indieaz
06-23-2008, 08:14 PM
http://gas2.org/2008/06/23/thnk-ox-an-electric-car-with-style-and-smarts/
I know they already sell electric vehicles in european markets, so the idea that they can be selling one here in 2 years seems reasonable.
The only thing that really strikes me as odd while reading about this car is that the A/C, radio and nav unit are supposedly powered off the solar panel on the roof. How can that small of a solar panel power an AC unit? :confused: Maybe a really poor working AC unit...although if it does work reasonable well, the idea of leaving your AC on while you're parked (powered off the solar panel) is pretty awesome. EVen if the AC worked more poorly than the average AC in a car of that size, if you could leave it on while parked at the mall and keep the interior of the car from getting to > 100* that would be a pretty big deal.
I know they already sell electric vehicles in european markets, so the idea that they can be selling one here in 2 years seems reasonable.
The only thing that really strikes me as odd while reading about this car is that the A/C, radio and nav unit are supposedly powered off the solar panel on the roof. How can that small of a solar panel power an AC unit? :confused: Maybe a really poor working AC unit...although if it does work reasonable well, the idea of leaving your AC on while you're parked (powered off the solar panel) is pretty awesome. EVen if the AC worked more poorly than the average AC in a car of that size, if you could leave it on while parked at the mall and keep the interior of the car from getting to > 100* that would be a pretty big deal.