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Audi Working on Pure Electric Car

by Darren Murph on October 8, 2008 at 05:29 PM

With an electric MINI Cooper just around the bend, a Twin Drive hybrid Volkswagen landing in 2010 and Chevrolet's Volt rolling into showrooms in a matter of months, Audi's ten-year plan is looking a little awkward. Though we've yet to hear that it's actually speeding things up, Peter Schwarzenbauer, who sits on the management board at Ingolstadt, recently confirmed that the company would be offering "a pure electric car" sometime in the future. Additionally, rumors of it being based on the A1 were dashed, opening the door for speculation that it will instead be built around the VW Up! (Lupo) concept. Here's hoping we find our prior to 2018.

[Via Autoblog]

Tags: a1, Audi, breaking news, BreakingNews, car, concept, eco-friendly, electric car, ElectricCar, green, Up, vehicle, volkswagen, VW

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NorsKenROct 12th 2008 4:55PM

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Let's not forget about the electric car owners last time around, as depicted in the movie, "Who Killed The Electric Car?" Their cars were ruthlessly confiscated and even those who wanted to pay off the company and keep them couldn't. If the same manufacturer(s) want to introduce an electric car now, they should be held liable for the violation of rights, taking of property, and emotional distress they cause back then. They're admitting that electric cars have a place in the market and on the road and that people had a right to keep them. Do I mean we should penalize them by giving their chance at the market to the makers who didn't treat people that way? Absolutely.

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KenCOct 13th 2008 4:09AM

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Wow, got to love when those nutty conspiracy lovers post a comment. If it isn't Oliver Stone movies, it's pseudo-documentary movies.

If someone wanted to pay off GM to buy their electric cars, it would have cost over $1M to do so. What "rights" did GM violate? How did they take anyone's property? The cars never belonged to the guinea pigs. They signed away any rights they had to participate in the trial. If you think they can sue for "emotional distress" for a product that they didn't own, and for one that they had to sign away any rights, then you must live in California, and worship windchimes.

The only thing being admitted is that the world is a far different place than when GM made the EV1, when gas was much, much cheaper. And, who cares if GM is penalized, it's almost out of business already, or haven't you noticed. Sheesh, that Railian comet cult is looking for new members, have you submitted your application yet?

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