Springfield's Comuta-Car
The SJR has a story about David Brunson and his 1981 electric Comuta-Car. I've seen David park downtown and someone stops to take a picture every five minutes. He's a good person to have this car because he's approachable and doesn't mind talking about it.
Hopefully the paper won't mind me uploading one of their images.
They even went blog-style and put a youtube video on their website of David driving the car.
Comments
I took pictures of it too.
http://springfieldphotos.blogspot.com/2007/04/that-electric-car-at-washington-park.html
Posted by: Springfield Photos | June 16, 2008 7:38 PM
I wanted to link to that post but I couldn't remember which blog I saw it on. Thanks!
Posted by: Will | June 16, 2008 7:42 PM
Hello,
I teach at Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston, MA, we have a a 1980 comuta-car that has not been run in years. We have the manual but I find it lacking. Could anyone in the Boston area give me a lesson on this EV?
Thank-you,
John Cosimini
Posted by: John Cosimini | October 3, 2008 7:06 PM
The Comuta-Car is interesting legally because it is one of the few LEGAL 4-wheel electric vehicles that are not limited to NEV speed limits -- 25mph.
Passenger vehicle laws have changed since the late 70's/early 80's making it impossible for a small manufacturer to build a non-speed restricted EV (airbags, bumpers, crash-testing).
A horse and buggy has less legal limitations put on where it can drive and how fast it can go than an NEV.
Posted by: M@ | October 17, 2008 1:37 PM
You might try asking the folks on this email list regarding your Commutacar repairs.
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/C-Car/
Posted by: Springfield Photos | October 17, 2008 3:02 PM