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RE: Electric Vehicles

Comment comment by Brandon on 01 August 2006

I actually don't think it looks that bad. Slap an O-Nerd decal on the back and bring all the oglers to the fold! Seriously, though, I'm sure weight and size have a lot to do with it. I mean, one of the cool things about the Tango is that you can park it perpendicularly. It's difficult to design something that small and light without it looking rather funky.

I agree, though, $20k is still a little steep - but I'm sure that competition will drive down prices.

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RE: Electric Vehicles by mikeforbes :: NR6

I'm sure weight and size have a lot to do with it ... It's difficult to design something that small and light without it looking rather funky.

Certainly, but it's really not that light at all ... the Tango is a very small but very heavy car. When compared to the car I drive, the Tango is 70 inches (41%) shorter and 28 inches (42%) narrower, but only 108 pounds (3%) lighter. 1,000 pounds or so of that hefty weight is batteries -- a half-ton of batteries and it can still only travel 80 miles between charges?

This is what I'm talking about when I talk about the technology needing to be more mature before these cars will be economically viable. Lighter batteries and lighter electric motors mean you could design a slightly larger chassis that might look slightly less ridiculous driving down the freeway, which in turn would mean that Joe Consumer may be more likely to actually buy it.

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