06-30-2012, 07:46 AM
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Now he wants us to explode! 
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e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be
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[Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread
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06-30-2012, 08:33 AM
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Agreed, Piwoslaw.
Hey, Ben. On Sept. 23 don't forget...
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06-30-2012, 08:33 AM
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If you had to sign a NDA then their patent process has not been approved. If not then why would you have to sign any NDA. That means a provisional application, with a yet to ne submitted full filing, that may be rejected outright if it is determined to consist of prior art that has been combined in such a way to be "obvious to someone educated in the art".
My guess would be the provisional has been filed but the complete application is yet to be filed (possibly on the date 9/23/12). My other guess would be it may never see the light of day as a commercial enterprise (the vast majority don't). It is amusing that the major manufacturers still think that the normal protection time of just over 17 years is not significant. Maybe they work on a different mental schedule than the rest of us.
Probably would just have been better to wait until the date when you can reveal the new "miracle" hybrid Ben, but It does seem like we have been down this road a few million times. The clock is ticking on mine at just over 2 years now, so I would be very skeptical of anyone falling over themselves to use a particular design, if it even passes the novelty test, which becomes more difficult every year, especially when you think globally.
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06-30-2012, 11:55 AM
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Well, this is the coolest hybrid that I know of :
eROCKIT english
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06-30-2012, 04:17 PM
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A €13K pedacycle is affordable? Not to me. Also the range is abysmal. Next! |
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07-01-2012, 03:35 AM
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Sorry, I already know about the COOLEST HYBRID EVAR and it's already public knowledge... nothing coming out in Sept can be cooler.
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07-01-2012, 08:41 AM
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Hey, Ben. On Sept. 23 don't forget...
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07-01-2012, 08:23 PM
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Actually, a hybrid ice-cream truck would make a lot of sense.
They do plenty of slow-speed and start and stop. An electrical system would make sense to run the coolers as well!
(No it is not an ice-cream truck!)
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07-02-2012, 12:04 AM
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I hear that Mitsubishi is coming out with a serial hybrid Outlander, but from other sources say it will be a serial/parallel:
Finally, a plug-in hybrid with four-wheel-drive is coming | The Car Tech blog - CNET Reviews
Hey Ben -- remember to tell us about it on September 23rd... |
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07-02-2012, 02:33 AM
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Did anyone mention September 23rd?
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e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be
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