Also, there are three people quoted in that Wired article, Scheider-Basin, Brandao, and Ehab…who formerly worked with or for ZAP and have now started their own EV companies with a vested interst in eliminating ZAP as a competitor.

It’s like basing your view of electric cars from an oil executive.

Personally, I love my Xebra pick up truck!
It’s not a cadalac, but I don’t need one anyways. Everywhere I go people complement me on it, and I am saving about $200 a month!

Have fun waiting for Big Auto to deliver a real alternative, and have fun at the pumps at $4.00/gal!!

There you go. He’ll even tell you what pieces you need. It’s on YouTube too.

It’s exactly what I need. Similar performance in a vintage VW Beetle wrapper would be even better. 130K miles would last me a long, long time.

By the way that expensive battery they use? Still about $4-5K cheaper than the gasoline you’d use at 30 mpg and $3.25 a gallon.

For example:

Randall sullivan wrote a book called LAbirynth, its about Thug life in the streets of La and mainly covers the rap music industry and crooked LAPD back in the day of Tupac and Biggie.

http://www.amazon.com/LAbyrinth-Detectiv...

in his book randall explains and reinforces prior interveiws with a prison inmate whom allegedly worked very closely with sug knight a rap label representitive. the inmate mark hylland who insists he was present when suge knight put the hit out on smalls. hylland according to sullivan, says he met knight in a denny’s parking lot where knight opened the trunk and passed out cash to a crooked lapd officer whom then gave it to hylland to pass to the man who would buy the gun used to kill biggie smalls.

Recently The La times released an apology to sean “diddy” combs whom was accussed of taking part in the set up of tupac shakur’s assault

““The Los Angeles Times apology is, at best, a first step,” according to a statement from Howard Weitzman, attorney for Combs, “but it doesn’t undo the false and defamatory nature of the story, or the suspicion and innuendo that Mr. Combs has had to endure due to these untruthful allegations and the irresponsible conduct of this particular reporter. We have nothing further to say at this time.”

The Smoking Gun said the documents seemed phony because they appeared to be written on a typewriter instead of a computer and included blacked-out sections not typically found in such documents, among other problems.

The Web site claimed the documents were fabricated by a prison inmate with a history of exaggerating his place in the rap music world.

The Times said its March 17 story was based on FBI records, interviews with people at the scene of the 1994 shooting, and statements to the FBI by an informant.

None of the sources was named.”

That inmate one Mark Hylland is the same inmate who told Randall sullivan about the biggie murder set up.

This Goes to show that Randall will acuse someone of murder just because a crazy ex druggie Wannabe rapper told him it was so.

im wondering if most of his sources that are disapproving of zap are as valid as the inmate’s claims.

This guy will write anything for a quick buck, how can you trust anything that he wrote.

LA times apologie
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/story…

I’m not convinced there is a very large market for a pure electric car.

The more I learn, the more I agree. Up until last year, I really wanted an EV, but batteries don’t seem to be all that flexible. I do like the idea of the Twike, which you recharge by pedaling while you drive, but until I can actually see one I’m withholding judgment.

I think plug in hybrids are where it’s at. The Volt, if it was a Prius-sized and Prius-priced, would be a huge hit. However, it’s smaller and will cost twice as much, apparently. I suspect the next generation Prius will be a plug in hybrid that will hit all the right notes in terms of range, mileage, and price.

You’ll note that Toyota almost never discusses their long term projects. You hear nothing about their future models until three to six months before they show up at your local Toyota dealer.

Too bad, really, as I’d be in the market for a decent electric car. My wife and I share a 32 mile round trip commute each day. An electric car with a 50 mile range, 65mph speed, and a decent heater would fit nicely. 2 seats would be fine as well. Every promise of one of these seems to be all hype though.

OK, Mitsubishi, Subaru and Nissan. Get your “stuff” together and start selling pure electric cars within a few years and we’ll talk.

I commute 35-40 miles per day, no faster than 55 mph. Need two seats, four would be better.

I need heat and a/c, need sub-zero degree capabilities.

And a price tag no more than 10% higher than Prius.

It’s soon time for electric cars. First one off the pot gets the prize.

And it isn’t just one guy waiting, either. There are TONS of us ready to pull the trigger and go electric.