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[Kyle]

If they really want to help the planet...

 

[Kyle]

 

[Sneakers]

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I had a Subaru BRAT, little tiny 4x4. My brother would always ask me where the wind up key was.

 

[Kyle]

I had a Subaru BRAT, little tiny 4x4. My brother would always ask me where the wind up key was.

Reminds me of the Suzuki Samurai.

 

[GURPS]

I had a Subaru BRAT, little tiny 4x4. My brother would always ask me where the wind up key was.

Awesome Vehicle

 

[glhs837]

Wow. You are saying that unless people are injured or killed the fires don't matter. Let me guess, you were on the Ford Pinto design team. Don't worry about the house burning down because you have insurance, right?

No, they do matter. But they are no more of a risk than a gas car. People act like a car burning is the end of the damn world. You can buy a new car. 40,000 people a year die in regular car crashes, but people are losing their minds about this. Seems a bit silly when you look at it that way. Yep, a car burned. Cars burn all the time. ICE vehicles burn at a higher rate than EVs.

Reminds me of the Suzuki Samurai.

Loved ours. But I cant blame the son for wanting to change after commuting to school for a year and a half

If they really want to help the planet...

You might be surprised by how many people buy EVs without really being greenie weenies. Hell, I'll own one before my two hippies friends will .

 

[Sneakers]

You might be surprised by how many people buy EVs without really being greenie weenies.

I'm part green, but not going to chain myself to a tree. I'm getting an EV for the tech, the performance and to see what it's all about 1st hand.

 

[Sneakers]

Awesome Vehicle

Took that thing everywhere.

 

[GURPS]

I always wanted a GL-10 Wagon w/Hi-Lo Transfer Case

 

[glhs837]

I'm part green, but not going to chain myself to a tree. I'm getting an EV for the tech, the performance and to see what it's all about 1st hand.

I hope Aptera pulls it off, but there are some troubling signs.

 

[Sneakers]

I hope Aptera pulls it off, but there are some troubling signs.

Agreed. Biggest is funding to get to production. Their just announced AccelerateAptera funding campaign has raised $1.2 M in just 3 days.

 

[glhs837]

Agreed. Biggest is funding to get to production. Their just announced AccelerateAptera funding campaign has raised $1.2 M in just 3 days.

Yeah, I think they need a much larger angel. What, 18.8m left if that campaign fully works? I suspect that's not enough, but that they hope it gets them far enough into production that other money will follow. Rivian and Lucid are both finding out exactly how hard a money suck production is.

 

[Sneakers]

What, 18.8m left if that campaign fully works?

They need $50M to go production, although some say more realistically. Not all of it to be generated by this campaign.

 

[RoseRed]

 

[Kyle]

 

[Sneakers]

Yeeeeahhhh...... that one's gonna hurt.

 

[jrt_ms1995]

How many NMCI computers caught fire?

They were much too slow to catch fire, although I often wanted to throw mine into one!

 

[RoseRed]

They were much too slow to catch fire, although I often wanted to throw mine into one!

I almost had a battery burst. IT caught it beforehand and replaced it.

 

[jrt_ms1995]

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I briefly thought about one of these, and the preferred but similar Scion IQ, but found it just ridiculous that the alleged mileage was no better than that of the bigger, better-looking 2-seat rice rocket I drove 30 years ago.

 

[glhs837]

Audi E-tron ejects battery pack during crash. Folks try and claim that's an actual designed in feature, for the car to toss a 1,500lb part of itself across the roadway....