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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>As long as you don’t claim it’s a zero emission vehicle. I think its really naïve not to consider that you are just moving the source of the emissions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I saw an interesting study on the actual emissions of electric vehicles, broken down by geographic region. And as an extreme, because China uses virtually no emission equipment on their coal burning plants you actually produce a great deal more emissions with an electric vehicle there than gas burning ones.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Mgs <mgs-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dan DiBiase<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 15, 2020 3:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> Hans Duinhoven <h.duinhoven@planet.nl><br><b>Cc:</b> mglist <mgs@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Mgs] New MGB<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>That's surprising as there are plenty running around the US still. I'm actually going to be ordering a Tesla Model Y (the small SUV) at the end of the year. Can't wait....<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dan D<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>'76B, '65B<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Central NJ USA<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://dandibiase.cbintouch.com/" target="_blank">http://dandibiase.cbintouch.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 3:13 PM <<a href="mailto:h.duinhoven@planet.nl">h.duinhoven@planet.nl</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>It is a bit how Tesla started when their car was a Lotus being electric.</span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>A few months ago I read in the news, that such a Tesla finally had been depreciated in our country to zero, as the battery was not possible to be charged…</span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Cheers, Hans</span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=NL>Van:</span></b><span lang=NL> Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">mgs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>Namens </b>Max Heim<br><b>Verzonden:</b> donderdag 15 oktober 2020 21:01<br><b>Aan:</b> <a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" target="_blank">mgs@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Onderwerp:</b> Re: [Mgs] New MGB<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL>I saw this announcement on the MGOC page. What struck me was that it seems to be a case of life imitating art.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL>I don’t know if any of you ever heard of a book called “ZEV-1”. It was self-published by an author here in northern California, back in the 1990s. He used to sell it at British car meets, which is where I acquired a copy.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL>The premise of this book is that an inventor/entrepreneur starts a company to build battery electric cars using his proprietary battery technology. And he chooses the MGB as his first model. So the story is about the struggle to build an electric MGB, fighting industry forces, regulators, and unscrupulous rivals.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL>This announcement really makes me wonder if these people read this book 20 years ago, or stumbled upon it more recently.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL>--<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL>Max Heim<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL><a href="mailto:mvheim@sonic.net" target="_blank">mvheim@sonic.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=NL><o:p> </o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL>On Oct 15, 2020, at 11:28 AM, David Breneman <<a href="mailto:david_breneman@yahoo.com" target="_blank">david_breneman@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Interesting! It almost certainly will not be allowed into the US unless it's built on a vintage body tub, and is therefore a modified "classic" car.</span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> </span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>David Breneman <a href="mailto:david_breneman@yahoo.com" target="_blank">david_breneman@yahoo.com</a></span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> </span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> </span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div id="gmail-m_-6017480999604369521ydp7ac3440yahoo_quoted_3119468925"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>On Thursday, October 15, 2020, 11:06:47 AM PDT, <<a href="mailto:h.duinhoven@planet.nl" target="_blank">h.duinhoven@planet.nl</a>> wrote: </span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div id="gmail-m_-6017480999604369521ydp7ac3440yiv7586460495"><div><div><div><div><p class=gmail-m-6017480999604369521ydp7ac3440yiv7586460495msonormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>In the local press was an announcement, that there will be a new built MGB again.</span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-m-6017480999604369521ydp7ac3440yiv7586460495msonormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Fully electric. Comes with a € 90,000 pricetag, where one could buy 8 normal MGB’s.</span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=gmail-m-6017480999604369521ydp7ac3440yiv7586460495msonormal><span lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><a href="https://www.nu.nl/auto/6083327/naast-elektrische-suv-nu-ook-de-oorspronkelijke-mgb-elektrisch-gemaakt.html" target="_blank">https://www.nu.nl/auto/6083327/naast-elektrische-suv-nu-ook-de-oorspronkelijke-mgb-elektrisch-gemaakt.html</a> </span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=gmail-m-6017480999604369521ydp7ac3440yiv7586460495msonormal><span lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Cheers,</span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-m-6017480999604369521ydp7ac3440yiv7586460495msonormal><span lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Hans</span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=gmail-m-6017480999604369521ydp7ac3440yiv7586460495msonormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>’71 BGT – repaired the fuel pump today with new points.</span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="gmail-m_-6017480999604369521ydp7ac3440yiv7586460495DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NL> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br><br><a href="mailto:Mgs@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Mgs@autox.team.net</a><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/mgs" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/mgs</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br>Unsubscribe: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/mgs/dan.dibiase@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/mgs/dan.dibiase@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>