When we told you in October about Pininfarina’s planned new electric vehicle, everything sounded great except for the name: the B0. It’s B-Zero, we explained. The Zero stands for “zero emissions”, since the car is electric, you see. No, no, it’s not “BO”, though that is pretty funny.
In other words, when this blogger read that Pininfarina had renamed its darling the “Bluecar”, he was much relieved. Because Pininfarina is making some exciting claims about the new technology; technology which doesn’t deserve to be stuck with a name like B0. Technology like the lithium polymer battery pack, which will boast a range of 150 miles on a full charge, and 20 miles on a several-minute charge. Technology like an ultracapacitor which will relieve the battery of some of its load, and extend its life. Technology like rooftop solar panels.
As Shakespeare would say, an EV by any other name would drive as well (and save as much gasoline). Nonetheless, I applaud the newly named Bluecar and eagerly await its market debut.
Via Treehugger
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written by Mark Spence, March 14, 2009
Rubbish! Here in the UK I get my electricity from ecotricity. The supplier is non-profit (acts as a cooperative) and invests all electricity payments in additional renewable energy! So clean car and investment in clean fuel. Is that not a virtuous cycle?
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