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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 963117" data-attributes="member: 2189">That may well be Rod but even if the price is double, at 100 mpg and if it&#039;s road worthy, sure puts the pressure on ALL the big auto makers.&nbsp;&nbsp; Carbon Fiber is expensive but here&#039;s a point to ponder towards the defense of the $25k price tag which I was surprised at.&nbsp; &quot;If&quot; he can get CF for <a href="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=price+of+carbon+fiber+sheet&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;tbm=shop&amp;cid=3472663815955528390&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=sr6OT9nzIejW2AWLq53zCw&amp;ved=0CHgQ8wIwAQ" target="_blank">$45 per sq. ft</a> and &quot;IF&quot; keeping the total body surface under 110 sq. ft, his body cost is $5k so &quot;MAYBE&quot; it&#039;s possible especially if you can factor in savings from quantity purchasing into the cost column.&nbsp;&nbsp; Also from the video I see no heater/AC/CD/Radio/ and it maybe (appears) a single seater so this thing may purely be a commuter car and not much else at this point.&nbsp;&nbsp; Besides, I doubt the auto makers and oil companies who own the gov&#039;t and it&#039;s regulatory arm won&#039;t make this guy jump through so many hoops if he even comes close to going to market.&nbsp; Even the gov&#039;t has an MO to squash this thing because were it to catch on, the revenues from fuel taxation would plummet in a tax structure that <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-07/gas-tax-not-enough-to-fund-roads/53228510/1" target="_blank">already falls short of footing road costs.</a>&nbsp; Still glad to see this attempt to move the innovation curve forward and I hope he&#039;s able to do it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 963117, member: 2189"] That may well be Rod but even if the price is double, at 100 mpg and if it's road worthy, sure puts the pressure on ALL the big auto makers. Carbon Fiber is expensive but here's a point to ponder towards the defense of the $25k price tag which I was surprised at. [SIZE=3][B]"If"[/B][/SIZE] he can get CF for [URL="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=price+of+carbon+fiber+sheet&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=3472663815955528390&sa=X&ei=sr6OT9nzIejW2AWLq53zCw&ved=0CHgQ8wIwAQ"][COLOR=#ff0000]$45 per sq. ft[/COLOR][/URL] and [SIZE=3][B]"IF"[/B][/SIZE] keeping the total body surface under 110 sq. ft, his body cost is $5k so [B]"MAYBE"[/B] it's possible especially if you can factor in savings from quantity purchasing into the cost column. Also from the video I see no heater/AC/CD/Radio/ and it maybe (appears) a single seater so this thing may purely be a commuter car and not much else at this point. Besides, I doubt the auto makers and oil companies who own the gov't and it's regulatory arm won't make this guy jump through so many hoops if he even comes close to going to market. Even the gov't has an MO to squash this thing because were it to catch on, the revenues from fuel taxation would plummet in a tax structure that [URL="http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-07/gas-tax-not-enough-to-fund-roads/53228510/1"][COLOR=#ff0000]already falls short of footing road costs.[/COLOR][/URL] Still glad to see this attempt to move the innovation curve forward and I hope he's able to do it. [/QUOTE]

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