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Old 02-06-2018, 03:47 PM   #11 (permalink)
Ecky
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A refurbished GM EV-1 using LI-ion batteries.
There's certainly a lot to like in the EV-1.


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Just hooking into the discussion that a car is a tool and therefore not perfect to add a few extra dimensions a car can be not perfect in
Let's abandon "perfect" then. What would you like to see exist? I had in mind something which could reasonably be made with current technologies, but isn't.


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This highlights my other invention; car sharing at airports. Why pay to park a car in a crowded lot and then have to pay to rent a car at your destination when you could trade cars with others? There needs to be an app that facilitates car swapping at the airport.
Car sharing is a wonderful technology, but what kinds of cars would you like to see shared? If you could step into a TSX with a lower VTEC transition coming out of any airport, out of any possible combination of parts available today, is that what you'd choose?

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