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Detroit Electric unveils “fastest pure-electric production car on the market” (+) Who Killed the Electric Car? (Full Documentary)

Photo: Only 999 SP.01’s will be built. Starting price: US$135,000.  SOURCE: gizmag.com.

From GizMag.com By  April 4, 2013

High-performance electric cars have been around for some years now, but despite the fact that Detroit and the electric car go back a long way, no all-electric supercars have been built in the Motor City. That is, until now. After giving us a bit of a tease last month, Detroit Electric has taken the wraps off its Limited-edition SP.01. According to its maker, the SP.01 is not only the “first pure electric sports car” to come out of Detroit, but it’s also reportedly the fastest, and the first to be fully integrated with a smartphone. . . . Read Complete Report w/slide show

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Detroit Electric Unveils SP:01

Published on Apr 3, 2013

Detroit Electric SP:01 all electric2-seat sports car unveiled in Detroit on April 3, 2013.

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Who Killed The Electric Car? (Full Documentary)

Published on Jul 21, 2012

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Federal agency wants black boxes in every new car by September 2014

Photograph via The Historic Houses Trust:  Car crash, night time, early 1940s. Details unknown, but possibly Liverpool street, Sydney. SOURCE Twisted Sister

What is this… smoke and mirrors? They have been putting these things in cars for years, yet now they want to make something out of it. What are they trying to distract our attention from now? . . . EDITOR

from arstechnica.com

by  – Dec 8 2012, 1:57pm EST

But some fear that there isn’t enough built-in data protection for such devices.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed a new unified standard for event data recorders for cars, commonly known as “black boxes.”

Such devices, which are already in use in 96 percent of 2013 model year cars, record various types of data that can be accessed in multiple ways. The agency also estimates that 92 percent of 2010 model year cars have “some EDR capability.” The NHTSA estimates that requiring EDRs would add just $20 in manufacturing costs to each car. . . . Read Complete Report