Friday, January 12, 2007

Are you ready for a 2008 Phoenix Electric Truck?

How does zero emissions, range of 120 miles, speeds of up to 95 mph with five passengers and a full payload with a 250,000/12 year battery life electric truck sound?

Well, if you are interested, you might be able to buy a 2008 model of a Phoenix Motorcar all-electric truck or SUV.

No word yet on price. Currently, Phoenix is working on its federal validation for safety, or Federal Motor Vehicle Certification.

Could a company, such as Phoenix, be exactly what the American automobile industry needs to evolve? Big auto companies need to sell far more units of a vehicle to achieve a profit than does a smaller company, giving smaller companies a better ability to develop niche products, such as electric vehicles.

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5 Comments:

Blogger Renegade said...

Nice truck! One has to question exactly how a smaller company can produce cheaper vehicles than a large one.

The GM Volt can only be affordable through mass-production of the batteries... how will the Phoenix be made affordable?

Regardless, I'm happy to finally see the emergence of more hybrid vehicles on the market!

Check out Renegade's BS

9:32 AM  
Blogger Dahcredyns said...

Well, who knows if the Phoenix will really be affordable for very many consumers. For Phoenix selling 10,000 vehicles a year might be a great business model to build upon, for GM it might be a waste of money - still I'm not an economist

Additionally, its range of a little more than 100 miles isn't great in terms of consumer perspective. According to consumer surveys, most Americans have a hard time accepting a driving range of less than 300 miles.

Still, I think there are enough consumers for a company like Phoenix to be successful, and if they are successful that creates much needed competition in the auto sector.

10:31 AM  
Blogger Rev Officer said...

This looks like a nice truck. However, what is the payload? I am looking for a pickup truck that can pull a 36' 5th wheel travel trailer. Now that would be an electric vehicle!

5:58 PM  
Blogger Roland said...

Roland Says:
Nice try...wrong technology! The vehicle needed today is one that is powered using distilled water as a start.
Water passes through a seperator, the hydrogen and oxygen is metered into a gas turbine engine and ignited, the turbine drives a brushless generator, the electricity is fed by computer control to four (4) brushless DC motors. Each wheel/tire mounts to a brushless motor and propells the vehicle. The wheel/tire/motor is one unique design. The "seperator" is the key, it is a device that replaces the old carbarator. The turbine exhaust emissions are water. That's a vehicle I would like to drive.

7:44 PM  
Blogger robertg222 said...

Get the range up to 250 miles while towing a 7000lb trailer and then I will buy one.

11:49 AM  

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