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I once had a car that got 50 MPG. It was great, except in the winter. I had to carry an ice scraper to keep the inside of the windows clear. I wonder how far the batteries would last if they also need to defrost the windows. Maybe if everyone in warm climates drove an electric car, there would be enough gas left for the rest of us.

Mark, the pocos might welcome an increase in night baseload to offset all the demand reductions coming from cfls etc. For really fast home-charging you need an upgrade. More work!

A one hundred and eleven year old twin-engined wheel-motor hybrid hits the streets again at the same time as Chrysler's Volt!

This repro 1900 Lohner-Porsche has been lovingly recreated from original drawings and photos.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring.../8467153/Lohner-Semper-Vivus-review.html

Not Chrysler, Chevrolet Volt. (A Goverment Motors, GM, division).

Whoops-a-daisy!

Here's a couple more: From the sublime @ $10,000 -

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring...Money-the-electric-car-worth-buying.html

- to the ridiculous @ $1,000,000- [this one is pencilled-in to have either two mini gas-turbines or a Williams F1 racing engine running the generation.] -

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring...ph-Jaguar-hybrid-supercar-confirmed.html

Alan:
My friend, you are outdoing yourself!

Hmmm....$10K for a Renault, or...$1Mil for a Jaguar?? tough decission!!

I'll wait until my friendly Jaguar dealer gets one! The owner is a extreemly avid collector, but this may be over his budget?

OT, but I couldn't resist showing you this car, Sir Ernest Eldridge's mighty 1924 Fiat 'Mephistopheles', - finally coming back to Blighty after 87 years:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring...1-the-mighty-Mephistopheles-returns.html

Alan:
Interesting link. I like the Packard engine Bently video that is available on the link also.

There's radio commercials here (NJ) about Fiat returning to our market, with the '500'. Of course, we also hear the line "Fix It Again, Tony".

Thanks for the link!!

Here's a few more electric/hybrid autos for the shopping list.
Does Peugeot's EX1 look a bit like that Batmobile that squidged everything in its path to you? ....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring...the-Goodwood-Festival-of-Speed-2011.html

Alan:
Yes, 'Batmobile' for sure!

The Rolls was recently featured in Motor Trend magazine. Price is shocking!!!

Thanks for the link!