NOT so SMART cars....
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Topic: NOT so SMART cars....
Posted By: jaybmiller
Subject: NOT so SMART cars....
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 4:09pm
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/smart-cars-daimler-1.5116641" rel="nofollow - https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/smart-cars-daimler-1.5116641 Hmm, so electric 'smart cars' are NOT a high seller in cda/usa ! No wonder, with a lousy 60 (yes, SIXTY) mile range per charge !! Guess the 'greenies' aren't buying into E-cars ?? Jay ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
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Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 4:23pm
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Jay, that's not even a car! My 5 year old granddaughter's pink Jeep is almost that big! and it runs on batteries too! ------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 4:49pm
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And $20,000 or so to boot. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 6:11pm
| I just do not get it, Tesla's are fire hazards, Prius and Leaf models are worthless as come to need a battery swap, these 'Smart Cars' are so dumb in that you have to be 5'4" tall and weigh 120 lbs to even get in one then cannot haul two sacks of grocery 30 miles home. J U N K JUNK! |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 6:16pm
 smart cars dumb drivers:[TUBE]0xDY4PkbLd0[/TUBE] ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 9:10pm
| Seems to me the presidentially inspired, former administration, GM Volt was or is only good for 40 miles per charge and they used to pay you to buy them. Unless I'm wrong it sounds like an improvement. |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 01 May 2019 at 10:26am
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There is no economic advantage to buy them here as we have cheap gas. It would be another story if we were paying three times the price for each gallon of gas. ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: TimNearFortWorth
Date Posted: 01 May 2019 at 10:40am
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When it's all said and done, seems the "greenies" want to believe that all their electricity for these things ideally comes from renewables when in-fact it is only a small portion currently.All part of getting some to pay now, for eventual r&d that will make them more viable. Wonder how many owners of these electric cars, or even the general public, realize that our tax dollars will increase so our emergency responders get the required equipment to properly address these vehicles when wrecked. Then there is the "driver-less" cars/trucks being touted "as the future"; how many will be maimed/killed by these things when they go awry? And we can't even stop the hacking and robocalls? Big government claims they are understaffed to properly monitor/regulate new products like this as the pace of tech being introduced is too fast? Some are left to "self regulate". Makes you wonder if the driver-less units will have markings, so we even know we are on the road with them?
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Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 01 May 2019 at 11:29am
HAY HAY,we need to keep this quiet.The greeny politicians have big ears when it comes to ideas like this. My gas is past $ 4 a gallon all ready, so is diesel ,  not cheap in my book. |
Stan IL&TN wrote:Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 01 May 2019 at 11:44am
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Now that's funny Luigi!!!!!!!! DMiller- My wife could fit in one of those smart car things, she's 5'4" and 120 lbs. but she's smart enough not to own one!! She's safer in her 55' T-bird I'm thinkin'.....! One of the guys at work owns one of them things. I always ask him how long he stays fresh in that can?....... mailto:Steve@B&B" rel="nofollow - Steve@B&B ------------- 39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife |
Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: 01 May 2019 at 8:25pm
| I'd be more happy on a go kart or mini bike. |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 02 May 2019 at 7:48am
| Pretty impressive as to how bad those Smart Cars self destruct when hit a Squirrel!! And the Squirrel survives! |