Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-13 Thread Dawie Coetzee
__ From: Jim Worthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, 14 May, 2009 0:04:19 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car There are several thoughts that occur to me relative to Dawie's comments. You note "If it'

Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-13 Thread Bruno M.
Bob, nice article but it is at least half an hoax, it is not "newly developed" but it is an old concept car of the past, from 2001 or 2002; And if they gonna make a small production serie of it; the price is also incorrect / made up. you can not even buy a carbon fiber bicycle for 600 bucks, s

Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-13 Thread Jim Worthy
asants into wage-slave commuters, when the > system of economy that supports that pattern is the very cause of the > problem this vehicle purports to solve? If the almost-peasants were instead > to become proper peasants, true yeomen, the problem would virtually go away. > > Best rega

Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-13 Thread Zeke Yewdall
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 7:03 PM, bmolloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it has an incredible consumption of > 0.99litre/100Km (258 miles/gallon), thus in terms of fuel bettering the > electric car. How does that better an electric car? An electric car can refuel directly from your on-site sol

Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-13 Thread Keith Addison
hat supports that pattern is the very >>cause of the problem this vehicle purports to >>solve? If the almost-peasants were instead to >>become proper peasants, true yeomen, the problem would virtually go away. >> >>Best regards >> >>Dawie Coetzee >> >&

Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-13 Thread Keith Addison
t;economy that supports that pattern is the very cause of the problem >this vehicle purports to solve? If the almost-peasants were instead >to become proper peasants, true yeomen, the problem would virtually >go away. > >Best regards > >Dawie Coetzee > > > > >

Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-13 Thread Darryl McMahon
ystem of > >economy that supports that pattern is the very > >cause of the problem this vehicle purports to > >solve? If the almost-peasants were instead to > >become proper peasants, true yeomen, the problem would virtually go away. > > > >Best regards > &

Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-13 Thread Ivan Menchero
t, I think -- From: "Dawie Coetzee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:50 PM To: Subject: Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car > There are a couple of things that bother me about this. > > 1. If it's aimed at China it is intende

Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-13 Thread Bill Ellis
Dawie,   , well said. Wildbill Sutton.VT --- On Wed, 5/13/09, Dawie Coetzee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Dawie Coetzee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 1:5

Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-13 Thread Hakan Falk
tem of >economy that supports that pattern is the very >cause of the problem this vehicle purports to >solve? If the almost-peasants were instead to >become proper peasants, true yeomen, the problem would virtually go away. > >Best regards > >Dawie Coetzee > > >

Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-12 Thread Dawie Coetzee
ecome proper peasants, true yeomen, the problem would virtually go away. Best regards Dawie Coetzee   From: bmolloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, 12 May, 2009 3:03:20 Subject: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car H

Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-12 Thread Keith Addison
09, Dave Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >From: Dave Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car >To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org >Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 7:03 AM > > >Very interesting. Please send me

Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-12 Thread Tony Marzolino
"bmolloy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/11/2009 09:03 PM Please respond to sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org To cc Subject [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car Has anyone heard of the new single seat VW?                       This is not a t

Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-12 Thread Dave Roberts
nablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org To cc Subject [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car Has anyone heard of the new single seat VW? This is not a toy, not a concept car. It is a fully developed, single-seat car in a highly aerodynamic tear-shaped, road-proven an

Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-11 Thread Gary Moro
I too was amazed at this viral email that went around - so I did a bit of research. Nice vehicle it is, with impressive performance figures. However... don't believe the price guys... It has Carbon Fibre components and Titanium components, amongst other slightly less exotic materials such as

Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-11 Thread Gary Moro
Sorry... made a mistake on the price quoted in my last reply. It's GBP23,000 ... materials used... carbon fibre skin, magnesium alloy frame, aluminium brakes, titanium hubs!, ceramic bearings no way will all that cost only USD600. It is indeed a very nice Go-Kart! http://www.caradvice.c

Re: [Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-11 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Bob It's a relaunch of the "1-litre" concept car (uses less than 1 litre per 100 km) shown in Hamburg in 2002. Details here, with a pic (but the 2002 news link's broken now): The relaunch was announced last year: VW to relaunch 'one-l

[Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-11 Thread bmolloy
Has anyone heard of the new single seat VW? This is not a toy, not a concept car. It is a fully developed, single-seat car in a highly aerodynamic tear-shaped, road-proven and very practical commuter vehicle format. The new Veedub will go on sale in Shanghai in 2010. Designed

[Biofuel] New el cheapo VW commuter car

2009-05-11 Thread bmolloy
Has anyone heard of the new single seat VW? This is not a toy, not a concept car. It is a fully developed, single-seat car in a highly aerodynamic tear-shaped, road-proven and very practical commuter vehicle format. The new Veedub will go on sale in Shanghai in 2010. Designed