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Hello all,<div><br><div>On the Zenn car again...<div>While they are powered by electricity and our NS electricity currently comes from coal mines in Columbia!! ...it is possible (I believe) to power them electricity generated by the sun, wind etc. I recall hearing about a project/time in Tucson in the 80's where there were power stations scattered around the city which one would go to, like to a gas pump, and recharge... not sure if this meant switching batteries or exactly what.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>kim</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></div><div><div>On 4-Jan-08, at 11:16 AM, Christopher Majka wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">SUSTAINABLE MARITIMES (sust-mar)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Send your message to sust-mar@list.<a href="http://web.net">web.net</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">10kB size maximum please.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">www.sustainablemaritimes.ca</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">---------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div>Hi folks,</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>Indeed, thanks to both Kim and Ruth for drawing our attention to this remarkable vehicle. Do check out the website, and especially the YouTube clip from The Rick Mercer Show about the car and company which is available on the home page of the site - brilliant and funny!<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>The car has an operating range of ~ 56 km between recharges and can go up to 40 km/hr so it is a urban "running-around-doing-errands" vehicle rather than a highway car. It recharges fully overnight plugged into a regular AC outlet. In 4 hours it acquires 80% of its charge if you want to turn it around quickly. The base price is $12,750 going up to $14,700 for the "high-end" model.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Time to start lobbying our provincial politicians to ensure that this car is soon licensed for sale in Nova Scotia. At the moment, although they are manufactured in Quebec, you can only legally operate them in British Columbia (and there are no dealers there yet), and of course, all over the United States ... ;->.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Chris<br><div><br><div><div>On Jan 3, 2008, at 6:53 PM, Ruth Lapp wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks Kim for drawing our attention to the Zenn car. The Zenn electric car is truly an intriguing example of innovation in technology, and cute too, as far as cars go. I am hoping that consumers who are eager and financially able to go this route of being green in meeting their personal transportation needs, will question the claim by manufacturers that the Zenn car is 'zero emission'. How can this be, if it is being plugged into the current power grid which is fed through coal and nuclear generation? (although I am hearing that nuclear is being billed as the new green energy source). </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks again</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Ruth Lapp</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"> </font></div> <blockquote style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="shipharbour@ns.sympatico.ca" href="mailto:shipharbour@ns.sympatico.ca">kim thompson</a> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="sust-mar@list.web.net" href="mailto:sust-mar@list.web.net">sust-mar@list.web.net</a> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 01, 2008 6:51 PM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [Sust-mar] made in canada electric car</div> <div><br></div><div> <br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><hr><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div>Hello all, <div>Maybe this is not new news to anyone but me, but check this out...</div> <div><br> <div> <div> <blockquote type="cite"> <div style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="webkit-text-stroke-width: -1">An electric car is made in Quebec </span></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"><b>(<a href="http://www.zenncars.com">http://www.zenncars.com</a></b>/) which wasnt allowed to be</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">sold up until quite recently in Canada until</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">public/media "outrage" forced the issue and now Zenns</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">are available legally in British Columbia. The</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">likelihood of a Zenn car becoming "legal" in Ontario</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">is possibly quite low due to the complexities of</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">the issue surrounding the idea of taxpayers (through</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">electricity cost subsidization) contributing to the</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">transportation needs of probably largely urban Zenn</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">drivers.</div></blockquote><br> <blockquote type="cite"> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">It sells well in the US of course where</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">notions of "the larger good" are seen as socialistic?</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"><br></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">Beats me.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div> <div style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><br></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">ML</div> <div style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><br></div> <div style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><br></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote> </blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>Christopher Majka</div><div>6252 Jubilee Rd., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 2G5</div><div><a href="mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span> </div><br></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Did a friend forward this? 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