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Yo, mooseSlime. Sooner or later you and your oil's gonna be obsolete.

Know what else? It's gonna be a 'Merican who does it. Dat's right! The Great Satan!

You like apples? How bout dem apples!?

1 posted on 07/18/2006 12:05:32 PM PDT by LouAvul
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Does it go 120 mph and 400 miles on a charge have AC and heat?

Otherwise I will stick with the Dinosaur fuel.


2 posted on 07/18/2006 12:08:30 PM PDT by Patrick1
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So. GM drops their electric car because of lack of interest by buyers, and this guy thinks his will sell?

Not until they can come up with one that will go at least 300 or more miles between charges.


3 posted on 07/18/2006 12:08:43 PM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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E85 is far cheaper, $100 for conversion;

Reduces dependence on oil much more than hybrid;

And you don't have to burn coal to charge it.


4 posted on 07/18/2006 12:09:34 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (If you build it, they won't come...)
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Yeah, but where does the energy comes from at the power station? Usually it's some kind of carbohydrate


5 posted on 07/18/2006 12:09:35 PM PDT by soccer_maniac (Fine employers $100,000 for every illegal employee they hire-> millions of illegals will self-deport)
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What people need to understand is that plugging a car into a 110-volt outlet doesn't give you "free" power. At the rate utility costs have been escalating over the last 10-15 years, there's a decent chance down the road that plugging in your car could eventually cost more than filling it up with gasoline?


6 posted on 07/18/2006 12:09:42 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
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still have to generate the juice. . .


7 posted on 07/18/2006 12:09:46 PM PDT by esquirette (Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.)
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Just to get to work, that thing would be awesome. AWESOME. Hell yeah I'd drive it. You put a good sound system in there, you're golden.


8 posted on 07/18/2006 12:10:02 PM PDT by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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It has a three-star crash test rating," Griffiths responded, "and it has air bag systems, five air bags, three in the front. It's like a walnut. It's actually a very safe car. This is a city commuter car, so it's not a car that you'll necessarily be driving on the highway every day. So we're not looking at high speeds, necessarily."

In other words, this is marketing-speak for "its a death trap on the highway".
9 posted on 07/18/2006 12:10:19 PM PDT by CertainInalienableRights
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"It's a plug-in hybrid. It uses absolutely no gas."

Great. Does this guy have a freakin' clue what "hybrid" means? If its sole propulsion system is electric, it is an electric car NOT a hybrid.
11 posted on 07/18/2006 12:10:41 PM PDT by eraser2005
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Electricity comes from magic!


12 posted on 07/18/2006 12:11:05 PM PDT by TChris (Banning DDT wasn't about birds. It was about power.)
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This is a city commuter car,

this is the only thing they should have be marketed for,imo,but,what's the cost to charge it vs. filling up a 4cyl gas mizer? and are we gaurenteed the electricity comes from solar,wind,hydro or nucular sources?

17 posted on 07/18/2006 12:13:45 PM PDT by Minnesoootan
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I'll buy one of these cars just as soon as John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Howard Dean, Nancy Pelois, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Carl Levin and all the rest of the liberals turn in their automobiles and buy one.


20 posted on 07/18/2006 12:14:55 PM PDT by GianniV
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This is the cue for someone to post that pic of "Mr. Fusion" from Back To The Future.


22 posted on 07/18/2006 12:15:36 PM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help m)
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After the purchaser is done bragging about not having to buy gas, his electric bill arrives in the mail and he applies for a loan to pay it.

It's hard enough paying extra, in the hot months, for air conditioning, but wait 'til you see what re-charging your electric car costs on your electric bill each month.

I have a friend who found out the hard way. First three weeks he had the car its was "Nyah nah nah nah nah! I don't have to buy any gas!" Then he got his power bill and it was way more than double the usual (close to $600 for a three bedroom house...it normally runs him from $150 in winter to about $200 or so in the summer).

24 posted on 07/18/2006 12:16:00 PM PDT by capt. norm (W.C. Fields: "The time has come to take the bull by the tail and face the situation".)
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It's a start in the right direction to free the Americans from dependence upon a nonrenewable resource imported from unreliable and unstable govts who hate America.


30 posted on 07/18/2006 12:19:44 PM PDT by lilylangtree
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Griffiths showed Syler how you simply plug the car in, literally, to a conventional 110 volt outlet.

Yeah, it's not like my electric bill has skyrocketed. < /sarc >

Meanwhile all of the "alternative fuel" cars are using the roads without paying the taxes that maintain those roads. I suggest raising the licensing renewal fees and lowering gas taxes.

31 posted on 07/18/2006 12:19:47 PM PDT by weegee (Merry Jo Kopechne Day!)
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"It's a plug-in hybrid. It uses absolutely no gas. "

Huh? If it's a hybrid, that would indicate a cross of two or more technologies. If it's all electric, then it's not a hybrid. If it is a hybrid, forget the electric part, I want the gasoline motor that uses no gas!


37 posted on 07/18/2006 12:21:47 PM PDT by brownsfan (It's not a war on terror... it's a war with islam.)
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"If you're fed up with paying high gas prices..."

...then look down. There. At the end of your leg. Yes, that's foot. You have two of them. Simply begin by placing one foot out in front of you, and then follow by placing the other foot out in front of that one. Repeat as needed.

Not fast enough for ya? Then open that wallet and fill up your tank. Driving directions? Sorry can't help ya there, liability reasons you know.


42 posted on 07/18/2006 12:25:47 PM PDT by Sax
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I don't want an electric car. I've seen what drivers of electric cars look like, and frankly I don't mind spending 1/2 hour on personal hygiene every morning.


51 posted on 07/18/2006 12:29:37 PM PDT by You Dirty Rats (I Love Free Republic!!!)
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The more options to the table, the merrier. Electric, ethanol, biodiesel, whatever. Compete the price of gas down to where it belongs, and deprive third world dictators of their plunder. Everybody wins.


52 posted on 07/18/2006 12:30:08 PM PDT by mysterio
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