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Originally Posted by RedDevil
When a company designs, presents and actually builds the most economical car ever you'd think the incrowd of Ecomodder would show at least some enthousiasm.
Instead the reception is like what you'd get if you hand out iPhones in a pensioners's home. Probably worse, even.
OK boomers, I wasted my time. Beam me up Scotty, no life here.
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It costs $165,000, so labeling it "economical" is a bit of a stretch. As a design and engineering exercise, I'm all for it. But since it costs as much as an Aston Martin, I'll never be able to afford one, whether or not I could justify it.
I feel about the Lightyear One the way I do about the VW XL1: I find myself much more interested in Honda Civics, Chevrolet Silverados, and Ford Explorers--cars that sell in droves and everyone drives. Efficiency improvements in those models have a much more profound effect than a handful of ultra-efficient, ultra-expensive solar cars ever will.