[Silly Little Cars] Chinese made

[brickwood at ccountry.net]

>> 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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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> http://www.electric-cars-are-for-girls.com/electric-powered-cars.html
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> seems to me the hybrid gas / electric cars are an alternative and a good
start on overall reduction of gas consumption
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> Sent from my iMagiggy
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> On Feb 19, 2013, at 12:10 PM, "Charley" <clent at carolina.rr.com> wrote:
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>> 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
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: DanTuel
>> To: silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com
>> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 2:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Silly Little Cars] Chinese made
>>
>> 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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