"Nightjar" wrote in message
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On 10/08/2013 19:46, harryagain wrote:
"Nightjar" wrote in message
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On 10/08/2013 09:19, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 09/08/13 16:59, Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
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As your pricing example points out, EV's are *nearly* there, and the
Renault pricing deal will be enough to bring-in more early adopters.

Not with a ****y 130 mile range they aren't; I get a 600 mile range
with
a dizzle C4.

the lithium air technology could get to around the same if and when it
becomes a reliable safe, cheap practical commercial solution.

An awful lot of ifs though.

If fossil fuels do price themselves out of the market, you might be
interested to ponder how things will pan out...

I like this idea:

http://www.gereports.com/thorium-las...-nuclear-cars/


What aload of bollix.
(Man invents atom bomb in garage syndrome.)
Up there with cold fusion.
You can tell he's mad by the picture offered of a weird looking car.

You missed the bit about that being a Cadillac concept car and nothing to
do with Charles Stevens?

The optimum shape for a car has long ago been arrived at.

Concept cars are usually strange looking. In practice, if anybody produces
a thorium powered car, it will probably only be the badge that gives it
away.

If it is a practical system, I would expect it to appear in military
vehicles first. The military have large budgets and having vehicles with
unlimited range would be a tremendous tactical advantage.

Heh heh.
I hope the purchase price includes the cost of disposal.
(If practical)