[LINK] Standards, please! The third coming of electric vehicles

[TKoltai]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au 
> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Ben Elliston
> Sent: Friday, 20 April 2012 8:50 PM
> To: Karl Auer
> Cc: link at mailman.anu.edu.au
> Subject: Re: [LINK] Standards, please! The third coming of 
> electric vehicles
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2012-04-20 at 15:54 +1000, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> 
> > > > "The cost of running a car in Sydney is undoubtedly starting to
> > > stretch the budget and force people off the road."
> 
> I don't think recent data on this supports your claim, 
> Marghanita. If Australians really were trying to make their 
> transport cheaper, wouldn't this be showing up in the sales 
> of smaller and more fuel efficient vehicles?
> 
> "Sales of SUVs hit record highs in the 12 months to March."
> 
http://www.switzer.com.au/business-news/news-stories/rate-cut-on-the-hor
izon-record-suv-sales/

Only because Toyota havent yet seen the Youtube video enabling them to
replace their rare-earth batteries with normal garden backfill...
	
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eztcSWZpfJg

TomK