Heimdall01 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Well, I know about those limitations, and I was only refering to the safety aspect. The norwegian Think vehicle (Alas! also only a two-seater!) passed those safety test in 1999, but sadly due to economical havoc only went into production this summer!Only the price was new for me! 80 grand !! wow! But GM did not sell this car did they? I mean even if someone would have given GM 80 000 dollar at that time. Hva a nice day!

juscurious (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

You are the one under the influence of something, glue or otherwise. The ICE has made modern life possible as we know it. If it's so prehistoric then tell me why some genius hasn't come up with something better. Yes we all know about electric motors being more efficient than the ICE. No one has ever figured out how to get the electricity to the motors. 100 years old street cars in my hometown used electric with a connected electrical grid alongside. This isn't practical for a car. Get educated.

juscurious (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Boy these guys at Google are arrogant. They also must not read very much. Have any of these guys ever read about the Chevy Volt or the 3 Plug in hybrids Chryler has planned. Google IS a sucessful company but eventually someone else will have a comprobable search engine and their day and the sun will be over. Google types are the people who will spend $20,000 to save $5,000 in gasoline. Never, never, I repeat never trust Software Geeks to solve our energy problems. These guys are fools.

juscurious (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The battery technology wasn't there in the mid 1990's. It ccost GM $80,000/car. Gas was relatively cheap at this time and only a very small number of niche types wanted an electric, 2 seater with all the limitations and were willing to pony up $80,000. Would you have paid that for a 2 seat electric car? I'll bet you wouldn't. None of the other car companies went down this path because they saw the same technical problems as well. Why didn't Honda build this car? You need to get educated.

Heimdall01 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Ok! But why didn't GM make a better car? So it could at least pass the safety test I mean..

GA7777777 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Where can I buy one ?

the43k (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I think you been sniffing glue.... inefficient alternator? Yeah lets stick with the prehistoric combustion engine instead of electricity. Please Realitycheck1970, give up with the snake oil sales.

RealityCheck1970 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Driving around 500 to 1000 pounds of batteries to save 2 gallons of gas is stupid. We need a fundamental technology leap. Until then, use the PPH60 from gogreenwithct. This system uses batteries to power the electrical loads in your car so the extremely inefficient alternator doesn't have to.

juscurious (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

You don't know what you are talking about about. The EV1 as an all electric was not a viable vehicle. It was only a 2 seater. It could not operate in very hot or very cold enviroments. I know this because one of my friends had a EV1 in SoCal back in the 1990's. It had very limited range and if you ever needed to run the heater or air you would be in trouble. Also the most important reason GM would not produce the car was that the US Government would not let it. It wouldn't pass the crash tests.

thomasw78 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

My question on Vehicle to Grid is if your car is providing power back to the grid then what do you do when you need to drive it and the battery is dead.