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    Miles Highway Speed: The Silent Yet Violent Electric Vehicle
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    Image of bzr bzr
    12/03/08

    In reply to Miles Highway Speed: The Silent Yet Violent Electric Vehicle
    So it's Chinese, that explains why it looks like the mashup between a 500 and a last-gen Sonata. I was wondering why these guys would combine so many generic cars in the first place.
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    12/03/08

    In reply to Miles Highway Speed: The Silent Yet Violent Electric Vehicle
    I rather have the Eliica, it is unbelievable..


    [www.eliica.com]

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    12/03/08

    In reply to Miles Highway Speed: The Silent Yet Violent Electric Vehicle
    Wow, they sure did nail the early 2000 Kia design elements, especially with that interior.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    12/03/08

    @EMPM, Esq.: Really? Because I see Ford Five-Hundred/Taurus in the front and Chevy Impala in the rear. Those foglights are very GM, too. However, you're right about Kia design elements in those goofy 4-lug wheels.


    -Pleco

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    12/03/08

    In reply to Miles Highway Speed: The Silent Yet Violent Electric Vehicle
    An advertised 100-mile range usually means a real-world 40-mile range in stop-and-go traffic. EV1 fans rejoice...your car is back and it's got two more seats. Just ignore the Made in China label.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    12/03/08

    In reply to Miles Highway Speed: The Silent Yet Violent Electric Vehicle
    Nice, but the Miles Davis version is way cooler.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    12/03/08

    In reply to Miles Highway Speed: The Silent Yet Violent Electric Vehicle
    Miles Electric Highway Speed, eh? Yup- the answer is indeed in the question.
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    12/03/08

    In reply to Miles Highway Speed: The Silent Yet Violent Electric Vehicle
    "The real question is whether Americans, and Californians specifically, would consider buying a Chinese-made, electric vehicle built by a company captained by a fashionista environmentalist."


    I am not a Californian but I do live on the west coast. People might consider buying it but I don't think many will buy it. 100 miles is not much of a range when you consider that you have to find 220V at the end of it. Most people only have that inside the laundry room of their house for the clothes dryer. Sure, you could add it to the garage but isn't the gasoline engine just so much easier to deal with? Especially at that price. It is still too high incentive or not.

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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    12/03/08

    @joshman - repeatedly clicking expand all: "isn't the gasoline engine just so much easier to deal with?"


    And that is why the electric car will never catch on, until gasoline is $10 per deciliter or Al Gore makes it illegal to drill anywhere a spotted owl ever thought of living.


    Seriously, we just have a huge case of inertia going on. Everyone is used to pulling up to a station, sticking ametal nozzle into the side of their car, waiting 6 or 7 minutes, and driving off. Frankly, I think plugging the car it at the destination and not having to deal with messy, smelly, dangerous liquids would be a plus, but hey, maybe I'm just not a creature of habit...

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    12/03/08

    In reply to Miles Highway Speed: The Silent Yet Violent Electric Vehicle
    Grille nomination - Lancia Aurelia B20GT
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    12/03/08

    @SCROGGZILLA RAIDS AGAIN!!:
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    12/03/08

    @SCROGGZILLA RAIDS AGAIN!!: Not bad.. I was thinking Airflow-
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    12/03/08

    @Slantsick- on layaway at SPATULA CITY: Hmmn....art deco...very nice


    I think the Delahaye grill would work

    as would this Jaguar

    and there's always the Riley Elf
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    12/03/08

    In reply to Miles Highway Speed: The Silent Yet Violent Electric Vehicle
    A fashionisto ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING that could potentially reduce global warming?

    What's the world coming to?


    These people need to go back to having charity benefit fashion shows instead of trying to make their own cars.

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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    12/03/08

    @Plecostomus - Now with 20% more Algae!: Ralph Lauren's most expensive clothes are winter clothes, so NATURALLY HE HAS A STAKE IN REDUCING GLOBAL WARMING IT'S A SCAM!!!
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    12/03/08

    In reply to Miles Highway Speed: The Silent Yet Violent Electric Vehicle
    They could always cover the center stripe with chrome or aluminum instead of plain plastic.
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    Image of Pete Gaines Pete Gaines
    12/03/08

    In reply to Miles Highway Speed: The Silent Yet Violent Electric Vehicle
    Wait just a tick here.


    The founder of Polo by Ralph Lauren isn't...Ralph Lauren?

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    12/03/08

    @Pete Gaines: Polo is a sub brand of RL. sub brands are never designed by the main designer.
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    12/03/08

    In reply to Miles Highway Speed: The Silent Yet Violent Electric Vehicle
    Looks like the perfect starting point for a Photoshop mashup contest. Let's see some grilles!
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    12/03/08

    @71rivnut:
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    12/03/08

    In reply to Miles Highway Speed: The Silent Yet Violent Electric Vehicle
    Wow, that interior bears a striking resemblence (in color and layout) to most VW products.


    Car still needs a grille, or at least more front-end ornamentation. That bug/rock catcher won't be pretty for long.

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    12/03/08

    @The Name's Ash78, Housewares: "Car still needs a grille, or at least more front-end ornamentation" - why? - to be more fuel-inefficient due to the additional drag? Get front of the car as smooth as possible hence saving the energy waste... What is up with American obsession with grilles? They are archaic remnant of early automotive days .
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    Image of TechnoDestructo TechnoDestructo
    12/03/08

    @The Name's Ash78, Housewares:


    Considering VW was (is?) the biggest automaker in China, that doesn't really surprise.

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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    12/03/08

    @TechnoDestructo: Looks a lot like a New Beetle dash.
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    12/03/08

    @dusanmal: Just for design's sake...the completely clean front end looks odd, lacks rub strips or panel seams, and will be an absolute mess of blemishes after a year of driving.


    So functionally, I agree--no grille needed. But if we're going to carry to design to that logical end, why not a Tucker-style third headlight or something else to make use of the empty space?

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/03/08

    @Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer: MkIV Jetta steering wheel, though.
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