Does Commute: New Electric Three-Wheeler Electric Seats Two, Hits 75 mph

Sorry Myers. I need at least 100 miles per charge or some way to recharge like an on board generator, or solar cells before I can commit to electric. Until then my first choice to alternative fueled vehicle remains CNG. It remains baffling to me that we as a nation do not move more decisively in that direction.

Myers has a hit. If they can enclose the wheel wells and clean it up a bit, it will increase its range with the same guts as before. See: www dot aerocivic dot com.

I hate small cars with roofs so low that you bump your head just trying to get into the car. If this car is any thing like the first car Myer produced, it will be too small too low to be of much use. So I could care less what Myer calls the car. I will never buy one.

After seeing the anemic support the Bush administration showed for clean energy and clean cars, I'm elated to see Obama's commitment to Tesla, Fisker, and apparently Phoenix Motorcars, Aptera, and Meyers as well. If the new EV startups displace GM and the other Detroit dinosaurs, and they go into bankruptcy again and for the last time, it can only be their own fault for trying to force-feed us ICE (internal combustion engine) cars for so long. They should never have tried to sabotage their own EV-1 program and other viable electrics a decade ago.

We need a robust, competitive, nimble EV industry that can drive out obsolescent old-school attitudes that have pervaded Detroit. If the Volt is as good as GM can do, they deserve to die out, and when its work force is laid off they can go to work for Tesla, Phoenix or other car makers that will give us what we really need. (BTW... for those that don't know, Phoenix will be emerging from bankruptcy in about 3 weeks ready to produce an EV with a platform that is distinct from its competition... stay tuned for details.)

I vote for "Wedgie".

So then, I'm supposed to be thrilled about $30k, beta-male 'mobile that can't get me to work and back?

ROFLOL.

billdale --- you want a 'robust' EV industry?

If the FREE MARKET can come up with a viable EV, fine and dandy, but not with my tax dollars.

PS - so where is all the 'electricity' for your EV fantasy land going to come from?

Coal? Nope. They're going to be driven out of business with 'carbon' permits.
Nukes? Nope. No permits for EVIL [carbon-free] nuke plants.
Wind Generation? At 18% efficiency? LOL.
Solar? That's nice. So what about the other 2/3's of the country where it isn't a viable year-round alternative?

Forgive me I think the LAST person on Earth to praise the supremacy of the EV should come from a state famous for 'rolling brown-outs'.

Try mastering reality first. Then you can move on to the 'nifties'.