It's coming back to life! The nearly 101 year history of Detroit Electric will reappear in 2009. You can even put money down for a 2009 vehicle. It is all here: http://www.detroit-electric.com/index.htm

The sports car seen on this link will have a 0-60 miles per hour time of 4.8 seconds! It will have a top speed of 155 miles per hour! It will travel 335 miles before requiring a rapid charge of 15 mintues! If this is true, then it can't be long after that other auto companies will be forced to offer plug-in vehicles to stay competitive.

Then again, Detroit Electric has not produce a vehicle yet for sale in this country.

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Best Interstate tank trip E30 MPG 34.6 for 271 miles along I-80 in Indiana and Ohio.

Best multiple road tank trip E30 MPG 36.2 for 202 miles in Southwestern Pa.

Thanks for the link.

Not sure why they call it "Detroit" electric, when it's built 4,000 miles away.
Guess that free prison/peasant labor will keep the cost down.

All things considered, I would take a look at this if it came available. I would have my reserves about a car "Made in China"

-Steve

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1003 miles a tank personal record. 74MPG calculated. HCH1 CVT

I'm also in the dark about why a company not based in Michigan is calling themselves Detroit Electric.

Though it looks like all they've got is a CGI render of their car, no actual product yet. To be on the Market by 2009 seems rather unreasonable.

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One might be leery of placing a cash deposit on an unknown product that might never be built.