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Americans Refusing To Wait For Mainstream EVs

hazehead writes "The growing trend of folks refusing to wait for big-car manufacturers to deliver mainstream electric vehicles is starting to get some press. From DIY tinkerers in Atlanta trying to keep money from going overseas (or simply from leaving their wallets) to a guy in Oregon building an open source Civic conversion kit, Americans are taking energy policy in their own grease-stained hands."

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  1. Electric... fuel? by sabre86 · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the CNN article:

    Other components such as a fuel injector were replaced with their electric counterparts

    What's the electric counterpart to a fuel injector? A... wire?

    --sabre86

  2. Re:Still doesnt solve jack by flyingfsck · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, cars are hydrogen powered already - liquid hydrocarbons.

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    Excuse me, but please get off my Pennisetum Clandestinum, eh!