[Silly Little Cars] Chinese made

[Alec Bennett]

> But, "It's Green" and does not pollute, at least in the eyes of the politicians, but they fail to realize where the electricity to charge the batteries actually comes from.

Electricity coming from a central generation plant (even if from coal) is many times more efficient and clean than burning gas in a small internal combustion engine. Besides, most people charge at night when there's usually a surplus of power in the grid anyway. 

As a mechanic friend put it to me, if you were to design a machine who's sole purpose was to create maximum pollution, the engine in each of our cars would be a really good design. 

And another nice benefit of electric cars is that they leave open the possibility for alternative energy sources.  Heard of any viable alternative energy sources for internal combustion engines lately?

http://www.electric-cars-are-for-girls.com/electric-powered-cars.html












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On Feb 19, 2013, at 12:10 PM, "Charley" <clent at carolina.rr.com> wrote:

> No, the Firefly is made in Texas with 95% of it coming from USA made components, according to the manufacturer's website. This probably is a partial explanation for the high list price of $32-35,000. But, "It's Green" and does not pollute, at least in the eyes of the politicians, but they fail to realize where the electricity to charge the batteries actually comes from.
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> Charley
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> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 2:48 PM
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> Don't know if the fireflys are chinese made or not but a big caveat to anyone considering chinese scooters, little cars etc. The chinese will use any motor , tranny electrical system they can find and its not uncommon to see a differant engine in a scooter thats made the next day after yours. No quality control at all and parts are usually almost impossible to find. In other words it might be cheap (inexpensive) but stay away from chinese stuff if at all possible.
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