100-Year-Old Electric Car Design Makes a Comeback CNet's Green Tech Blog is reporting that Detroit Electric plans to release a small number of cars based around a car designed nearly 100 years ago. Detroit Electric is a joint venture between Santa Rosa, CA-based electric transportation specialist, Zap and China's Youngman motors. "Back in 1917, a Detroit Electric cost anywhere from $1,775 to $2,375--in other words, fit for the proletarian or plutocrat. The cars could go 65 miles to 100 miles on a battery charge, but only go at speeds ranging from 6 miles per hour to 25 mph." http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9894597-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
As i'm a lazy driver, i love to get one of these: "...but only go at speeds ranging from 6 miles per hour to 25 mph.". And i bet the enviroment would thank me.
It is high time to look for alternative and renewable source of energy, given the price of the crude rising continuously. Electrically driven cars are emission free and hence environment friendly although they will not fly at such speeds as compared to the conventional cars run on gasoline. A welcome decision by the car makers for having forayed into the alternative market
i agree... but i think the big oil companies are gonna do something about this... there's a conspiracy theory saying that all those who invents free energy engine ends up dead
The World would have to eventually move to clean energy. Oil production across the world is less today than was in 1975. Russian and Venezuelan Oil fields are drying up. We need new technological breakthroughs now. Already the Saxo Bank in the Netherlands, one of Europe's largest banks, has predicted Oil prices may touch 175$ per barrel by the end of this year. There is gonna be enormous pressure on the economy now, and entrepreneurship will be rewarded. Just like Google revolutionized the Internet, some smart mind, with good organizational skills, would revolutionize the Energy sector.
As gas prices are getting out of hand, I'm thinking of getting one of Zap's electric cars like this one: http://www.zapworld.com/electric-vehicles/electric-cars/xebra-truck . Not only will I save a lot of money on gas, I'll also be doing my part to make a statement about saving the environment - as they state: "Even after counting emissions from electric generating plants, Xebra Truck's produce 98% fewer pollutants than gas cars."