The '' Volt ''

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jimmeh08

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I heard this new car the '' Volt '', this like energy efficient car is coming out for chevy in late 2010. its gonna be sick.

Discuss?
 
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felinaferoz

The name is Margaret
you cant buy that car yet, you can only lease it, and its extremely expensive. but one day itll be affordable.

the hydrogen station that reful them can also heat a house and give electricity.
theyre working on home stations.

and the only place you can refil the car right now are certain places in cali.
 
GoGzS

GoGzS

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Meet: The Tesla roadster

100% electric
0-60 mph in 3.9 seconds
Top speed around 120 miles
14 000 rpm redline
244 miles per charge
Burns no oil...

http://www.teslamotors.com/

EDIT: Not a car from "the future", already on the market, 109,000$
 
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skooterkid

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Margaret said:
you cant buy that car yet, you can only lease it, and its extremely expensive. but one day itll be affordable.

the hydrogen station that reful them can also heat a house and give electricity.
theyre working on home stations.

and the only place you can refil the car right now are certain places in cali.
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Correct. Haha, my dad makes designs the hydrogen fuel cells. I got to ride in one, but only for like 10 minutes.
 
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dre

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liltony said:
well. the fact that it only fits 1 1/2 people is a bad thing
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not speaking about the fact that you can only drive it in the city, because it can only run for so long before the battery dies, and it takes waay longer to charge up than it does to fill a tank of gas. I've heard of this new battery technology they're working on though, that supposedly recharges almost instantly, so once they perfect that, if they ever do, electric cars will probably be waay more practical than virtually any other kind of automotive technology out there.
 
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Freddy Cacace

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Tommy Tran said:
Margaret said:
you cant buy that car yet, you can only lease it, and its extremely expensive. but one day itll be affordable.

the hydrogen station that reful them can also heat a house and give electricity.
theyre working on home stations.

and the only place you can refil the car right now are certain places in cali.
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Correct. Haha, my dad makes designs the hydrogen fuel cells. I got to ride in one, but only for like 10 minutes.
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hahaha nice my dad does some work on them too.

some day this will hopefully be what all cars are like, i hope...
 
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302scooters

Member
They made like a electric car in Hawaii. And are making like stations were you can go to recharge it since it can only go so far without needing to be recharged. Hawaii is a good place to put it since it's so small.
 
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felinaferoz

The name is Margaret
Jason Beggs said:
wait so does it cost money to fill up the hydrogen tank? or is it free to drive around now? (besides the car payments)
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well it costs money to put that shit in, so i would assume yeah it costs money
but cant be near what gas is.
 
Andy Rhode

Andy Rhode

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i heard that they made a car thar runs on compressed air. it can go like 60 miles an hour and can run for 150 miles a gallon. and only costs 2 dollars to fill up. only it was made in india and was like glued together or some shit so they wont sell it in america.
 
humpurple kushiones

humpurple kushiones

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Andy Rhode said:
i heard that they made a car thar runs on compressed air. it can go like 60 miles an hour and can run for 150 miles a gallon. and only costs 2 dollars to fill up. only it was made in india and was like glued together or some shit so they wont sell it in america.
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lol far from it. they are making a car with air compression. and its not gallons its psi. and its not being made in india. the tank to fill it up is also run on compressed air. eventually they want to put the air compressed generator on the car so you will never have to stop. it will generate its own air forever. but what i dont get is there still needs to be an energy source to run the generator. idk saw it on tv today
 
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dre

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liltony said:
Andy Rhode said:
i heard that they made a car thar runs on compressed air. it can go like 60 miles an hour and can run for 150 miles a gallon. and only costs 2 dollars to fill up. only it was made in india and was like glued together or some shit so they wont sell it in america.
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lol far from it. they are making a car with air compression. and its not gallons its psi. and its not being made in india. the tank to fill it up is also run on compressed air. eventually they want to put the air compressed generator on the car so you will never have to stop. it will generate its own air forever. but what i dont get is there still needs to be an energy source to run the generator. idk saw it on tv today
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Yeah, you'd need gas for that, or an electric motor of some sorts to compress the air. If you did the electric motor thing you could always hook that up to a dynamo so it would keep recharging the batteries for it as you drive.

But a top speed of 60 mph? That's nothing. I'd say that is probably the main reason the car isn't being sold in america, you wouldn't be able to take it on the highway, not speaking about the fact that stored compressed air is a potential explosion hazard.
 
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