One-person electric cars offer yet another transportation option
I was in Atlanta yesterday, but I didn’t see this unique little electric car darting through the city streets. Local TV news stations, like 11 Alive, covering this type of story often go for the “oh, isn’t that cute” so I was glad to see a slight bit of depth in this feature on a man who commutes to work in Atlanta in an electric one-seater. The story doesn’t gloss over all the issues surrounding electric cars (check the mention of how it’s not for everyone and that it still uses fossil fuels) and puts it out there that the solution to our increasing resource consumption will be “a hundred different things”.
The vehicle is a Corbin Sparrow, and apparently there were about 350 made between 1999 and 2003, and new versions will be made soon by another company. [Source: 11 Alive via John A]
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Master Blaster 10:23AM (4/28/2006)
That car in the pic looks like Gold Members dutch shoe car from Austin Powers part 3!
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Jankdc 10:43AM (4/28/2006)
New ones available now at:
http://www.myersmotors.com/
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Scott Eaton 12:11PM (4/30/2006)
Master Blaster, Goldmember's shoe *was* a Sparrow, with about 6 other "normal" ones in the show behind him.
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Aaron 3:54AM (9/05/2006)
Used EVs get sold on eBay all the time - a Ranger EV with a lead-acid pack runs as little as half the NmG's price, seats 2 (3 if you wedge a child in the middle of the bench seat), carries a load, hits 75mph and will go 40-60mi on 20kwh of electricity, which, other than the amount of electricity needed, beats the ex-Sparrow in useability. I think people who know about other EVs but still buy the NmG must want to draw attention to themselves, and besides, I think the Sparrow/NmG is ugly and has poor aerodynamics for such a small vehicle. Maybe Myers will consider another version when they sell enough of the ugly ducklings left over from Corbin.
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