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Alt Car Expo 2007: All about the Electrum Spyder with UEV's Diana Lane (VIDEO)
When the Electrum Spyder was unveiled at last year's Santa Monica Alt Car Expo, we enjoyed getting our first taste of this ambitious all-electric sports car. A year later, the Spyder has changed a little bit (as you can see in these pictures of the Electrum Spyder from the other night when compared to the original images) but the people in the company, Universal Electric Vehicle, have grown a lot. They're a few steps closer to getting these cars on the road. All they need is $2.5 million or so in funding for virtual crash tests and so on. You can hear all the details in the video with UEV president and CEO Diana Lane above. We'll be looking forward to images and more information on UEV's Combi 3 (if that's how you spell it) and other vehicle.
The story about the panel that Diana mentions at the beginning of the video is told here and she wanted me to make sure I explain that the bike computer that's installed in the Spyder as a spedometer was added so the car could act as a pace car at a bike race recently.
For more on UEV and the Spyder, check out our two videos from last year's expo (#1 and #2).
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kardax 6:12PM (10/23/2007)
I'm not trying to be mean or anything but I can't see any difference between now and last year...
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Sebastian Blanco 6:36PM (10/23/2007)
check the dashboard.
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Kardax 9:00PM (10/23/2007)
Ok, the dash is a different color, I'll give ya that :)
Now that I'm home, I was able to watch the video. I was left with the impression that they're not going to get off the ground... she spent almost the whole video talking about how much money they need...
My favorite part was when you (Sebastian) mentioned Aptera when she talked about the "beauty" of their upcoming three-wheeler. She was at a loss for words.
It seems like all the work they're doing is too little too late. Barring some disaster, the Tesla Roadster is going to beat the UEV Spyder to market. ZAP already has a low-cost three-wheeler in dealer showrooms and while there's room for improvement there, there's also Aptera threatening to take the top half of that market to themselves.
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