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Howard killing the electric car?

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Thanks for the link Is Mise. I'll make sure to order or buy a copy when I'm in town within the next few days. Looks very interesting from what I've read in the introduction. I'd love to hear more about your ride in the 1907 Detroit vehicle.
Wildcat.
Posted by Aime, Friday, 23 March 2007 12:35:10 PM
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http://www.slf.org.au/festival/program/exhibitors/arianaEV

To suggest the Ariana vehicle would cost owners just over $100 per year in fuel and can drive between 250 - 300 kms on one charge sounds like a maths error... costing power usage for recharging ?

Top speed of 160 km/h is to fast, really only want 100km/h at which point any faster probably guilty of speeding. To travel longer distances we need an easier load on load off for cars to trains.

Some of my neighbours drive their electrics golf buggies :-) Figure those driving golf buggies keep to pavements rather than road from fear of being booked for driving unregistered vehicles... Can we get them cheaply registered to drive on the roads ?

Another neighbour has a hybrid with standard vehicle registration, so we must have standards for electric motors in vehicles.

So IF Ariana vehicle is ready for mass production in Australia yes wedo have standards for electric vehicles. What part are they having problems with ?

How much does it cost to get a vehicle certified as roadworthy in Australia or one of the states ?

More importantly, how much are they costing to produce at moment, how fast can they produce them, and what savings achievable from building 10,000 or 100,000 in a year ?

Recharging to 85% in 6 minutes at charging station is plenty fast. IF can get 300km before needing the charge, anything over 200km is time I took a tea break ;-) Parking meters could be turned into charge stations. Swipe your flexicard, put your coins in the parking meter then plug in your meter recharge cable...
Posted by polpak, Friday, 23 March 2007 9:39:09 PM
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