apate Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Yesterday I saw a commercial of the Mitsubishi i MiEV it looked pretty cool. http://i.mitsubishicars.com/All electric and rear wheel drive Who is going to be the first to drift? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turborusty Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Oh yeah....that's gonna get you laid! Turborusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy larry Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 It might Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeuppance Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Haha, in GT5 they have one of those... it's pretty slow. -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazarin Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I dunno. Put a Novak speed controller in it and maybe a 12-turn motor, I bet it'd go pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeuppance Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Damn, missed the test drive. I would have tried it out. EV's are pretty cool... well, the idea is. Would be like driving golf cart... JUST CAN'T DRIVE IT IN THE POOL AREA AT THE MESQUITE RESORT. Maybe that gas powered golf cart Scotty Don't "found" would be ok in the pool area... LMAO... -Robert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Oh yeah....that's gonna get you laid! Turborusty It probably would get ya laid by some hippie chicks. Some of them can be pretty hot, as long as they shave their pits and bathe regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOSTED88tsi Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Damn, missed the test drive. I would have tried it out. EV's are pretty cool... well, the idea is. Would be like driving golf cart... JUST CAN'T DRIVE IT IN THE POOL AREA AT THE MESQUITE RESORT. Maybe that gas powered golf cart Scotty Don't "found" would be ok in the pool area... LMAO... -Robert"I wonder if this key works!" ahahahaha. They've had this things for days. There was one at the so cal mod in 06. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 The ev cars is partial reason why Mitsu is killing off the Eclipse and pretty much North American gas car sales. They gonna concentrate on alternative crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I guess it's great that more and more people are gtting into being "green", but I worry about what happens down the line. The batteries are what worries me. What are people gonna do in 5 or 6 years when the battery packs are junk in the car and thy don't have thousands of dollars to replace them? Are the people just gonna give up and let the cars and batteries rot? If the tons of battries for these types of vehicles aren't recycled and processed properly, they can make for a bad environmental situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turborusty Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 (edited) I guess it's great that more and more people are gtting into being "green", but I worry about what happens down the line. The batteries are what worries me. What are people gonna do in 5 or 6 years when the battery packs are junk in the car and thy don't have thousands of dollars to replace them? Are the people just gonna give up and let the cars and batteries rot? If the tons of battries for these types of vehicles aren't recycled and processed properly, they can make for a bad environmental situation. Probably a lot worse than hydrocarbons produced by burning gasoline and diesel. Turborusty Edited November 15, 2011 by Turborusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Probably a lot worse than hydrocarbons produced by burining gasoline and diesel. Turborusty That's what's yet to be seen. Maybe it will be no big deal, or maybe it will be th next environmental crisis 20 years down the road. Maybe it will be a wash, and no worse or no better for the environment, but I doubt that. I wish they'd just chill out, and try and work the Hydrogen angle. That sems to me to be the best scenerio for what to do about the dirtyness of the cumbustion engine. The infrastructure for Hydrogen will suck to setup, but it seems like a much cleaner and safer way to go than just about anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrazilBoy Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Oh yeah....that's gonna get you laid! TurborustyIt will.... The San Fransisco crowd will love it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turborusty Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 It will.... The San Fransisco crowd will love it.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... LOL HAHAHAHA..... I think you're right. Turborusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I guess it's great that more and more people are gtting into being "green", but I worry about what happens down the line. The batteries are what worries me. What are people gonna do in 5 or 6 years when the battery packs are junk in the car and thy don't have thousands of dollars to replace them? Are the people just gonna give up and let the cars and batteries rot? If the tons of battries for these types of vehicles aren't recycled and processed properly, they can make for a bad environmental situation. We are going thru this now. Hybrids have been out for 10 years plus now. Ask a wrecking yard what they are doing with them huge hybrid batteries now. There are no recycling centers or battery recyclers that take them like they do with regular car batteries. Hybrid batteries are getting tossed in the trash to land fills or left in the car bodies when they crush em. But just wait, some jack tail politician is gonna pass some law to after wrecking yards for not recycling those stupid batteries. They are in such a hurry "go green" that there are no systems in place to process the wrecks of these hybrid eletric cars. Also, did you guys know that auto wreckers cannot recycle things like plastics, bumper covers, interior trims, seats etc. I used to have to cut up all the plastic bumper covers and throw them in a trash bin to end up in a land fill somewhere. No recycling center will take any of that. Who's to blame for not having recycling centers for all these car related things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMeyerhoff Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Traditional batteries are worth enough in metals that people steal them. I find it hard to believe there isn't money to be made with used up hybrid batteries, but maybe nobody smart has figured out how yet. So here's a good honest all American opportunity for all you out there, start a recycling business for hybrid batteries and make a fortune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techboy Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Traditional batteries are worth enough in metals that people steal them. I find it hard to believe there isn't money to be made with used up hybrid batteries, but maybe nobody smart has figured out how yet. So here's a good honest all American opportunity for all you out there, start a recycling business for hybrid batteries and make a fortune. Now that's thinking ^^^. If you had the startup money and know-how, that would be genius. Back to Mitsu for a second, I also read earlier this year in one of my car magazines that Mitsu had announced they were getting out of motorsports all together. Supposedly their new guru is taking the company a completely different direction. I don't own a car company, but I'm thinking ... really? Almost every car company has an icon sports car. I guess we're all just supposed to be happy w/ green get-a-round cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technology Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Support big oil and coal. We have 100s of years of coal and 10s of years of oil left. We'd better start looking for more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metric-man Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 The ev cars is partial reason why Mitsu is killing off the Eclipse and pretty much North American gas car sales. They gonna concentrate on alternative crap. That's Mitsubishi, they're going green, but the only thing is..to them green = money.Cypress headquarters where the west coast MOD is held every year, did anyone notice anything different this last year about the parking lots ? It use to be a nice venue,... ...till they cut down all the trees!!! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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