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Solved - NEH 1835: Hope Whisper Danish electric car
« on: May 15, 2012, 07:35:01 AM »
Identify this car and where it was built correctly for 1 point:

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Re: NEH 1835
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2012, 04:08:01 PM »
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Re: NEH 1835
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2012, 04:09:15 AM »
Expert knowledge required...
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Re: NEH 1835
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2012, 04:49:37 AM »
1983 prototype of the dansk Hope Whisper, brainchild of Thure Barsøe-Carnfeldt, a businessman and local politician; who has created the company Hope Computers in Hadsund.

Another ill-fated electric car that became famous after being crashed at his own launch in front of the press, when the engineer at the wheel fell asleep !  :o

Quite a lot of different looking prototypes were made through the years, this one was shown at that infamous launch. It seems that a few examples were sold, the later ones using VW Polo MKII doors and claimed that familiar "top speed : 100 km/h, range : 100 km" mantra we all know too well...


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Re: NEH 1835
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2012, 05:03:41 AM »
That's about the long and the short of it, yes.
Another Hope prototype has featured on AP before:

www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=8642.0

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Re: Solved - NEH 1835: Hope Whisper Danish electric car
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2012, 05:06:58 AM »
This one must have been beyond Hope!  ;D
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Re: Solved - NEH 1835: Hope Whisper Danish electric car
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2012, 05:08:41 AM »
This one must have been beyond Hope!  ;D

Or maybe they were just being optimistic..!
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Re: Solved - NEH 1835: Hope Whisper Danish electric car
« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2018, 03:52:04 AM »
Photos from the day of the presentation/crash.
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