Fear the Ultimate Green Car

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:39 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGGRfne2J9M

Pretty cool. But damn ugly.
Does that mean the French win the battle on car pollution?

Post by **Mikey** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:44 pm

Does that mean the French win the battle on car pollution?

Can't be - the French don't win battles.

celeritas · Post by **celeritas** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:06 pm

Mikey wrote:Can't be - the French don't win battles.

...unless they are lead by a non-frenchman or when america does most of the fighting.

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:03 am

Oh that reminds me, most of the Italian Wars the French didn't lose to the Italians they lost to Germans. Shows that even when they go to war with Itally they still lose to Germany.

celeritas · Post by **celeritas** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:28 am

yeah well they also won the french revolution, primarily due the fact that the opponent was also french...

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:45 am

yay America beat them already:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F719KNddFN8

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:26 pm

Jeez, that car in the OP is damn ugly.
Still, nice to see the technology.

DSG2k · Post by **DSG2k** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:58 am

"Beyond Tomorrow" . . . is that the new "Beyond 2000"? I used to love that show.

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:35 am

Well I decided to necrobump this old thread because the best MPG car has been built to date.

7,000 mpg!!

http://green.yahoo.com/blog/ecogeek/361 ... athon.html

Why the hell aren't some automakers realizing that the money they'd earn off these super green designs would far outweigh the loss of profit the oil companies must be giving them.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:02 pm

With the limited insight I can provide as someone who as worked for GM franchises for 9 years, let me say this: the problem is not completely in unwillingness to develop such a vehicle. Part of the problem is in the costs associated with the development of a commercially-viable version, and in making such a version that will both realize a small profit AND be financially feasible for the consumer. If people were willing to pay $75,000 regularly for such a vehicle, it wouldn't be a problem.