mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 17/4/05 at 08:59 PM |
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Any one seen this battery toy?
http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=2484120
 
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 17/4/05 at 09:04 PM |
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The real one is pig ugly
http://www.goingreen.co.uk/?PageID=AboutGWiz
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wilkingj
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 posted on 17/4/05 at 09:06 PM |
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INDIA..... So thats where Sir Clive Sinclair has been hiding... Its a C5 mk2.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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JoelP
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| posted on 17/4/05 at 09:16 PM |
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i'd love one of those 
am i mad?!
to put a busa turbo in, of course...
[Edited on 17/4/05 by JoelP]
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 17/4/05 at 09:31 PM |
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freind of mine just got summat similar,made in india,range of 30 miles in daylight
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 18/4/05 at 07:31 AM |
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Thing is, it's ideal for its stated purpose (buzzing round in cities). Fast enough, cheap to run, doesn't consume power when you're
stuck in a traffic jam, etc.
No good for me, 'cos I live in open country!
The advert waltzes around the truth about 'green motoring' though. It says 'environmentally friendly when charged from renewable
energy sources" or similar. Trouble is, most people will plug them into the domestic mains, where the electricity is generated by coal or gas
power stations that pollute the atmosphere in far greater bulk than car engines! Not counting the losses in the electricity grid that have to be
compensated for.
Unless you have a wind generator in your back garden, these cars are NOT green.
As an aside, few people realise that more energy is consumed in making a car than it will ever use in its lifetime - this is counting steel and
aluminium refining, creation of plastics from oil, the full cost of manufacturing (buildings, plant, machinery, energy to run the machinery, etc.). I
wonder how this car scores on that front?
rgds,
David
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Peteff
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| posted on 18/4/05 at 08:59 AM |
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It should do well, it's powered by recycled electric drill motors and is made from recycled washing up liquid bottles. If it rains you might
even get a lather, there's so little wasted energy on them. My 3 year old grandson has one that looks like a JCB
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Alez
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| posted on 18/4/05 at 02:15 PM |
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Can you put one of these in the city?? I definitely don't want to get hit by a 1.5 ton car while driving one of these, I'm scared enough
when I drive the Locost. Actually I'm sure that there's lots of potential small motorbike users who take their car to the daily traffic
jam instead "just" because of that (here in Spain where it rains very little). A shame really, looks so energy efficient and a very nice
solution for the city.
[Edited on 18/4/05 by Alez]
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