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3313
Ouch!: As a follow-up to some of the comments from my interview with EnerDel's Chairman Charles Gassenheimer, I asked him how much the Th!nk pack would cost....
speculawyer9
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Jul 9, 2008
4:31 am
3314
... That's a really great interview, chock full of useful information. So, they can sell the car at prices competitive with a Smart Fortwo in the U.S. + the...
mart_h_shearer
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Jul 10, 2008
3:58 pm
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Does anyone know if the Th!nk City can be made a little faster with Li- Ion batteries? If they could bump up the max speed to 70mph, that would really help a...
speculawyer9
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Jul 11, 2008
3:55 am
3316
But the 'fuel economy' will be abysmal at 70mph! Agreed, the *potential* to do 70 will get more people to look more closely at it, but I wonder if the range...
Matthew Trevaskis
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Jul 11, 2008
2:06 pm
3317
... if ... My understanding is that the Th!nk City's range estimate, c. 110 miles was based on the US06 driving cycle from the EPA. There's quite a bit of...
mart_h_shearer
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Jul 11, 2008
8:48 pm
3318
Remember, it is a city car and not targeted to replace highway vehicles.  At a small production of only 10,000 per YEAR once the factory comes online in...
Eddie
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Jul 11, 2008
10:12 pm
3319
... vehicles.  At a small production of only 10,000 per YEAR once the factory comes online in Norway there will not be any problem selling what they make. ...
speculawyer9
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Jul 12, 2008
2:46 am
3320
But keep in mind that air resistance increases as the cube of the speed, so going from 55 to 65 makes a huge difference in efficiency. My Honda Odyssey has a...
saunderj
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Jul 12, 2008
2:35 pm
3321
Apart from being their friendly neighbour, I don't think that it is an accident that one of the first markets for the Th!nk, outside of Norway, will be...
Matthew Trevaskis
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Jul 12, 2008
5:42 pm
3322
Well, as an owner of 2 Miles electrics, I want to throw in the mix the soon to be released Miles full speed electric which has undergone crash testing in China...
Stephen G Cooper
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Jul 15, 2008
12:12 am
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Th!nk started up the latest production line at the end of last year. They've been saying initial deliveries would be made this spring. Have any customers in...
speculawyer9
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Jul 22, 2008
6:18 pm
3324
The answer seems to be . . . YES! :-D From a Th!nk press release at the 2008 British International Motor Show at ExCeL London: "The two-seater urban car has a...
speculawyer9
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Jul 23, 2008
2:42 pm
3325
While I am not anywhere near the continent, I have a really hard time believing that Th!nk has begun deliveries to customers without so much as a press release...
Eddie
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Jul 24, 2008
1:17 am
3326
A city car is not the same as a NEV/LSV. Others might disagree with my definition, but I consider a city car to have about 75-100 miles range. A city car is...
Eddie
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Jul 24, 2008
1:23 am
3327
... believing that Th!nk has begun deliveries to customers without so much as a press release on their web site. << Well, those Scandanavians are stoic and not...
speculawyer9
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Jul 24, 2008
11:18 pm
3328
At EVFinder.com I define city cars as those that have 4 wheels, that drive at speeds faster than 25mph (NEV) but are not set for use for extended periods on...
Noel Adams
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Jul 27, 2008
4:47 pm
3329
I would agree. Broadening this, a "city car" in Europe is generally any car that you would only expect to use within a city as a general rule, not necessarily...
Alan Jenney
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Jul 28, 2008
4:25 pm
3330
... I guess I've been wanting too much out of the Th!nk "City" car. It really is a car for city driving and not designed for much more than occasional freeway...
speculawyer9
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Jul 29, 2008
7:25 pm
3331
Hi guys , just to let you know, Reva, the electric car from India started to sell cars in Chile since this month, it uses lead acid batteries and the price is...
J M J
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Aug 3, 2008
4:56 pm
3332
I just looked at their AD, but I couldn't read it, there are some car pics however. F J M J <jcmjordan@...> wrote: Hi guys...
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Aug 3, 2008
6:29 pm
3333
Enerdel is planning on doubling its production capacity: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article? AID=/20080804/BUSINESS/80804046 I've been telling folks...
mart_h_shearer
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Aug 5, 2008
4:56 am
3334
For our English-speaking members, the article is in Spanish, but you can get a machine-translated version through... http://translate.google.com ... that is...
Alan Jenney
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Aug 5, 2008
10:36 am
3335
Part of the article mentions the batteries need replacing regularly. Approximately every three years, a new lead-acid battery system has to be installed at a...
Alan Jenney
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Aug 5, 2008
12:21 pm
3336
Indy to power electric car Local plant expanding to produce lithium-ion batteries EnerDel plans to expand its Indianapolis plant by the end of the year to...
speculawyer9
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Aug 6, 2008
2:42 am
3337
Some notable updates on staffing, a summer shutdown... http://greenwombat.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/...
Eddie
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Aug 13, 2008
12:32 am
3338
... "The factory completed its planned build of 100 cars for the local market prior to the Norwegian summer shutdown," says Willums, a longtime entrepreneur...
speculawyer9
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Aug 13, 2008
8:13 pm
3339
Unable to get a real electric car for at least a couple years it seems, I've been looking into the NEVs. Anyone here have a Th!nk Neighbor? Are they any...
speculawyer9
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Aug 30, 2008
1:04 am
3340
I thought others might enjoy this article that mentions Th!nk has 700 customers waiting in Norway for vehicles. at...
Eddie
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Aug 31, 2008
6:35 pm
3341
You might want to visit one of the forums dedicated to NEVs to increase your odds of a helpful reply. I am not aware of the Think Mobility brand still being...
Eddie
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Aug 31, 2008
7:03 pm
3342
Yes! They are good. I have a Th!nk Neighbor 4-seater, and I love it. I got it last summer, just a bit more than one year ago. Ford only sold them for one...
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Sep 6, 2008
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