Electric Vehicles - Locating and Buying

11 messages, Last post on Aug 22, 2009 at 1:02 PM

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#10 of 11 Phoenix electric cars by akjbmw Aug 22, 2009 (11:35 am)
Just did a little light searching and found that Phoenix Motorcars went into Chapt. 11 a few months ago. Anyone seen anything further and if it looks like they will return from the ashes like a Phoenix?
#11 of 11 Re: GeeBee [gberry61] by plekto Aug 22, 2009 (1:02 pm)
Replying to: gberry61 (May 22, 2008 1:12 pm) The problem with a Type 3 is that they are very heavy for their size. A Honda CRX or similar, for instance, minus everything that's not needed, ends up being close to 1500lbs. If you get more creative, you can use a gutted Mini or similar as well. That's 1360 or so lbs and without the engine and other bits, almost 1000lbs ready to convert. http://www.evalbum.com/2407 The wagons are just right for this, IMO. ] A Fiat 500 (original one!) weighed only 1100 lbs, but it likely wasn't built to handle 4 people(about the weight of the batteries you'd need). EDIT - another option might be something like a street-legal sandrail.