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Old 11-16-2009, 06:56 PM   #6 (permalink)
Big Dave
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I was pretty sure that going electric rather than diesel was a huge mistake.

With a diesel Aptera, they could have had an easily 80 MPG car on the market (assuming the ever-elusive EPA OK) and made money until somebody came up with a workable battery.

But the went all-in that somebody could do what nobody has done in a century of trying...and lost.

The fruits of trying to be revolutionary in an evolutionary market. Crash & burn.
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