I hada big, detailed response respone tapped out on this POS tablet but it got dumped while posting, from a lost connection. Anywho, I agree with of most of your comment. I see 50-100K annual worldwide maket and 5k NAM, IMO.

80 miles range seems realistic for 16KWh DOD. Is pack 16KWh total? What is the warrantee? 65 miles would be realistic daily range for 80% DOD if 16KWh is pack total.

Didn’t realize 2k production was for rest of ’09, I thought it was 1st year but the more the merrier. Either way, you are correct Mitsu is in another class production wise and they are producing on their own high capacity line.

2300lbs and 47KW with <9s does not match up vs 3500 and 110KW with @8.5s. Something seems off with the physics.

If not, you owe it to yourself to check out at least 3 episodes (it’s out on video now, no longer on tv).

You’ll see what the future holds vis-a-vis our new masters.

China bought much more here than just access to the US market. They bought the technology that will enable them to compete here. And help them kick GM and the other foreign companies out of the Chinese market. If I were GM, I’d write Hummer off (they can since they’re in bankruptcy), before selling it to a Chinese company for 80 million. They can site miliary applications if they must. No. I don’t blame them for doing it. I blame us for letting them.

For the record, I support free trade between the US and Canada. And Mexico and Europe for that matter. It’s the one way “free trade” we have with Japan, Korea, and now China that I’m worried about. And, China’s the one I worry about the most.

SIdenote: I hate Walmart. As far as I’m concerned, they should be called “the evil empire” instead of Microsoft, since IMHO, they’re much worse. (Of course, I’m not a computer specialist, so there may be things I don’t know about Microsoft….) If any company needs to be unionized, it’s them. I won’t shop there under any circumstances. I think they’re ruining the US. (And, now, apparently Canada.)