LOOK !! New EV car coming to US

pola · 05-11-2007, 12:06 PM

http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1228

NOW LOOK AT THIS !!!
My boyfriend found this new EV car that is supposed to come out next year in the US, and is reasonably priced... don't you know Toyota is worried about this ???

daniel · 05-12-2007, 01:00 AM

There have been so many companies promising to introduce electric cars "real soon now" that I've taken the attitude: I'll believe them when their cars are on a car lot somewhere in the U.S.

Right now that's the freeway-capable xBox, sold only in CA by AC Propulsion, the 35-40 mph Xebra with a range from 15 to 40 miles, depending on battery pack, a bunch of different 25-mph NEVs, and some DIY conversion kits.

The rest, as far as I am concerned, are hot air. Some of the announced EVs claim performance that folks in the know think are extremely unlikey. Some will eventually become reality. There WILL be EVs available sooner or later, but whether it's one of the dozens of vaporware announcements that becomes real, or one we haven't heard of yet, is anybody's guess.

While you're waiting for that Javlon, I'll be happily driving my Xebra. It's here now. You can buy it today. Mine is in my garage.

pola · 05-12-2007, 10:22 AM

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There have been so many companies promising to introduce electric cars "real soon now" that I've taken the attitude: I'll believe them when their cars are on a car lot somewhere in the U.S.

Right now that's the freeway-capable xBox, sold only in CA by AC Propulsion, the 35-40 mph Xebra with a range from 15 to 40 miles, depending on battery pack, a bunch of different 25-mph NEVs, and some DIY conversion kits.

The rest, as far as I am concerned, are hot air. Some of the announced EVs claim performance that folks in the know think are extremely unlikey. Some will eventually become reality. There WILL be EVs available sooner or later, but whether it's one of the dozens of vaporware announcements that becomes real, or one we haven't heard of yet, is anybody's guess.

While you're waiting for that Javlon, I'll be happily driving my Xebra. It's here now. You can buy it today. Mine is in my garage.
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Cool- how do you like the Xebra ?

daniel · 05-12-2007, 10:26 AM

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Cool- how do you like the Xebra ?
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After one day of driving it (23 miles) I love it. It's not easy to drive. No power steering and no power brakes. No power windows or A/C. But it's electric! And here in WA it is water powered. I checked with my utility company. They get all their electrons from Bonneville, except for a few they get from wind power.

IsrAmeriPrius · 05-13-2007, 03:08 PM

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Right now that's the freeway-capable xBox, sold only in CA by AC Propulsion...[/b]

Actually, it is the eBox, which is based on the Scion xB.

dmckinstry · 05-13-2007, 08:04 PM

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After one day of driving it (23 miles) I love it. It's not easy to drive. No power steering and no power brakes. No power windows or A/C. But it's electric! And here in WA it is water powered. I checked with my utility company. They get all their electrons from Bonneville, except for a few they get from wind power.
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Really? None from Grand Coulee or the Spokane river?

Dave M.

05-12-2007, 01:00 AM	#2
daniel Cat Lovers Against the Bomb Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 9,151 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	There have been so many companies promising to introduce electric cars "real soon now" that I've taken the attitude: I'll believe them when their cars are on a car lot somewhere in the U.S. Right now that's the freeway-capable xBox, sold only in CA by AC Propulsion, the 35-40 mph Xebra with a range from 15 to 40 miles, depending on battery pack, a bunch of different 25-mph NEVs, and some DIY conversion kits. The rest, as far as I am concerned, are hot air. Some of the announced EVs claim performance that folks in the know think are extremely unlikey. Some will eventually become reality. There WILL be EVs available sooner or later, but whether it's one of the dozens of vaporware announcements that becomes real, or one we haven't heard of yet, is anybody's guess. While you're waiting for that Javlon, I'll be happily driving my Xebra. It's here now. You can buy it today. Mine is in my garage. __________________ Daniel ---------------------- Primary car: Zap Xebra SD: 100% electric car. 1.9 cents per mile, using electrons generated from water power. (The Prius is my gas guzzler, used when I have to travel farther than 35 miles in a day.) "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." -- Emma Goldman "Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think long and hard before starting a war." -- Otto von Bismarck

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05-11-2007, 12:06 PM	#1
pola Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 120 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1228 NOW LOOK AT THIS !!! My boyfriend found this new EV car that is supposed to come out next year in the US, and is reasonably priced... don't you know Toyota is worried about this ???