Filed under: Legislation and Policy, UK
British PM vows to replace armored Jaguar with electric limo
Big news: another politician has made an open-ended commitment with little way of seeing it through. In this week's episode, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown -- who previously committed to switch his Vauxhall for a Prius but then went for the V8 Jag once he got into office -- told local newspaper the Sunday Mirror that he'd give his armor-plated Jaguar the boot and replace it with an electric vehicle as his official mode of ground transportation.
Well that's nice, but we can hardly imagine the world leader being driven around in a Prius or a G Wiz, especially when a Downing Street spokesman points out that, "A new vehicle for the PM must meet security requirements like special strengthening and bullet-proof glass." Somewhere, somebody's got to be testing the impact of weighing down a Lexus LS600h with iron plates and reinforced glass.
[Source: Sunday Mirror via All Cars, All the Time]
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GoodCheer 12:59PM (7/31/2008)
It's by no means impossible. There's always a trade-off between performance, weight, and price, but if you don't care about price almost anything is possible. I bet we could figure out how to convert a pre-existing armoured limo for less than $1M. A couple of AC-150s (one for each drive wheel?) and $300,000 worth of A123 batteries would do the trick nicely I bet.
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Noz 1:04PM (7/31/2008)
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Noz 1:05PM (7/31/2008)
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Noz 1:06PM (7/31/2008)
Thunderbirds is a GO!! Here comes Lady Penelope.
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