The car in this video is not the best looking version of the car since it was just hacked up to convert to electric for the test that day, from one of the Xprize cars.
I got to spend a few hours with Oliver and chat about the VLC production car and got to take a drive in the car around Emeryville, CA. What a great car!
Pretty funny comment about his interactions with VW.
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Originally Posted by Oliver Kuttner
.....Worth noting is that nearly a year later two teasers emerged from VW - The NILS and the Audi Urban Concept. - Now I am not saying copies - I am saying a smart man sees the limitations of the laws of Physics... and tests the water. Oliver met him several more times and in the end the message was: We (VW) have it covered with our Diesel technology"... The rest is history.
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When I met Oliver he was carrying a case about the size of a bowling ball bag, and inside was a front suspension (the whole thing) for a car about the size and weight of a VW Jetta. He said he had been in talks with VW. I think if VW had moved forward with some of the suspension and aero modifications with Edison2, the company would not have "suspended operations". For that matter, if any of the many companies he contacted had decided to move forward in the direction of efficiency it would have kept E2 alive.
I really hope they do move ahead. I'm a fan!