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Jay Leno on Elon Musk & EVs: “I think he should get a certain amount of credit for leading the charge”

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. “I think he should get a certain amount of credit for leading the charge because before Elon, [people would say] ‘it’s a golf cart,'” Leno told Yahoo! ” Leno shared the story of when Elon Musk visited him with the Tesla Roadster prototype in 2007. So I give him a lot of credit for it.

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2022 GMC Hummer EV: the biggest, baddest, butchest EV to hit the market?

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Before Tesla, they were seen as nerdy golf carts, far from usable as “real cars.” That was the Cadillac Lyriq, a five-seat luxury crossover SUV that will go on sale in China and the US during 2022. The best year for a full three-model Hummer lineup was 2007, when it sold 72,000 units. That’s just not a lot.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

They are either glorified golf cart city cars like this one or they are only for the very wealthy like the Tesla. Apr 25 01:04 PM | Link | Reply HerrHansa 12 Comments A golf cart with a nice body, for more than the price of a decked out Mini. Electric cars a still a joke.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

More often than not, the “recycling&# of NiMH or lithium-ion batteries involves shipping them off to places like China, where their fate is truly unknown. electric car race with i MiEV in Oregon? Now add much cheaper materials and NiMH is now obsolete.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

You guys go ahead and buy your 40 mile per charge GM golf cart. they didnt consider the fact that China was a nation with a appetite that would have well made the EV1 a profitable venture even if the cars tragically lasted longer, and cost less to build and maintain. Oh, and it looks wayyyyy cooler than the Volt.

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