Joe Vitale

I visited the Ronn Motor Company two weeks ago, before going to Chicago (to film an infomercial for The Awakening Course) and then Ohio (to visit family).

I’m impressed.

This small group of people, located only an hour from my home here in Texas, are making automotive history.

Creating an on-board hydrogen-gasoline injection system is innovative enough. But their car looks, well, incredible.

Two years ago I told the Panoz Automotive Company that I wanted them to build me an “environmentally friendly muscle car.” They haven’t done it yet.

But Ronn Motors is up to bat and they are looking good. I ordered a custom made version of it today. It’ll be a 550 HP super charged hybrid. I’ll have it sometime in early 2009.

Besides the fact that their Scorpion will get over 40 miles per gallon and have zero emissions, yet still go over 200 mph, they are doing their best to stay green in all areas. Their new motto is “Performance with Conscience.”

I think more businesses can go this route. There’s nothing wrong with making money, but adding in the element of consideration of others and the planet is good business, too.

Ronn Motors isn’t the only auto company trying to make a difference, of course.

I wrote about the Tesla all-electric car over a year ago. While the car looks breathtaking, too, it’s totally silent. A friend saw it drive off and said, “It’s the fastest golf cart ever!”

While an all-electric vehicle has advantages, I think silence isn’t one of them. I was almost hit by an airport cart last week in Cleveland. I couldn’t hear it coming up behind me. A totally silent car on the road is going to be dangerous until the public retrains itself to “hear” it.

Plus you still have to pay to charge all those batteries.

And those batteries are $89 each — and the Tesla has over 6,000 of them.

Plus they’ll need dumped someplace one day.

And there’s no service center for the car yet. When I talked to Tesla about ordering their car a year ago, they talked me out of it, saying it would cost an additional $8,000 to service it in Texas.

I admire Tesla for going in the right direction, but they aren’t there yet. I think the Scorpion is more on the money: it’s an eco-friendly muscle car. Until an all water or all solar car that looks good, sounds good, and races good comes along, it’ll due for me.

Of course, I’ll still keep Ladybug and Francine.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS — Now I just need to figure out what color to paint my Scorpion and what to name her. Suggestions?

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 I didn’t know what to name him.

He was a feral cat that my late wife Marian and I found when he was a kitten over 20 years ago.

He quickly became loving but never lost his wild side. He seemed fearless. I saw him chase dogs off our yard. Other cats didn’t stand a chance. His presence intimidated them.

He became my best friend. His fearlessness was something I admired. He seemed strong and content. He seemed quiet and wise.

We called him ST, which was short for Super Tiger. He seemed to like being named after a jungle animal. He was a Maine Coon breed.

Marian and I had him for 14 years. Nerissa and I have had him for another 8 years. He’s lived a long, happy, luxurious life.

He got shrimp every night.

He got catnip cigars when I could find them.

He got all the attention he ever wanted or allowed.

I even built the Catarium for him and his late brother, Brownie. It allowed them to explore the great outdoors without hunting or being hunted.

ST developed diabetes a while back, but we managed to completely cure him of that.

But he also developed several internal tumors, the last two coming in quick and growing fast. A third showed up last week.

We haven’t been able to do anything about the cancer.

So we made Tiger’s last days as loving and comfortable as we could.

He left us today, around 5 pm.

I thank you for all the love you sent our way.

Tiger felt it, too.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – I’m relieved ST has passed on, isn’t suffering, and is one with all again. I love him.

How are you handling higher gas prices? 

Do you moan and groan when you pull up to refill your car?

Some people complain, others just walk or car pool or bike more, and still others invent new solutions — like cool new cars.

Since I enjoy attracting new cars, I’m impressed with the latter group of people.

They are seeing opportunities and acting on them.

I’ve heard of all electric cars (such as the Tesla), all water cars, all solar cars, and of course a wide variety of hybrids.

One of the new hybrids has me excited. It’s a hydrogen-gas hybrid that’s still a super exotic race car. A limited edition one, to boot.

It’s called The Scorpion.

And it’s made right here in Texas, in fact only an hour away from my home.

Ronn Motor Company, Inc., based near Austin, was founded by automotive entrepreneur and visionary Ronn Maxwell, and former Dell, Inc. executive Adrian Pylypec.

Their car was just proclaimed Publisher’s Choice in the August issue of duPont REGISTRY: A Buyers Gallery of Fine Automobiles®.

The engine in the Scorpion hot rod is an Acura 3.5 litre V6, which generates 450 hp in twin turbo configuration. 

That’s about 200 mph.

Yet it gets about 40 miles per gallon.

And the CO2 emissions are nearly zero.

For a street legal race car, this is astonishing. 

The great gas mileage and zero emissions are due to a blend of hydrogen and gasoline.

As I understand it, the hydrogen is generated directly from an on-board water tank that holds 3 gallons of water, and only has to be refilled every 1,000 miles.

This clever solution avoids the need for heavy and expensive hydrogen tanks in the car itself.

Never before has an auto manufacturer included a hydrogen generator as a standard part of an automobile. This could be the end of the catalytic convertor.

I haven’t seen the actual car yet, but plan to visit the shop where it’s being made and ride in one later this week.

And at $150,000, I may order one of the first ones, or a special edition version of it, for myself.

My point here is that when you see a problem, do you also see the opportunity?

Donny Deutsch of CNBC’s The Big Idea repeatedly says that when you complain about something, right there is your ticket to wealth.

Other people might have the same complaint. Solve it and get rich.

Personally, I’ve never liked scorpions — until now.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS — You can read more about The Scorpion, and see some more pictures, at www.ronnmotors.com The company is also looking for investors, and has publicly traded stock. Visit their site for details.