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Originally Posted by SweetDaddyD
It's supposed to be a sports car. They advertise it as a sports car always followed by what the 0-60 times are. The 60 mile range came from top gears test on the track when driven like the sports car it is advertised as. If I drove up to the mountains to drive the car like I do my Elise- I would not be making it home. If I drove it like Grandma on an EPA test cycle (I've personally driven EPA test cycles on chassis dynos- and it isn't like how you are going to drive your sports car) I still would not be making it home from the mountains (a 30-40 minute drive away- but spending some time in them even driving along at 45 mph to get any kind of range the hills are still gonna put a hurtin to the range)
Ok ditch the solar panels. A diesel electric hybrid or just a simple 50+ MPG VW TDI would be smarter and more economical. Not to mention serviceable, proven, has a dealer network, etc.
The Govt money would of been of much better benefit to the country to convert an idle big 3 plant to produce an efficient car- the Chevy Volt perhaps if that project has been idled (and something other than pure electric) and kept more Americans working, do more for the economy, etc.
What ever happened with the Chevy Volt anyway. I never thought it would actually see production in any sort of originally proposed form. Haven't heard anything on it in a while. At least if they made it they would be capable of actually getting some cars on the road. They'd put more on the road in a month for half the price than Tesla has put on the road in 5 years.
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the fisker will be the "real" alternative drivetrain high end car... volt is on its way, volt car itself will be a complete failure - but the drivetrain will be good, and will be found in many cool cars to come. ...fisker - thats legit transportation technology, not a stupid little ev...