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Old 06-25-2007, 10:18 PM   #1 (permalink)
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GM Launches Hybrids Amid Brisk Prius Sales
GM Launches Hybrids Amid Brisk Prius Sales


General Motors is launching four new hybrids this year and next as it gets serious about closing the "green gap" with rival Toyota. Meanwhile, though, Toyota is cashing in on the popularity of the Prius, and GM struggles to find a good response.
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Old 06-25-2007, 10:27 PM   #2 (permalink)
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General Motors is launching four new hybrids this year and next as it gets serious about closing the "green gap" with rival Toyota. Meanwhile, though, Toyota is cashing in on the popularity of the Prius, and GM struggles to find a good response.
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Solar-powered carts leave golf course for streets

$3,495 Sunray runs for three hours between charges, goes up to 25 mph


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This solar-powered cart is made by Cruise Car Inc. of Sarasota, Fla.


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SARASOTA, Fla. - At around $3 per gallon, the price of gasoline is both a boon and a bane to Sarasota-based solar and electric vehicle maker Cruise Car Inc.
The benefit is obvious: As the numbers on the signboards outside stations move upward, more and more people start looking for ways to ditch their gas guzzlers, be they eight-cylinder sport utility vehicles or two-seater golf carts.
But because Cruise Car's parts are made in China and shipped around the world and cross-country to a Venice assembly plant, the rising cost of fuel means consumers may also have to pay more for what the two-year-old company's founder acknowledges is a largely unknown — and unproven — commodity.

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Hybrids are not good enough, the fact that electric cars have been possible for centuries shows that. Tesla Motors is the way to go, IMO.

As for benefits beyond environmental:

-No gasoline, no oil, no extra hassel
-Can cross shallow streams since there is no tail pipe
-Can use aircondition while waiting in the car since there is no emmision
-Can charge at home, or at a station
-Batteries can be improved to last much longer
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