Kar Kaptains Kry, "Kalamity!"
A Personal Challenge of Detroit's Commitment 
to Electric Vehicles 

     Can an inexpensive, homebuilt electric car beat a new Corvette in a drag race?.  Can an inexpensive, four-passenger production car top 100 mpg cruising at steady highway speeds?  Can a mid-priced. full-performance, family-sized car achieve 100 mpg average, annual fuel economy?  Can we maintain our accustomed standard of living while consuming half the energy we do today?  The answer to each of these questions is Yes, but don't feel bad if that surprises you.  It's supposed to be a secret.

     The first half of the book documents auto industry-inspired and government-ignored efforts to undermine electric vehicle (EV) commercialization in America.  I think the evidence is conclusive, but judge for yourself.  The second half discusses some vehicle and marketing options that Detroit has consciously avoided and includes a description of my own, homebuilt electric car.  The biggest hurdle we face is not technological but corrupt and deficient industry and government leadership .  

Part One  "The Light's On, But Nobody's Home."

     While Detroit and Washington DC have fumbled away 10 years and more than $3 billion dollars on two-faced, "appear engaged" electric vehicle projects, Peugeot-Citroen has become the world's largest EV provider, out-producing General Motors' EV1 electric car by more than a factor of ten using modest technology.  American autoworkers are being force-fed a "tin ceiling" future in which high-value technologies, developed and manufactured overseas, will be shipped to the U.S. for final vehicle integration and domestic distribution -- exactly the opposite of the way it used to be.  

Part Two  Burn Rubber, Not Gas!

     American automotive tastes are as diverse as Americans.  Some electric car advocates really are car haters and really are mean old environmentalists but other EV enthusiasts (like me) have built EVs with drag racing in mind.  Everyone's needs should be, and everyone's needs can be accommodated.  And by the way, in the process we can eliminate all of our Middle East petroleum imports -- permanently!