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A Very Light Car
"whoyakidding's ghost" > wrote in message
... > On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:30:11 -0400, Ed Huntress > > wrote: > >>On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:05:09 -0700 (PDT), jon_banquer > wrote: >> >>>While KiddingNoOne continues to live in fantasy land and is in total >>>denial of what the Chevy Volt is (An overweight, fat, pig) here is a >>>company with a proven record of success (They won the X-Prize) that >>>has the right idea: >>> >>>http://www.edison2.com/ >> >>This one has it by over 100 lb. (900 lb.) >> >>http://tinyurl.com/c8mfsw2 >> >>Lotus 6. 1952. Nice aluminum work, too. > > Both LOOK nice. No competition for the Volt though. > > I have to chuckle at all these impractical and or pie in the sky > vehicles, most of them 2 seaters that are being touted as lighter than > a Volt, which is a 4 seat series hybrid hatchback with serious utility > that one can actually buy here in the present reality. AKA reality. > Duh. We might as well add this as well > http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/12/2...-drive-review/ > Apples to oranges, and lots of unobtainium and impractical layouts. > How many years was the Aptera touted as being the next new thing? 2 > seats, 3 wheels, licensed as a motorcycle and could haul about as much > cargo as a bike. Yet it still ended up at nearly a ton and its main > claim to fame was being on magazine covers and burning up investment > cash. Both the projected weight and the price kept creeping up with > every new revelation until bankruptcy. Never did prove that it was > safe enough to compete in the market as a real car. Of course the > backers said it absolutely could. The very same people who kept > claiming perennially that it was soon to be available, and that they > could sell a vehicle with $20k of EV components for $20k. At some > point it appears they were going to 4 wheels and 4 seats, which I bet > they figured out was the only route to mass market and funding. > > The VW XL1 is headed down a similar road. 2 seats, small interior > volume, expensive materials, and bound to be hundreds heavier the > closer it gets to market, which it is now another year overdue for > even the projected handful of samples. So long as anything can > maintain its vaporware status its promoters might as well say it only > weights 1000 pounds, can go 1000 miles, and costs $1000. > > Meanwhile, here in reality, I had a nice sunny drive in the Volt > yesterday afternoon. About 35 miles to destination, came up about a > mile short on the battery. But only because the last 4 miles climbed > 1100'. On the return trip the engine only ran briefly on the downhill > section. All the rest was regen or battery. Then went another 3 miles > on the level before the engine started again. Sweet tech. In engine > mode it still goes nearly as far past a corner on battery as it spent > decelerating and braking. I fill up so seldom that last time I briefly > forgot which side the tank was on. I'm surprised how many people > recognize the car and want to talk about it. I even got a thumbs up > from a usually morose construction flagman the other day. I'm more > satisfied with the Volt than I've been with any of my new vehicles for > quite a while, which is something considering I swore I'd never buy > another domestic model. And I'm not alone. > http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/29/c...er-satisfacti/ > http://gas2.org/2011/11/21/jay-leno-...nets-2365-mpg/ > > Yeah I could be finding fault with the Volt and pining for a flying > car or whatever instead, but then I'd be taking work from backseat > drivers. ****, not even backseat drivers, full time chair drivers like > Bonkers. Dude, get a fukn life, ferchrissakes. Funny, Ed H's 6 word reply (and jb's op) had about 10x the value of your addle-brained verbiage -- shades of Entropy, eh? Here, ponder this for, oh, the next 10 years..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy Or better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy...rmation_theory) The latter explains, ultimately, why talking to you is about as informative as flipping a fair coin. lol Oh, Jay moon-chin Leno loves his volt.... Oh, yeah, and dat flagman's thumbsup.... OK, now, run along and giz yerself on one of yer Volt's tires.... -- EA |
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A Very Light Car
On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:21:29 -0400, "Existential Angst"
> wrote: >"whoyakidding's ghost" > wrote in message .. . >> Yeah I could be finding fault with the Volt and pining for a flying >> car or whatever instead, but then I'd be taking work from backseat >> drivers. ****, not even backseat drivers, full time chair drivers like >> Bonkers. > >Dude, get a fukn life, ferchrissakes. > >Funny, Ed H's 6 word reply (and jb's op) had about 10x the value of your >addle-brained verbiage -- shades of Entropy, eh? >Here, ponder this for, oh, the next 10 years..... >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy >Or better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy...rmation_theory) > >The latter explains, ultimately, why talking to you is about as informative >as flipping a fair coin. lol > >Oh, Jay moon-chin Leno loves his volt.... Oh, yeah, and dat flagman's >thumbsup.... >OK, now, run along and giz yerself on one of yer Volt's tires.... Whereizn yer sermin on the munt splainin how tu bild flywait EVs? Izin dere a rehab for rantoholics dat cant cum up wit reality based argamints? |
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