20, 08 5:33 pm  · 
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it's a toyota...

Dec 20, 08 5:36 pm  · 
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vado retro

thazz fugly dude.

Dec 20, 08 5:40 pm  · 
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SDR

Yoop.

Dec 20, 08 5:45 pm  · 
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treekiller

the tesla gets a journalist behind the wheel.

this is just a sick machine:

Base price: $109,000

Price as tested: $122,145

Powertrain: 375 Volt AC induction motor, air-cooled; single-speed, fixed-ratio transmission; rear-wheel drive

Battery: 53 kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack, liquid-cooled

Power: 248 horsepower at 5,000-8,000 rpm

Torque: 276 pound-feet at 0-4,500 rpm

Weight: 2,750 pounds

0-60 mph: 4 seconds

Wheelbase: 92.6 inches

Overall length: 155.4 inches

Feb 6, 09 1:08 pm  · 
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treekiller

and now something for the proletariat:





the NEW insight is no longer a cute 2-seater + NYT slideshow

Feb 14, 09 3:19 pm  · 
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treekiller
laTimes on the insight



slideshow


The car uses a version of Honda's Integrated Motor Assist technology, with a 1.3-liter, 98-horsepower four-cylinder engine assisted by a 13-hp electric motor/generator (max torque is 123 pound-feet). Unlike previous generations of IMA-equipped Hondas, the car will move at very low speed on all-electric power and will coast at speeds up to 30 mph in electric mode. --Dan Neil

I still want an aptera.

Mar 10, 09 8:56 pm  · 
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vado retro

that's fugly dude.

Mar 10, 09 10:09 pm  · 
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SDR

Prettier than a Prius, isn't it -- or "less ugly" ?

Mar 11, 09 1:24 am  · 
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treekiller
David Pogue interviews Shai Agassi

or better place.

So will these hot swappable batteries also function as peak electricity sources for the grid?

Mar 20, 09 1:42 pm  · 
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strlt_typ

it'd be fun to convert one of these to electric


or

Mar 23, 09 11:57 pm  · 
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