[Cialug] O.T. Who Killed The Electric Car ?

[David Champion]

Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
> On Friday 25 May 2007 10:19, David Champion wrote:
>> The "smart car" is going to be sold in the US starting later this
>> year. There was a story on chan. 8 news about a lady in Clive that
>> imported one from Canada recently.
>> http://www.smartusa.com/
> 
> I wouldn't mind having a car that looks like that. Not too expensive 
> either. Unfortunately, i'd expect such a small car to have *really* 
> good gas mileage. But the website says it only gets "40 plus mpg". 
> That's a lot better than most other cars, but not all that impressive 
> given that it only has 2 seats and is so small.

Right... since you can get a Corolla that gets 41 mpg, and is a
conventional car with room for 4 or 5, the smart car isn't all that
impressive. And you can get the stripped-down version for around $11k.

I'm sure they'll sell some of the smart cars, just because they're
unique looking.

-dc