I like that. Like a grown up GEM. On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 3:10 AM, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 'On an open-source platform' > > > http://www.autoblog.com/2016/01/25/france-craft-ev-recycles-all-the-styles-you-might-want/ > France Craft EV recycles all the styles you might want > Jan 25th 2016 Danny King > > [video dated > https://youtu.be/0Zw8RhNijO0 > Une belle journée en F-City électrique par France Craft Automobiles > France Craft Auto TV Feb 2, 2014 > France Craft Automobiles, développeur de solutions de mobilité, > constructeur > de véhicules > > images > > http://www.autoblog.com/photos/france-craft-pixel-xyt-electric-vehicle/#slide-3778606 > gallery > ] > > All For The Low, Low Price Of About $11,000 > > To paraphrase the old Henry Ford quote about any color for the new car > being > OK as long as it's black, France Craft appears to be selling its electric > vehicle in any style the customer wants. As long as it's really boxy. The > France-based startup automaker is more or less taking the Mini and Smart > approaches of letting people deck out their vehicles in every color or > design pattern imaginable. So at least the automotive industry has advanced > on that front in the last 100 years. > > The crux of the model is an open-source platform with the model name Pixel > XYT. There are three modules: city car, utility, or taxi and the electric > powertrain can take the boxy vehicle as far as 130 miles on a single > charge. > The model's starting price will be about $11,000. There also may be hybrid > models available, and one of the truly modern perks of the vehicle is that > its buyers can chose from an inventory of connected apps that can be added > to the car. > > Beyond that, things are a bit of a mystery about how France Craft is > supposed to make and deliver its vehicles. There is a four-minute video > (included here) showing the France Craft leisurely tooling around, but > there's no voice-over with it. There's the obligatory Facebook page, and > there's also France Craft's website, which can be found here but, fair > warning, it's all in French. France Craft showed off its concept at the CES > conference in Las Vegas earlier this month, according to Technologic > Vehicles, so something's happening in the real world. > [© autoblog.com 2016 AOL] > ... > https://www.facebook.com/France-Craft-Automobiles-342251745889652/ > France Craft Automobiles > ... > http://www.francecraft.fr > FRANCECRAFT > ... > > http://lci.tf1.fr/high-tech/ces-2016-pixel-xyt-la-voiture-electrique-personnalisable-en-8704877.html > CES 2016: Pixel XYT, customizable electric car kit > TF1 - 11 Jan 2016. Pixel T: the length of a Twingo, but capable of > carrying > up to 7 people. Pixel can be reused and recycled even circulate to 100 km / > h with a range of 100-200 km. Each model has passed crash tests required > ... > ... > > http://fr.autofocus.ca/actualites/dernieres-actualites/pixel-xyt-concue-sur-mesure-et-vendue-prete-a-assembler > Pixel XYT: custom-designed and sold ready to assemble > Autofocus.ca - 10 Jan 2016. At barely bigger than a Smart, the Pixel has a > range of 100 to 200 km, depending on the battery, and its top speed is > limited to 100 km / h. It currently costs about € 15,000 "after > environmental incentives" (just over 22 600 ... > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > http://evdl.org/evln/ > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-11k-France-Craft-Pixel-XYT-really-boxy-EV-r-130mi-ts-100kph-tp4680123.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 585-6737 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 600-2892 Cell [email protected] <[email protected]> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160129/f21ccac5/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
