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Old 01-02-2012, 01:39 PM   #67 (permalink)
Big Dave
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Electrics still require a battery breakthrough and one woders where all that electricity will come from.

In case nobody has noticed electric rates have jumped up nearly 50% in the last few years.

The Lean Machine was a good idea and it lends itself to a very compact drive train.
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