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- From: Brian.E.Hannon@dartmouth.edu (Brian E. Hannon)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Info on electric cars
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.183429.28763@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 18:34:29 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.011857.8243@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul21.011857.8243@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
- mdgerha@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (EA Gerhardt michael d) writes:
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- > Recently Maryland passed laws requiring people to carpool
- > or use mass transit or be fines and/or fired. This goes into
- > effect in 1995. (I may not have this totally correct but I
- > think it is close). I do not want to use these options so I
- > am looking for info on electric cars, anything is appreciated.
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- That law sounds really screwy, but here's the info that you requested.
- The three most prominent manufacturers of electric cars in the US are
- Solectria Corp, Arlington, MA; Solar Car Corp, Melbourne, FL; and
- Solar Electric Vehicle Corp, Los Angeles, CA. They all convert
- gasoline cars to run on electric and solar assisted electric.
- Solectria sells Geo Metros for $25-30K, Solar Car Corp sells Ford
- Festivas for $20-25K and Chevy S-15 Pickups for $25-30K, and SEV Corp
- sells Ford Escorts for $20K.
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- In the 1995 model year GM plans to have Impact on the market, and all
- major manufacturers will have to have cars on the market by 1996 to
- meet California law.
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- Bri
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