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Did any of those ever go in to production? back in 2007 when that was written it sounded like nothing was set in stone.
Also, there are plenty of light weight steel cars that are much easier to find and cheaper to buy, of course it is nice and fun to have an aluminum car, my Commuti-car is an all aluminum frame and safety cage with a plastic body over it, very light, even after 500 pounds of batteries the car only weights 1,400 pounds, the Honda Insight (first generation) was also all aluminum and back in the early 1990's I saw first hand one of the all aluminum Ford Taurus that was used for the future car competition where it won first place by getting over 60mpg on a course that was supposed to require normal driving.
Personally I would opt for a car that had good aerodynamics for building an electric car out of.
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