{"id":77524,"date":"2012-07-19T11:14:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T17:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dyspepsiageneration.com\/?p=77524"},"modified":"2012-07-19T11:14:46","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T17:14:46","slug":"hands-on-with-organic-transits-pedal-solar-electric-hybrid-vehicle-the-elf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dyspepsiageneration.com\/?p=77524","title":{"rendered":"Hands-On With Organic Transit\u2019s Pedal-Solar Electric Hybrid Vehicle, \u201cThe Elf\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2012\/07\/17\/hands-on-with-organic-transits-pedal-solar-electric-hybrid-vehicle-the-elf\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read it.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The vehicles come in\u00a0two models\u00a0currently, The Elf which can hold up to 150lbs, and the TruckIt, which can handle an 800lb payload. Both have solar charged batteries that can last for 30 miles before switching to pedaling mode, and they have turn signals, brake lights and front headlights. They even have side mirrors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Great for a Soap Box Derby.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s one of those products that \u2014 given the right financing and marketing \u2014 could be completely disruptive in Urban areas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Message: Hey, there&#8217;s government money available for &#8216;green&#8217; products! Let&#8217;s go get us some!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Financing&#8217; : Getting a sufficiently high government subsidy. &#8216;Marketing&#8217; : Hiring the right lobbyists to get on the gravy train. &#8216;Completely disruptive&#8217; : the effect on your family budget when taxes go through the roof to pay for this horseshit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read it. The vehicles come in\u00a0two models\u00a0currently, The Elf which can hold up to 150lbs, and the TruckIt, which can handle an 800lb payload. Both have solar charged batteries that can last for 30 miles before switching to pedaling mode, and they have turn signals, brake lights and front headlights. They even have side mirrors. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-you-cant-make-this-stuff-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dyspepsiageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dyspepsiageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dyspepsiageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dyspepsiageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dyspepsiageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dyspepsiageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77525,"href":"https:\/\/dyspepsiageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77524\/revisions\/77525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dyspepsiageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dyspepsiageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dyspepsiageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}