[LINK] 'Smart' cars as fuel-efficient as hybrids

[Antony Barry]

On 15/05/2007, at 11:56 PM, Chris Maltby wrote:

> That might be a long wait... perhaps till our policy makers wake up
> and back renewable energy sources with equivalent amounts to what
> they are putting into so-called "clean" coal.

The attempts to get a Reva car <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REVA>  
into Australia have run into resistance by the automotive industry.  
As a cyclist the suggestion that it is "unsafe' is a bit laughable.  
It's safety has also come into question in the Uk recently <http:// 
www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007210569,00.html> but do you apply  
the same standards as you would to a car or treat it as a quadricycle  
and their standards it meets?

  With peak oil immanent as well as global warming we will need to  
look at a lot of different energy efficient vehicles such as the  
twike <http://www.twike.com/>. Even DaimlerChrysler's Smart fortwo is  
looking at an electric version <http://car-reviews.automobile.com/ 
news/smart-goes-electric-with-fortwo-ev/1984/>.

Tony


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