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7/12/2011

Electrochevette

My former roommate in Montana (who drove his family's Chevette for many years before his dad took it back and made him buy his own car--what a fun car...) sent me this little tidbit about "a concept ahead of it's time!"

The ELECTROCHEVETTE!


It could get 50 MILES (!!!!!) on a SINGLE CHARGE (!!!!!!!!) and a top speed of 53 MILES PER HOUR (!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Though keep in mind that the EPA range on the new Chevy Volt is a measly 35 miles (on pure batteries).

But the best part of this email was my friend's note at the bottom, which said:  "Help stop global warming and obesity. Buy an Electrovette. Zero emissions and 100% guaranteed walking after 50 miles."

Yep.  The downfall of all electric vehicles.  Unless you're an enviro-mentalist, in which case it's a feature.

4 comments:

North said...

I'll bet the lightning bold makes it go faster...

Butch Cassidy said...

Replace the gas pedal with bike pedals hooked to a generator. Charge it as you go! Add more bike pedals in the back and make your kids help you keep the charge...bah. Just keep your Barchetta within fifty miles, and used the electric thing to get to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAvQSkK8Z8U

bluesun said...

@North: Well, duh.

@Butch: One of my favorite Rush songs...

kx59 said...

one of my favorite Rush songs as well, have it on vinyl LP, unscratched not less.
That Chevette could have been a monster,if set up right.
go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti2y_3o16-E