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So push for electric vehicles: and here they come in force...


Meet Trev, the Two-seater, Renewable Energy Vehicle
by Warren McLaren, Sydney on 01.22.08
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Staff and students at the University of South Australia have designed and built a prototype of what they reckon might be the future commuter car for Australian cities. Trev sounds rather impressive. He goes from 0 to 100kph in 10 secs, has a top speed of 120 km/h, with a travel range of 150+km between charges of his 7kWh 44kg lithium ion polymer battery.

When charged from mains power he costs you $1 AUD per 100km to run, using what is said to be 1/5th of the energy of conventional car. Not that there is anything conventional about Trev.

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source: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008...trev_the_t.php
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*Huzzah, I say, Huzzah!!!!*

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Well gas prices are zooming upwards so EV's are unlikely to get power from fossil fuels if these trends continue.
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