It seems tomorrow was here yesterday

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Having grown up in the muscle car era not to mention having been seriously involved in racing and the automotive service industry all my life I have heard all the arguments some good some bad with regards to fuel crisis, hybrids, electric, pollution, the environment and more. What it all boils down to is people can talk the talk but nobody seems to be willing to walk the walk. But it’s not for lack of trying if the Dutch have their say.

Keep in mind how many times you are on the freeway and looking around the major majority of commuters have but one person in it. The biggest problem it seems is attempting to get more than one person to ride in each vehicle but what if we tried a different approach. Now what if the majority where vehicles were small enough that they used as little fuel as a motorcycle but was still enclosed to allow the comfort of a real car?
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Next on PINKS: Jetson’s VS Aptera

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Like something right out of a vintage Popular Mechanics, an automotive start up named Aptera managed to attract quite a bit of attention for itself earlier in 2007, when its concept car turned as many heads for its space age looks as it did for its promised 200 MPG range.
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