<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I saw this announcement on the MGOC page. What struck me was that it seems to be a case of life imitating art.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This announcement really makes me wonder if these people read this book 20 years ago, or stumbled upon it more recently.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 15, 2020, at 11:28 AM, David Breneman <<a href="mailto:david_breneman@yahoo.com" class="">david_breneman@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="ydpd857caeyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">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.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="ydpd857caesignature">David Breneman <a href="mailto:david_breneman@yahoo.com" class="">david_breneman@yahoo.com</a></div></div>
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On Thursday, October 15, 2020, 11:06:47 AM PDT, <<a href="mailto:h.duinhoven@planet.nl" class="">h.duinhoven@planet.nl</a>> wrote:
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<div class=""><div id="ydp7ac3440yiv7586460495" class=""><div class=""><div class="ydp7ac3440yiv7586460495WordSection1"><div class=""><div style="border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-style: solid none none; border-width: 1pt medium medium; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><p class="ydp7ac3440yiv7586460495MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">In the local press was an announcement, that there will be a new built MGB again.</span></p><p class="ydp7ac3440yiv7586460495MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Fully electric. Comes with a € 90,000 pricetag, where one could buy 8 normal MGB’s.</span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""></span></p></div></div><div class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ydp7ac3440yiv7586460495MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.nu.nl/auto/6083327/naast-elektrische-suv-nu-ook-de-oorspronkelijke-mgb-elektrisch-gemaakt.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="">https://www.nu.nl/auto/6083327/naast-elektrische-suv-nu-ook-de-oorspronkelijke-mgb-elektrisch-gemaakt.html</a> </p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ydp7ac3440yiv7586460495MsoNormal">Cheers,</p><p class="ydp7ac3440yiv7586460495MsoNormal">Hans</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ydp7ac3440yiv7586460495MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">’71 BGT – repaired the fuel pump today with new points.</span></p></div><div id="ydp7ac3440yiv7586460495DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" class="">
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