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Aptera 120 mile range plug-in electric vehicle
Lots of interesting ideas and technology in this Aptera Typ-1e electric vehicle ($27,000). It plugs into normal 110v and has a 120 mile range.
They also have a hybrid version, the Typ-1h that does 300 miles per gallon ($30,000). A traditional 4 wheeled version is also in the works. Check out the video on Popular Mechanics.
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It looks like it wants to be an airplane.
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I'd own that... And drive it too!
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I think it's impressive that a small company could come out with such an "out of the box" product and offer it a such a low price. The engineering involved in creating and manufacturing is substantial. They've done some clever things to keep costs low.
I also expect the look of the vehicle is intentional to get people's attention. More than likely, the planned 4 wheel version will be more conventional. It's worth keeping an eye on these guys to see what they come up with.
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I would love to have an electric vehicle that can get 150 highway miles on a charge, but I definitely don't want it to get people's attention.
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One of the purposes of Marketing is to get people's attention. If their first product looked like a Ford Pinto it wouldn't create any buzz in the marketplace.
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Looks like Diptera rather than Aptera.
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New battery technology:
http://www.fireflyenergy.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=273&Itemid=100 A spinoff from Caterpillar. Could make electric cars more practical.
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Ah, hence the name.
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Now take that drive line and put it in a Toyota Camry, then you will have something. I drive 50 miles or less in a day, provided I had a second gas car for trips I'd buy a plug in. For a daily car it would make a lot of sense.
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I'm curious to know how many orders they have. There have been plenty of such dream cars in the past that never happened for one reason or another. I hope they can pull it off, but I'll believe it when Jay Leno has one in his garage.
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Hey that's cool! I'd drive one. Hopefully the price gets even cheaper if more are produced and manufacturing becomes streamlined.
I like the idea of a heat pump for climate control.
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Looks like a tail end from the 60's like a 66 T-Bird of falcon or something.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%3Fei%3DUTF-8%26p%3D66%2Bthunderbird%2Bphoto%26y%3DSearch&w=896&h=592&imgurl=www.jrcentral.com%2Fimages%2F66thunderbird18.jpg&size=213.8&name=66thunderbird18.jpg&rcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jrcentral.com%2F1966thunderbirdjrimages.html&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jrcentral.com%2F1966thunderbirdjrimages.html&p=66+thunderbird&type=jpeg&no=3&tt=325
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It's roughly the shape of a raindrop.
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