http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/ Engadget Comments for Audi confirms pure electric car, will likely be based on VW Up! concept 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/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/
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I never liked the PRius but I'll admit that the latest Prius looks like a BENZ in comparison to this crate.]]>Oct 8th 2008 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/
not a good combo]]>Oct 8th 2008 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/
this thing looks like something you'd stick in your hoohah"

Well, it does run on batteries....]]>Oct 8th 2008 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/
Hmmm ... maybe a fact check is in order. There's no official ship date for the Volt other than "2010," which everyone understands isn't solid either.


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you could also say any minute now...as eventually it will roll in]]>Oct 8th 2008 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/
And when these are stuck in bumper to bumper traffic or are stopped at red lights, there is no idling.]]>Oct 8th 2008 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/
"Oh, but to generate electricity we burn coal so now we will have to burn more coal and it will be more polluting and blablabla"

Wrong.

1. If you live in a country full of these coal-based plants or oil-based plants... You should know there are other countries that try not to destroy our atmosphere. So no, the power needed to charge batteries won't be supplied by burning more coal or oil.
2. Even if you have to burn more coal, because you live in a country that doesn't care about fscking us all just to meet its energy demand, then it will still be better, because one big coal-to-electricity plant, or oil-to-electricity plant is sooo much more efficient than thousands of tiny oil based engines.

Then, to make things even better, you just have to change one obsolete coal-based generator for, say, a solar power plant and, voilá, nice sharp cuts in pollution.

"The batteries are dangerous and kill kitten"
At least you _can_ track and dispose of worn out batteries. What can anyone do about the gases that come out of the exhaust nowadays?

So there are no excuses to hold this.]]>Oct 8th 2008 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/
I own two Volkswagens and would never buy this]]>Oct 8th 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/
Anyway, I would love to get my hands on an electric car.
Countries like the one I live in (Paraguay) should seriously consider subventioning this kind of cars, since we don't have oil but we DO have electricity, and a lot (Itaipu and Yasyreta dams).]]>Oct 8th 2008 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Oct 8th 2008 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/
I just need to see the range/speed of this thing before I consider it. ]]>Oct 8th 2008 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/
The one you dropped off is put into a charging rack (along with dozens of others) so it can be reused when recharged in an hour or so. Large warehouses (this is run by the oil companies after all, so they could use their existing gas station and distribution center infrastructure) would carry extra packs so if a "filling station" was getting low on fully-charged packs, they could call up and order more.

The number of battery modules a vehicle carries is dependent on size/cargo space: a small 2-person commuter car has 2 packs, while the larger truck or family van uses 8-10.

This way "recharges;' are as quick or quicker than filling a gas tank, the batteries are easily removed at end of life without disassembling the car, and smaller pack give some design creativity (i.e. not one ginormous pack amidships) and the weight can be distributed for better handling.]]>Oct 8th 2008 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/audi-confirms-pure-electric-car-will-likely-be-based-on-vw-up/Nov 9th 2008 12:23PM