Who else showed up at the Long Beach Grand Prix of 2009, as far as electric cars?
We’ve already talked about our friends Mary Lou and Roger with the Electric Cutie, converted Miata Mazda who represented the Electric Car Association Of San Diego. They deserve a special award for the utmost patience with the perplexed onlookers and the occasional ones who had a bit too much to drink.
Make Mine Electric. We met with Peter Oliver from the Make Mine Electric, LLC conversion company. Peter is the perfect representative for electric cars. He is calm, collected and knows his way around the technology. Peter can appeal to anyone with his soft-spoken manners.
Peter specializes with German cars but will look at different projects. How many cars has he converted? More than most electric car makers have made.
Commuter Cars, With A Twist. We also met with Rick Woodbury from the famous Tango cars and his Commuter Cars company. What can you say about the Tango car? Interesting? Different? One thing is for certain, it doesn’t leave anyone feeling blah, as most moderns cars do. What was interesting was to see people’s reaction, from the blatant: “It’s going to tip over.” to the Wows. As far as tipping over, Rick reminds us that with 2,200lbs of batteries and lead in the sub-frame, the car handles as well as a Porsche 911. And as far as power? It’s there with a Corvette Z06.
And for those who think the car is too small, the gentleman behind this lady is over 6 foot 3!
Next we will look at the mainstream car makers.
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