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These things had around 25kWh battery packs with 140 miles of range. I think 200 miles is on the low end of what they could achieve with LFP chemistry. I really wish a car manufacturer would bring back the EV1 form factor with modern EV batteries.
These things had around 25kWh battery packs with 140 miles of range. I think 200 miles is on the low end of what they could achieve with LFP chemistry. I really wish a car manufacturer would bring back the EV1 form factor with modern EV batteries.
I can see why that wasn't sufficient for the US with your commute distances but that probably would have sold well outside the US if they tried.
These things had around 25kWh battery packs with 140 miles of range. I think 200 miles is on the low end of what they could achieve with LFP chemistry. I really wish a car manufacturer would bring back the EV1 form factor with modern EV batteries.
Or the first-gen Honda Insight.
Take a look at those, and the Citroën CX from 25 years earlier. The CX is what a four-door Insight would have looked like.
For me, it's the faired-in rear wheels and narrower track that does it. Instantly futuristic.
What are the obstacles to making GM EV1 replicas, albeit with modern batteries? The design still has merit and would undoubtedly be long range with the lead acid batteries swapped out for something new. You can get businesses making replicas in small numbers, for example, I am sure you could get a Lancia Stratos, however, would GM have a big copyright ban on such a venture?
Traditionally, lack of demand and the fact that GM was fastidious about keeping them off the road means that they would probably threaten a lawsuit. Electric cars in general have only become popular in the last 5-10 years; the lore of the EV1 has grown accordingly. Copyright law for art and sculpture requires registration of each design; in searching the copyright records it appears that GM doesn't do this. Really th…
Also, trademarks do not need to be registered to be enforced, although it is wise to register them.
Impound/tow/lien -> title has always been the easy button for getting legit title to a vehicle that was never supposed to be sold (UPS vans, Uhaul trailers, etc), so long as it was never reported stolen. Absolutely hilarious that he managed to work the "doesn't work it if pops up as stolen" angle in the opposite direction to make the car impossible to really do anything with (i.e. no junkyard can take it whole, no su…
Could you do anything like that to trick the DMV into letting you register a BYD vehicle in California?
The border crossing there is very busy so that could be a annoying.
Impound/tow/lien -> title has always been the easy button for getting legit title to a vehicle that was never supposed to be sold (UPS vans, Uhaul trailers, etc), so long as it was never reported stolen. Absolutely hilarious that he managed to work the "doesn't work it if pops up as stolen" angle in the opposite direction to make the car impossible to really do anything with (i.e. no junkyard can take it whole, no su…
Could you do anything like that to trick the DMV into letting you register a BYD vehicle in California?
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Could you do anything like that to trick the DMV into letting you register a BYD vehicle in California?
A kludge would be to move to Tijuana in Mexico and buy and register a BYD there. You can drive it in the US when you visit from Mexico. There are various common US retailers not far from the border, and San Diego is only about 20 miles away. The border crossing there is very busy so that could be a annoying.