>>>>>>http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/6111/electcar.htm
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>>>>>>I think that all cars should be solar powered with no batteries! When the sun goes down you stop! :)
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>>>>>S'alright for you, living in the land of eternal sun. Mind you, it would keep the cars out of trhe city, to avoid the smog, which would stop the batteries from charging, but the smog wouldn't be there cos they're elec cars, so ... erm ... anyway - means here up in the North Sea our cars would operate for only a few hours in the Winter, and for longer in the Summer
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>>>>Don't y'all just ride bikes everywhere anyway? Seems like it from a lot of the films made there (grin)
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>>>Yeah, and they're always those gearless bikes with little baskets on the front.
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>>As a matter of fact back in the 80s, in Brighton, I used to shoot around town in one of those "sit-up-and-beg" bikes, with the basket. I used to pull up at greengrocers and fill my basket from the street.
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>Did the greengrocer ever find out about this? ;)

Yes, it was like a "ride-in" shop-front on the street :-)

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>>Made of cast iron or something, it weighed more than the moon but DID have 3 Sturmey-Archer gears. Believe it or not, it was actually pinched from being chained to the railings of my flat.