Right to the point. Asking an <br>electric car to be just like a gasoline<br>powered one is what ends up making<br>them so expensive. I rarely drive more<br>than 25 miles in my day to day wanderings,<br>so a car that even got 35 miles on a charge<br>
would satisfy my needs 99% of the time.<br>One could either have a conventional car<br>for extended trips, or, if those are infrequent,<br>just rent a car for those occasions.<br><br>Having a car specifically for in-town, short<br>
trips, would likely keep the price down. One<br>could even entertain the notion longer term<br>of an on-board, tiny gas or diesel generator<br>that would run as much as necessary to<br>supply additional miles. Or just plug the thing<br>
in somewhere now and then. Or just haul one's<br>little Honda generator along on those days when,<br>say, they need to go 30 miles....<br><br>Your notion of the golf cart with a fiber glass<br>shell is very much to the point. Get a car that<br>
really fulfils your needs - which very few people<br>seem to actually do - and the costs could be <br>very low. Oh, and make your second car a<br>one-ton, one-liter, gas powered model, and you'll<br>get 40 mpg even in town. I know. I have one.<br>
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 4:35 PM, David Pembrook <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david@pembrook.net">david@pembrook.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Collin Kidder wrote:<br>
> I'm starting to think that I've scared everyone away by saying that it's<br>
> a 5-15k proposition. Heck, it can range into the 30's if you want<br>
> lithium ion cells and ultra caps.<br>
Another thought would be an urban only car. If I have 2 cars and neither<br>
are driven far, I could have one that is limited in range and not care<br>
at all.<br>
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I keep look at the humble golf cart. It doesn't go that fast (doesn't<br>
need to). Take the concept, widen and lengthen the chassis, enclose<br>
with a fiberglass body. Add a gear box so we can hit 45. Of course the<br>
biggest problem would probably be making something like that street legal.<br>
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