Performance with Conscience

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?