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'.

The three wheeled design is quite nice. The body shell appears to be quite seamlessly finished.

The E-Vehicle technology might seem like near future, but cannot be practically implemented due to the current power grid and infrastructure. What you cannot leave out of the equation is the fact, that all power is derived from some other means than petroleum fuel in E-Vehicles.

Your range is limited, as well as your flexibility. Nonetheless, will it put a tremendous strain on the coal or nuclear power plants that are supposed to keep our homes cold in the summer and warm in the winter, should a tidal wave of E-Vehicles emerge. This technology then is a near sighted one. By the way, E-Vehicles and E-Hybrids have been around since early 1900s, see Ferdinand Porsche's Design.

What has to happen instead is a revolution in the ICE Engine Technology. The manufacturers should break free of the over 100 year old Otto Engine Design. The ICEs should become less complex and less computerized so that regular ASE certified small businesses (shops) can work on them again.

The current path appears to be not the right one.

For that reason, NIAMA-REISSER, LLC has developed a supermileage vehicle which is capable of traveling above 200 miles (range) on one single gallon of fuel ---diesel. It implements an entirely new Internal Combustion Engine --the CHB Internal Combustion Engine.

For more information relating to the CHB ICE, visit: www.reissercycle.com
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The NR-1 -supermileage vehicle by NIAMA-REISSER, LLC- has a drag coefficient of less than 0.26 and can seat four occupants. Not to be misleading, the occupants have to be friendly with each other.

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