A fellow here at Microsoft (hence on the net) has an electric Midget that he
drives to work everyday. I could dig up his email address if anyone is
interested.
| I believe the weight was somewhat greater than a normal TR-7,
No lie. We had a "transportation fair" here a few weeks ago and I talked
to the fellow who converted the Midget. He estimated that it added about
1,000 pounds to the car. They pull the engine and gas tank, but keep the
tranny.
| but he claimed a top speed of 70mph, and a range of 200 miles.
^^^
That should be "or". Going over 30-35 cuts range drastically.
The biggest cost with eletric cars is that the batteries wear out and must
be replaced every 20-25K miles. The guy I talked to bragged that the first
set of batteries in his own car (an electric Manta, if you can imagine
such a thing) lasted 7 years. It took some prompting for him to admit that
he only drove it "3,000 miles" (I assume that's per year) in that time.
Dave Van Horn davevh@microsoft
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