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Running out of juice: Bay Area electric car dealerships close [San Fran]
San Jose Mercury News ^ | 2/26/10 | Janis Mara

Posted on 02/28/2010 10:02:37 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom

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To: FlingWingFlyer
"500 mile extension cords are hard to find also. Expensive too!"

Lots of broken legs, from folks trip'n over them!

61 posted on 02/28/2010 12:00:34 PM PST by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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To: dools007
At any rate, there was a sign on it bragging that the vehicle did not pollute. I wonder what San Franciscans think generates the juice to make the vehicle move.

They don't pollute... the location of the stupid liberals making such claims. They pollute elsewhere, wherever the NIMBY minded liberals can't see. Liberals want to take all the good stuff we produce and dump on us all their pollution in trade.

62 posted on 02/28/2010 12:03:53 PM PST by JohnBovenmyer
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To: maine-iac7
"Grease spot" indeed...

But you can always mod them for improved safety...

...or go the other direction and just use the back one-third of a Smart Car as your GayMobile...


63 posted on 02/28/2010 12:10:03 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: John-Irish

Yep, judging from that picture I posted of the flipped smart car, it does not seem like there is much weight in the front end at all.

I also understand, although I am not 100% sure on this, that in an effort to reduce vehicle weight, mechanical linkages to the brakes and the accelerator have been replaced by wifi signal.

Considering interference, malfunction, hacking, and things like this, wireless linkages seem like a disaster waiting to happen...along with many other disasters waiting to happen in this poorly conceived, political vehicle.


64 posted on 02/28/2010 12:12:40 PM PST by chris37
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To: chris37

Like I say, I’m amazed the thing is even allowed on the roads. Seriously, I wouldn’t let my wife or anyone of my family drive such an unsafe looking car.


65 posted on 02/28/2010 12:17:38 PM PST by John-Irish ("Shame of him who thinks of it''.)
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To: John-Irish

That’s my wife... ;)

God Bless America!


66 posted on 02/28/2010 12:17:54 PM PST by blackie
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To: blackie

Back ‘at ‘cha’! And Happy Trails to you partner! “Happy Trails to you, until we meet again...’’


67 posted on 02/28/2010 12:23:37 PM PST by John-Irish ("Shame of him who thinks of it''.)
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To: chris37

That pic looks like a glorified golf cart.


68 posted on 02/28/2010 12:26:20 PM PST by Razzz42
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To: Nuc1

They’re way ahead of you...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPQIizRp9ck


69 posted on 02/28/2010 12:28:27 PM PST by Spike Knotts
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
SMUG ALERT!!! Image and video hosting by TinyPic
70 posted on 02/28/2010 12:37:42 PM PST by peggybac
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To: Spike Knotts

“Seriously, if they can’t sell this homomobile in SF...”

Hah. Ironic. I’ve been calling them the same for a while now. They come with changeable body panels so that you can make your car reflect your mood and emotions on any given day.

Not tryin’ to stereotype or insult but that is genuinely, seriously female/homo there.


71 posted on 02/28/2010 12:41:51 PM PST by JoenTX (Don't Tread on Me)
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To: John-Irish

Old curmudgeons love Happy Trails...;)


72 posted on 02/28/2010 12:45:41 PM PST by blackie
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To: blackie

You bet! Used to love watching Roy Rogers & Dale Evans as a kid. Man, that was a life-time ago.


73 posted on 02/28/2010 1:44:45 PM PST by John-Irish ("Shame of him who thinks of it''.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

No grade ability
they won t go up hill


74 posted on 02/28/2010 1:48:55 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Tax the poor. Taxes will give them a stake in society)
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To: Nuc1
Check out this video to see what happens. I think you can get this as a kit. Smart car + Susuki GSXR
75 posted on 02/28/2010 1:49:36 PM PST by oldtimer2 (The majority is not silent--The government is deaf)
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To: chris37

I’ve seen some electric vehicles in gated retirement communities. They’re called golf carts. People can use them to drive down the private street to the supermarket and such. They’re convenient for people who no longer have a license to drive a conventional car.


76 posted on 02/28/2010 1:53:49 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

LOLOLOL


77 posted on 02/28/2010 1:59:59 PM PST by maine-iac7 ("He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" Lincoln)
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To: oldtimer2

That looks like fun.


78 posted on 02/28/2010 2:19:18 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Waste and fraud are synonymous with gov't spending)
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To: blackie

Nice looking truck blackie. I miss my pickup truck. I would never buy a car unless it had a hatchback or was a station wagon because this mama hauls stuff and sedans aren’t ammenable to the lumberyard-specific projects I have each year. This spring it’ll be a new fence on the other side of the house to keep those pesky (but cute) deer from devouring my garden.


79 posted on 02/28/2010 4:35:29 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Time for another subsidy — free electric cars for everyone. You can pick it up with your Obama money.


80 posted on 02/28/2010 4:45:19 PM PST by dhs12345
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