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04-23-2008
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Originally Posted by freeztar  Wanna go in half and half on a Tesla?  | I have to admit if I had more money than sense I would be all over that car!
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04-23-2008
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Originally Posted by Moontanman I have to admit if I had more money than sense I would be all over that car! | Good point. Good thing we have more sense than money. 
I can't wait to see one on the road, or in person at all for that matter.
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04-24-2008
|  | Slaying Bad Memes | | | | | Re: NOVA: Car of the Future
I watched maybe 10% of the show and listened to the other 90% while doing chores in the kitchen. Really enjoyed it.
I think the answer for cars will eventually be the high efficiency, linear-DC, pulse-driven electric motor and a combo of high energy density batteries and the methane fuel-cell.
They have methane fuel-cells now the size of an A battery that produces several times the current of an A battery. Trouble is the lifespan. The carbon dioxide from the methane eventually clogs the sucker up. But that's a technical problem I believe will be fixed in the next pi/2 decades.
The regen-braking is a nice touch, too. But we're all going to have to live with hiway speeds under 60 mph. If you want faster than that, take a bullet train (fueled with H2).
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04-28-2008
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While not quite the huge step forward many of these idea are, Hymotion has started taking orders for a module for the Prius which will bump the mileage to as much as 150mpg for short trips.
I am probably going to get 90-100mpg considering my driving habits.
On another front, Th!nk in Norway has announce US distribution (thank you Norway!) About TH!NK North America / Our Company / Home - Think.
A much more affordable car than the Tesla
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Originally Posted by InfiniteNow | I don't think my current budget restrants will allow me to do any of these things  maybe i need to raise taxes on my minions!
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Originally Posted by Zythryn While not quite the huge step forward many of these idea are, Hymotion has started taking orders for a module for the Prius which will bump the mileage to as much as 150mpg for short trips.
I am probably going to get 90-100mpg considering my driving habits.
On another front, Th!nk in Norway has announce US distribution (thank you Norway!) About TH!NK North America / Our Company / Home - Think.
A much more affordable car than the Tesla | No where near as sexy as the tesla but at my age sexy is somewhat less the number one priority Still in the top ten though
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It will be much more sexy when you are cruising the strip in your 100mpg Prius as the V12 supercharged muscle cars are sitting on the edge of the road
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Originally Posted by Zythryn It will be much more sexy when you are cruising the strip in your 100mpg Prius as the V12 supercharged muscle cars are sitting on the edge of the road | Yeah, this is true but the people who drive those cars will still buy gas if it's $1000 dolars a liter. Driving those cars makes up for certian physical short comings
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