Please bear with the tone (and in some places the language) in which the following
report talks about how shortly there could be a car which may not need gas to run
at all. Apparently running cost is around 4cents a mile and this car may be coming as
soon as next 24 months.
Gear up for the gas-free car
Imagine driving a sleek and roomy plug-in electric hybrid sports car that might never
need gas. It's coming soon, and even if you can't afford it, you can invest in
the technology.
By Jon Markman
Not too long from now, a sensuously curved sports car designed by a German and made
with American parts will roll off an assembly line in Finland and quietly mark the first clear
break from our century-old dependence on crude oil for transportation.
Many a dreamer has attempted to create a serious, reasonably priced automobile that
sidesteps oil and gas as an energy source, but all have flopped and sent investors straight
to the poorhouse. Yet this one really has a shot at success, not just as a science experiment
but as a commercial endeavor that could provide the first independent rival to the big
international automakers in decades.
The new vehicle, the Fisker Karma, is the result of a marriage of convenience between
art and commerce - the love child of idealistic former BMW designer Henrik Fisker and
Silicon Valley venture capitalists eager to make a smart, early bet on alternative energy.
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