http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/ Engadget Comments for Hybrid Tech building an electric Mini Cooper, will charge a bundle http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/
and 120 miles per charge is just unacceptable.]]>Apr 23rd 2007 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/Apr 23rd 2007 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/
Electric cars are stupid, you fill it up with electricity, so rather than releasing pollution yourself, you're diverting the pollution to the power plants.]]>Apr 23rd 2007 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/Apr 23rd 2007 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/
What, you mean you don't have a solar roof? Get with it!
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They're really fucking bad for the environment. REALLY.

http://clubs.ccsu.edu/recorder/editorial/print_item.asp?NewsID=188

Read up on it.]]>Apr 23rd 2007 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.thecarconnection.com/Auto_News/Green_Car_News/Prius_Versus_HUMMER_Exploding_the_Myth.S196.A12220.html]]>Apr 27th 2007 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/
But the study wasn't "FAKE". They gathered a significant amount of data and presented their findings. The article posted in your reply did no such thing, but made vague hints at other findings that support their point of view. Where are the studies from MIT and the like? They're mentioned for name-credibility, but not actually cited our sourced.

It's kinda funny how often the "Scientific Method" is ignored once it doesn't agree with someone. Addressing data with data is a hell of a lot more valuable than "Well, it could be something else, and you don't have enough evidence to prove that my answer is wrong." Isn't that the Creationist view? That sure seems to be the line of reasoning that this article, and "flareak" are endorsing.

But don't take my word for it - read for yourselves!]]>Apr 23rd 2007 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/Apr 23rd 2007 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/
and doesn't take a five hour recharge time.]]>Apr 23rd 2007 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/Apr 23rd 2007 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/Apr 23rd 2007 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/Apr 23rd 2007 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/Apr 23rd 2007 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/
]]>Apr 23rd 2007 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/Apr 23rd 2007 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/like the "laser light craft" model by nasa, it flys by using light reflecting so fast that it superheats allowing it to lift off the ground (i actually have seen this working & have a foto of it on display)
it all sounds like BS but thats coz you havent seen it]]>Apr 23rd 2007 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/Apr 23rd 2007 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/And, Jon I caught that on Discovery's FutureCar series.....all air, amazing.]]>Apr 23rd 2007 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/Apr 23rd 2007 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/Apr 23rd 2007 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/]]>Apr 23rd 2007 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://greasecar.com/mnep_view.cfm?mnepID=78]]>May 9th 2007 3:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/
We're spending a trillion or two to secure our oil in Iraq. What would happen if we peeled off a few hundred billion dollars to build lithium ion factories from guvmint funds and drop the price by a factor of a hundred? We've spent endless free taxpayer money to prop up the oil economy. We would liberate ourselves from foreign oil if we spent a trillion to subsidize battery production to the point where economies of scale take over for the taxpayer buy-in. Then the car would cost 20-30 grand. And the cost to run it would be nearly zero, a penny a mile.

Build a hundred square miles of solar electric farms in Nevada desert, pipe the power to the cars, and we have a steady state energy economy. Probably for a hell of a lot less than even this one oil war cost.]]>Apr 23rd 2007 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/25/AR2007042502561.html

This is coming from Toyota. The CNW "has been discredited by Argonne National Laboratory, MIT, the Union of Concerned Scientists and others."

http://www.thecarconnection.com/Auto_News/Green_Car_News/Prius_Versus_HUMMER_Exploding_the_Myth.S196.A12220.html?pg=4

"David Friedman, research director of the Clean Vehicles Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, thinks that CNW's results and apparent methodology bring red flags. "This study has been completely contradicted by studies from MIT, Argonne National Labs and Carnegie Mellon's Lifecycle Assessment Group. The reality is hybrids can significantly cut global warming pollution, reduce energy use, and save drivers thousands at the pump," commented Friedman."

I don't know if I can give you data. But I think I can trust MIT's stance on this. And especially if so many studies are also in agreement that the CNW study is incorrect. If that data is SO important to you, you should go ask MIT, etc.]]>Apr 27th 2007 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/
I'm not saying the report isn't dubious - it seems like a pretty outrageous claim - but at the same time no one has actually presented DATA to the contrary, only opinions. If a bunch of scientists had proven that beef was good for the heart and pork was bad, and the only objection came from the pork growers, and they had no data to back up that claim...why would I believe them?

Right now its reviewable data against opinion. I didn't think that's how science worked...]]>Apr 27th 2007 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/
Truth is that electric cars are the future, eventualy battery tech will give you more mileage than gas and I can't wait to see oil companies stagger on that one. And who really needs to drive more than 160 miles in a single day or sitting?]]>Apr 23rd 2007 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/so,, any ideas? ]]>Apr 23rd 2007 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/Apr 24th 2007 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/Apr 24th 2007 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/Apr 24th 2007 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/We have today many renewable sources of electric power.
Ultra Capacitors will soon replace the "battery" thru Nano Technology. An Ultra Capacitor will accept 80 percent charge in 1min.I spend longer filling my 20mpg car.
If every car in Ca. were electric we have the ability to meet this demand today.
Lets stop burning coal for electric power {56 percent of daily supply} and start using our "American Genius" to get these cars here now.]]>May 15th 2007 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/23/hybrid-tech-building-an-electric-mini-cooper-will-charge-a-bund/http://www.allcarselectric.com]]>May 24th 2007 9:14PM