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Old 03-03-2010, 08:49 PM   #50 (permalink)
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I suspect the boys at V-Vehicle are finding out the same thing that Aptera found out: It ain’t easy starting a car company, even if you do everything right.

Wait til they find out it will take two years to get a permit to build the paint shop.

The last car company started from scratch in the US: Chevrolet in 1911 and it took one of the giants of the industry to do it.
Um, no there have been more. One example The place that made my Commutacar was #5 sized auto manufacturer in the 70's and they were shuttered due to government regulations, specifically ride height oddly enough. discontinous run from 73-82 with special purpose offroaders made through 86. Started as Vanguard Sebring which was making electric vehicles as far back as the mid 60's, sadly not much information on them before the flowers era.

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The kind of car a twentysomething could love. You probably couldn’t give 100,000 units of the thing away today.

BTW, that car had some sort of magical factory undercoating. Vegas were notoriously rust-prone, but that particular car is licensed today in Ohio. The guy won’t sell it. I’ve tried.
Give me 100,000 units of Vegas, I'll take them.
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