On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:11:00 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> Designing it so the car doesn't survive the crash but the people inside
> do would be even more miraculous...

You've never seen a car crash (or the results of one), have you?  Most of 
them are *designed* to crumple in order to protect the passengers.

My father-in-law and brother-in-law used to operate an auto body shop.

> It's news to me that anybody is producing electric cars yet. I'm aware
> that they've been producing proof-of-concept designs for decades. But I
> didn't think any of this stuff had reached the shops yet.

Most of them are hybrid petrol/electric vehicles, but there are a few 
production models.  You just need to look at the stuff on The Register 
(where I've read about a few as recently as *yesterday*).

Jim

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