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.
Labels: electric cars, phoenix electric vehicle
posted by Dahcredyns at
8:48 AM
6 Comments:
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
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.
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!
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.
Get the range up to 250 miles while towing a 7000lb trailer and then I will buy one.
I would like to know how much this nice baby is going to cost me..
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