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    Electric Corvette ZR1: You Know, For Environmentally Responsible Guys

    Fireblade Concept Is The New 2009 Corvette ZR1
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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    03/11/09

    In reply to Electric Corvette ZR1: You Know, For Environmentally Responsible Guys
    wonder if there's an option to have a Prius owner follow me around to siphon electricity...
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/11/09

    In reply to Electric Corvette ZR1: You Know, For Environmentally Responsible Guys
    Oh, and can't you just hear the bluffing and trash talking:


    My cord's bigger than yours.
    Mine's longer.
    Mine's more powerful.

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    Image of SeanKHotay SeanKHotay
    03/11/09

    In reply to Electric Corvette ZR1: You Know, For Environmentally Responsible Guys
    They missed the obvious model name:


    Corvettric

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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    03/11/09

    In reply to Electric Corvette ZR1: You Know, For Environmentally Responsible Guys
    Here is James May with his electric Ford GT.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    03/11/09

    @Maxichamp: AUNTIE BEEB'D!!!

    /Strong Bad
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    03/11/09

    In reply to Electric Corvette ZR1: You Know, For Environmentally Responsible Guys
    Actually, I 'll make my money selling a 500HP generator that fits in the unused space under the hood. For people that want to live 'Off the Grid', you understand.
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    Image of FЯeeMan FЯeeMan
    03/11/09

    @AmishJohn: Clap, clap, clap. "Off the Grid", well, done, Amish
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    Image of HammSammich HammSammich
    03/11/09

    In reply to Electric Corvette ZR1: You Know, For Environmentally Responsible Guys
    I am just imaging a guy pulling into a parking spot, giving the cord a tug, and then cutting a 6 mile swath of destruction as the most powerful cord retractor in history reels it in...
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/11/09

    @HammSammich: Ha, we've all had that painful experience. Those buggers hurt!
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    03/11/09

    In reply to Electric Corvette ZR1: You Know, For Environmentally Responsible Guys
    They're also making a generator vehicle available. You'll be able to plug into the generator vehicle, which will follow you, whenever you have to travel long distances. Thereby eliminating the need to purchase more extension cords.


    The generator vehicle will actually be a Toyota, probably a Prius. It won't be able to keep up with the blistering speeds of the electric ZR1, but increased range is the goal.

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    Image of SweetZombieJesus SweetZombieJesus
    03/11/09

    In reply to Electric Corvette ZR1: You Know, For Environmentally Responsible Guys
    Funny, but electric cars aren't neccessarily slow. E.G. Tesla.
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    Image of aurora40 aurora40
    03/11/09

    @SweetZombieJesus: They aren't exactly fast either, E.G. Tesla.


    Its top speed is 125mph.

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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    03/11/09

    @aurora40: They are way quicker than most people give them credit for, but yeah, typically not much on the top end.
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    03/11/09

    @aurora40: They don't have a high top speed because they are using a 1-speed gearbox, as the 2-speed had a lot of trouble taking the strain of full torque from 0 mph. And I wouldn't really call them "slow" because of it either - they run the quarter in the 11s. For rough comparison, that's within half a second of the Enzo, Murcielago, Carrera GT and SLR McLaren.


    [www.dragtimes.com]!

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    Image of nassin2, oversteering into awesomeness nassin2, oversteering into awesomeness
    03/11/09

    In reply to Electric Corvette ZR1: You Know, For Environmentally Responsible Guys
    I'll only need a 1320 foot extension cord since I live my life a quarter mile at a time.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    03/11/09

    @nassin2, oversteering into awesomeness: ha ha heart-clicky to you
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/11/09

    @nassin2, oversteering into awesomeness: Bravo!
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    Image of SuzanneD SuzanneD
    03/11/09

    In reply to Electric Corvette ZR1: You Know, For Environmentally Responsible Guys
    ::ticks off item on checklist:: OKAY, just so we're up to speed, that was the 6th seal of the 4th horseman of the carpocolypse, correct?
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    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    03/11/09

    @SuzanneD: Somebody watched The Seventh Sign on the weekend!
    Maybe we could call this "The ZEVenth Sign"?!?!
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    Image of SuzanneD SuzanneD
    03/11/09

    @ЯEVEЯEND POLAЯ STЯIKES AGAIN!: "Laaaadies and gentleman, come on down this SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY to watch the ZEVenth Sign of Carpocolypse battle it out on the track with the 6th seal of the destruction of Western civilization, the Fisker Kaaaaaaarmageddon! Get your tickets before the 5th plague strikes and you could win a chance to enjoy the whole show seated at the right hand of Daaaaaaaale Earnhardt SENIOR ThesemessagesbroughttoyoubyGMandyournowe...401(k)"
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    03/11/09

    @SuzanneD: You forgot


    BE THERE!

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/11/09

    @SuzanneD: Awesome.
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    Image of SuzanneD SuzanneD
    03/11/09

    @engineerd the Preview-free edition: @mytdawg: ...and thus concludes the only time in history when a slightly redneck upbringing will ever come in handy (tobacco spitting contests respectfully excluded, of course).
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/11/09

    @SuzanneD: Hey, don't sell yourself short! I'm constantly amazed at the ways my worse-than-redneck upbringing helps me every day. Give me a couple of hours and I'll think of something to support my statement.
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    Image of ripismoney ripismoney
    03/11/09

    In reply to Electric Corvette ZR1: You Know, For Environmentally Responsible Guys
    I can has horzepower?
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    03/11/09

    @ripismoney: NO. You only get kittens when you talk like that.
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    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    03/11/09

    In reply to Electric Corvette ZR1: You Know, For Environmentally Responsible Guys
    EV1 + ZR1 = ZREV1? Sounds French to me!


    I guess you're screwed if you take off in it after a spat with your spouse, and (s)he waits by the outlet until the cord gets a little taut, and then unplugs you!
    That would be ZREVIL!

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    Image of PetroSapien PetroSapien
    03/11/09

    @ЯEVEЯEND POLAЯ STЯIKES AGAIN!: I like it, but I was thinking more along the lines of Cordvette
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    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    03/11/09

    @PetroSapien: Sweet! It's the Cordvette ZREVil1!
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    03/11/09

    @PetroSapien: you have my vote for Cordvette also
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/11/09

    @PetroSapien: Well played indeed, WiseRock.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/11/09

    In reply to Electric Corvette ZR1: You Know, For Environmentally Responsible Guys
    This is what happens when you get your funding from Pelosi.


    I hear the reason why they are killing the Viper is because it didn't have enough usable surface area for solar panels.

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    03/11/09

    @engineerd the Preview-free edition: I heard the reason why they were killing the Viper was because Pelosi is an ignorant hypocritical bitch, but I'm not really up on current events.
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    Image of imag imag
    03/11/09

    @engineerd the Preview-free edition: Since when did you get on a rampage to turn this site into one full of your BS politics?


    I love cars (I may even want a Viper GTS), but fuels other than petroleum are going to be needed in the long term. Alternative energies help our national security, our safety, and our economy (do you see any other part of the economy growing). Hell, I want better electric cars for all the people who hate driving, so there's more petrol for me to go to the track.


    So what's up with the lame criticism of anything innovative? I'm really sorry that electric cars, in their first 20 years, aren't quite as good as chemical fuel, with well over 100 years of development behind them. Sneering doesn't do any good. People who look forward will be the ones who save this country for your children while you sit on the sidelines whining about them.

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/11/09

    @imag: Pot. Kettle. Black.


    Look at the history of the automobile and the internal combustion engine. You'll find that other sources of fuel were used initially, but petrol-based fuels offer the most bang of the buck. Why do you think we are still using it?


    Unless you think it's a conspiracy by the oil companies.

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    Image of imag imag
    03/11/09

    @engineerd the Preview-free edition: I don't think it's a conspiracy, and I do think it's the best "bang for the buck". I don't think anyone, electric car promoters included, would argue that simple chemical energy pulled out of the ground is cheap. That said, if you factored in the cost of our recent Middle East excursion into the price of the gallon of gas, the savings wouldn't look quite so hot (and I'll bet you actually bought into that WMD thing too).


    Bang for the buck aside, we're going to have to come up with something other than petroleum at some point (unless you all think there's an unlimited supply of oil). My point is that all those commuters and people who don't enjoy driving don't need to be wasting petroleum that should be saved for what it's really good for - high output, great-sounding, tire-smoking cars for people who appreciate them.


    KaptKaos - I'm trying to see in my original post where I mentioned a 20 year timeframe for running out of oil. Where are your critical reading skills? I'm saying that it will eventually run out - if you don't believe that oil will ever run out, that's fine, but I've got some stock I'd like to sell you. When I talk about "saving the country" I'm talking about the aforementioned three points - national security, safety, and economy. Developing alternative energies promotes all three.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/11/09

    @imag: Kaos was obviously referring to your comment about saving the country for your children--generation=about 20 years.
    I am on the Kaos side here too because I am sick of hearing how vital green/electric cars are when a) the economy needs something now, not 2 to 5 to an infinite number of years out and b) these same smug politicians are shaking their fingers at Detroit. Who do they think is going to make the sunshine cars for them?
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    03/11/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: Heart click for talkin' sense. I don't get to hear much of it here on the west coast...
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    03/11/09

    In reply to Electric Corvette ZR1: You Know, For Environmentally Responsible Guys
    I want one with a rod that can tap into old overhead cable car power lines.
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    03/11/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: Or clock towers about to be struck by lightning...
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    03/11/09

    In reply to Electric Corvette ZR1: You Know, For Environmentally Responsible Guys
    How much for a 12.93 mile-long extension cord?
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