Plugs and Cars

APRIL 3, 2012

Aptera went under. We need about 25,000 Americans who don’t know it yet to buy a plug-in car. Let people drive your LEAF or Volt or conversion or whatever you’ve got! The Volt has had to contend with the overblown battery fire incident and the production hiatus. Bright Automotive went under. The press has not been kind.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0" So far, most start as hybrids.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Yeah, go buy a 59k Tesla that can go 200 miles… then your screwed, sure go park and get a hotel and charge it for 8 hours… then go another 200 miles, great for long trips i’m sure. Or if you don’t want to go into details, just compare the Volt to the Aptera :-) — James 15. I would buy a Volt for $40K.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) People wont buy a full car. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009.

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