bsimon Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Fisker Karma car dies in Consumer Reports testing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceBowker Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Bob - Bender is one of my favorite characters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsimon Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 "Bite my shiny metal ass, meatbag" My favorite Bending Unit 22 phrase. :jester: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowflyer Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Let's see $529 million in taxpayer loans, a $100,000 price tag and it went 180 miles before crapping out! Great economy car. Ken Edney Chandler, AZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1Steve Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Let's see $529 million in taxpayer loans, a $100,000 price tag and it went 180 miles before crapping out! Great economy car. Ken Edney Chandler, AZ Damm if that doesn't sound like something British Leyland would make... Are you telling me I am the owner of TWO American car companys.... WTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsimon Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 Coal burners and hybrids do nothing more than allow a few rich enox to feel like they're "saving the planet", when in fact they're making no difference at all. Possibly even making things worse. The painful part is the taxpayer foots the bill to satisfy these pseudo-intellectual indulgences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automoda Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Now, I know making an electric Se7en is difficult because it gets heavy, so I'm working on some plans of my own to solve that. With only a few million in government grants, I believe I can change everything! First, solar panels on the hood. Hook those to some efficient electric fans. The fans will blow back over the cockpit to some windmills posted above the roll bar. The windmills will power generators to create electricity that charges some reasonably sized batteries (earth friendly batteries, of course). Those batteries are hooked up to some electric motors controlled by the throttle. The motors can go directly into the normal gearbox, through the limited-slip, and to the wheels. As the car goes faster, it wont need the solar cells anymore as the forward speed will spin the windmills much faster than the fans. In fact, at speed, one could divert the solar power to the batteries for a 'turbo boost' effect. All of this would be far lighter than the usual battery setup and way cheaper-- around 1,000 bucks of ebay p.... I mean a few million in research should get it all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBOLT Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Or how about a 100 grand tesla brick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsimon Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 It seems the Fisker debacle is an even bigger load of enox poop than we first imagined. 10-reasons-why-fisker-may-be-worse-solyndra Your tax dollars at work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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