The Phoenix all electric SUT was officially launched on 03/01 at the Peterson Auto Museum in Los Angeles
I won't delve into the details of the Phoenix SUT, as they have been covered here before. The basics are that this is an electric vehicle that will act just like any other four door pickup truck for 130 miles at a time between charges. I am seriously considering getting one when I replace my current pickup truck.
If you are interested in one of these for yourself, you will be happy to hear that the official launch of the SUT has taken place in California. I wasn't in attendance, but David Anderson over at Green Options was there and gave his personal observations after riding in the vehicle. Check it out!
Also, Ecorazzi ran a little piece on the unveiling as well, and highlighted Ed Begley Jr. and his wife at the event. Daryl Hannah was also in attendance and they spoke with her too. A detail that I found very interesting and telling was that Phoenix Motorcars is trading their zero emissions credits to other automakers for a price break on their own pickups! That is really great, I think, as it brings the option of owning a zero emission electric vehicle to people (like me) who wouldn't be able to afford it otherwise. Plus, it helps make up the lack of mass-production savings that Phoenix cannot enjoy as a small vehicle manufacturer.
Click here for a video from LA's KTLA news site!
Click here for pictures from Phoenix Motorcars of the SUT's unveiling!
Click here for our complete coverage of Phoenix Motorcars!
[Source: Phoenix Motorcars via Green Options and Ecorazzi]
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John Rowell 9:13PM (3/04/2007)
The video goes through four commercials for KTLA before telling me they couldn't find the video I requested. The video link is no good. Here's what you have to do:
Go to http://ktla.trb.com/news/local/video/?track=nav then in the list below the video window click on the link entitled "new electric vehicles rolled out by phoenix motorcars" (you may have to scroll down a bit).
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ali 6:05AM (3/05/2007)
awesome is that ed from hgtv???? he's cool! his wife sucks!
i have 2 questions... how are apartment dwellers going to charge these things up? more and more poeple going to be in apartment due to population and cost of housing...
and can electric cars be charged in the rain outside of my house... not all of us live in the suburbs with 2 car garages you know...
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