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High Efficiency Hybrid Car Planned For 2009
An anonymous reader writes "You may have heard some of the hype last month when California-based Aptera let out first word of its allegedly super fuel-efficient (and cheap) Typ-1 electric vehicle. A video test drive and gee-whiz specs breakdown at the Popular Mechanics site proves that this thing is for real. The plan is to have a vehicle that goes 120 miles on a single lithium-phosphate pack charge for 2008, with a 300-mpg model to follow by 2009. Aptera is also mentioned in Wired's new cover story as one of several early front-runners for the Automotive X Prize."
Wii would like to play!
Does it come with a gamepad?
If you've never been modded as "flamebait" or "troll," you've never tried to argue a minority viewpoint here!
So will the firmware for this be written in native perl 6, and will it come bundled with a free copy of Duke Nukem Forever?
"'I pass the test,' she said. 'I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel.'"
- JRR Tolkien.
Yeah... that's what we really want. The general public, going fast without horses. Think about all the idiot riders on four horse carriages that roll their carriages regularly. Do you really want those mouth breathers going faster? If we ever do get horseless carriages, it won't be long before these CARs are slamming into the sides of farm houses and crashing through people's porches. Drunk driving anyone? Head-on collisions? The only way I'd be OK with horseless carriages was if the average population not only had an IQ of 180 to start, but also had a really strong sense of REAL personal responsibility. That is to say, "Not only do I care about taking care of myself, but I care about the wellbeing of every human being that I am around". Until that happens (yeah right), I'll be casting my vote against the common neanderthal getting a vehicle that is not pulled my animal.
then install solar panels on your roof of your garage and use that juice to charge the car overnight.
Ohh, man that's funny...
Paying taxes to buy civilization is like paying a hooker to buy love.
This one pretty enough for ya? :-D
base price: $98,000
Not any more.
There is no "I disagree" mod for a reason. Flamebait, Troll, and Overrated are not substitutes.
Yeah right, nice try getting me to do some overtime.
Or, you could still use the panels, by charging batteries, then running the current at night through some compact fluorescent (for higher efficiency) lights, so that the solar panels could generate electricity to charge your car!