DONG Energy Powers Electric Cars

Posted by Joel Johnson, March 31, 2008 6:58 AM | permalink

Happy Monday, everyone. Before I get started, I would just like to announce that there is a company in Denmark—Dansk Olie og NaturGas—that abbreviates their name as "DONG." As DONG is Denmark's state energy producer, this could be the most important development in sustainability in a long time.

Let me illustrate the gravity of this news, via quotes from Treehugger:

The Danish press questioned whether DONG can pull off its promises.

Lord, we've all been there.

DONG is in the news because they have teamed up with auto manufacturer Renault to build an electric vehicle system in Copenhagen, followed by expansion into the rest of Denmark. I wish them all the best, because electric car infrastructures are neat—and because I would like to continue to childishly titter when writing about their success.

Denmark's DONG Bets Big On EVs [Treehugger]

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#1 posted by Hank , March 31, 2008 7:07 AM

I assume that they'll do fine during the day, but the nocturnal emissions could be a problem.

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#2 posted by Mikey Likes BoingBoing , March 31, 2008 7:09 AM

It is funny how a company named DONG is working to help end the decades of global a**-raping by the oil producers.

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#3 posted by License Farm

, March 31, 2008 7:31 AM

They ought to get Gedde Wantanabe to be their spokesman.

"Dong, where is my automobile?"

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#4 posted by Jake0748 , March 31, 2008 10:02 AM

"The Danish press questioned whether DONG can pull off its promises."

My first LOL of the week, coffee came out my nose. Happy Monday indeed.

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#5 posted by Anonymous , March 31, 2008 12:22 PM

Maybe they should form a partnership with Wang Laboratories.

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#6 posted by BetterLivingThroughScience , March 31, 2008 1:48 PM

how could you not use "Dong, where is my automobile?" for the headline?!?!!?

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#7 posted by Anonymous , March 31, 2008 2:57 PM

"Dude, where's my Dong?"
"I think my Dong will fit."
"Can I get a ride? My Dong needs work."
Bad, poster! BAD!

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#8 posted by Mikey Likes BoingBoing , March 31, 2008 7:35 PM

NEWS: They are developing a bigger, metallic-colored version of their electric vehicle.

It will be called Long DONG silver.

Sorry.

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#9 posted by genericvox , March 31, 2008 7:40 PM

"The car was supposed to do 0 - 100 kilometers in 7.5 seconds... (8 hours to recharge)."

It even shares some qualities with its namesake.

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#10 posted by lautaylo , April 3, 2008 5:25 AM

LOVE foreign companies and their acronyms/mangling of English. A friend of mine worked a trade show for a Korean motorcycle helmet company named "LAH", which stands for "long and hard". You know, "it's tough, and it lasts a long time" - at least that's the explanation one of the company reps gave. Whee!