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Porche has taken notice of Tesla's success selling electric hybrids
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Tesla hasn't sold a single hybrid. Rather, 100% electric.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891 -
Some European Electric Car Porn: The Survolt
Holy **** that's sex on wheels!
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But it's a Citroen
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
Steven WeinbergComment
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CNN has done a great review of the Tesla Model S.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Any opinions about the Nissan Leaf?No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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Is it just the lighting... or the wood trim, or does the center console on that thing look like ass? (NOT THE GOOD KIND)
... not to mention the speedometer display... WTF?Comment
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The seats seem racist too... white up front, black in the back.Comment
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I'm just assuming those back seats are indeed seats, though given the number of straps they might be bondage outfits...Comment
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This could be troublesome...
Chevrolet Volt catches fire weeks after crash, prompting closer look at safety
3:35 PM, Nov. 11, 2011 Following a fire in a Chevrolet Volt several weeks after a crash test, government officials are weighing the need for new safety rules that could require first responders to drain electric vehicles’ batteries after a crash.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said today it had investigated a fire that occurred this spring, after the Volt extended-range electric vehicle underwent a 20 mile-per-hour, side-impact test for its five-star crash safety rating. The crash punctured the Volt’s lithium-ion battery, and after more than three weeks of sitting outside, the vehicle and several cars around it caught fire. No one was hurt.
General Motors believes the fire occurred because NHTSA did not drain the energy from the Volt’s battery following the crash, which is a safety step the automaker recommends, GM spokesman Rob Peterson said. NHTSA had not been told of the safety protocol, Peterson said.
Still, none of the other Volts the agency crash tested caught fire, even though they still had charged batteries, according to a NHTSA official who declined to be identified because of ongoing discussions with automakers.
“We don’t want to make it sounds like this one incident could be the general case,” the official said. “We don’t see the risk of electric vehicles as being any greater than that for a gasoline vehicle.”
This is the only crashed Volt ever to catch fire, GM spokesman Greg Martin said.
NHTSA plans more testing of the Volt's battery.
The fire’s cause – the battery puncture -- led to questions about whether other automakers require batteries to be discharged of their energy following major crashes, the NHTSA official said. In addition, regulators are exploring protocols for who would do that – firefighters who respond first, for instance – and how quickly should they do it.
NHTSA is now reviewing the responses it has received from automakers and waiting for additional information from some carmakers as well. The official said it is too early to tell if the agency will issue a rule on discharging batteries
Contact Chrissie Thompson: 313-222-8784 or cthompson@freepress.comNo, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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For my automobile needs (which are modest), I would buy a Volt in a heartbeat -- if it wasn't priced at $40K.
The $7.5K tax credit isn't enough to sway me.Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-ArmsComment
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rear-facing seats for kids?
Who can say puke?Indifference is BlissComment
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