Folding Electric Car

the gas car itself may not be doomed but your ability to pay for it might be...where are you going to get the money to keep funding something like that? think about it...there are no jobs that last 20 years anymore

20 D cell batteries ? how is that possible?

looks great ...until an accident ha[ppens. Hope the life insurance is paid up.

The irony is that this thing is superior in safety to automobiles. I just wish it had pedal power in case I run out of batteries. I travel 40k per day.

No kidding, 40K per day. What does it cost to run? How is it safer? I live in the US with lots of SUV's on the road which makes my sub compact seem unsafe. It could be a fakeout of course since you can get just as killed in a truck..

The first cars were often built by companies who had previously made bicycles. Things are coming full circle: the next generation of cars may be developed by people who develop electric cars from the bicycle/velomobile cos trying to develop them backwards from the petrol car dosent seem to be happening - its always promises of next year for electric cars from the big car companies.

interesting note... Howard Hughes, before becoming famous as an aircraft builder, tinkered with puting a motor on his bicycle. And the famous Henry Ford began his ventures into building electric cars(before petrol cars existed) while he was the chief engineer at the Edison Illumination Company.

Lithium batteries would more than quadruple the range and pawer.. a couple bionx hub motors (maybe even 4) would increase power and speed. disk brakes on all for wheels would add to safety performance. the advanced batteries would allow for more electronics... perhaps for pasenger compartment heating/cooling control, video cameras in front and rear (with therma and/or night vision) for enhanced safety.

I have an electric bike and I just ordered 36v 20ah lithium battery for it...can't wait

when the car is full folded down.. it is not drivable. however, more can be don with folding down the wheels. Perhaps the next generation will incorporate advanced matrials for less weight and greater strength.