Will you buy an electric car in the next decade?
The impact of this technology will be in how it changes the auto culture of commuters. There is no need for the polluting gas cars in cities any more with this type of vehicle which can use electricity produced from many sources and great distances away. Air quality, urban runoff and background noise will all improve with the transformation of the commuter fleet. Please support this patriotic idea.
#1 - Tue Dec 14, 2010 6:21 PM ESTAlready have one...I useit every weekend on the golf course and drive it around the golf course community
#2 - Tue Dec 14, 2010 6:43 PM ESTI'll own a late model totally electric Chevy Volt one of these years, as my summer city runabout. You don't want to take a car with a 200 mile range out of the city, but it would make a great city summer car. General Motors has made a big turn around this year, and they'll be around to service what they sell, they have several top of the line products out there now, their warranties are the best in the business, and electric cars will make me popular with just the "right" people, just as uber long hair did when I was in high school. I'll also own a "Certified Pre Owned" 2 year old AWD BMW SUV for those cruel Canadian winters and create many fine memories with glorious trips to the ski hill, but the Chevy Volt I will buy new every 2 years because I am sure the technology will improve by leaps and bounds between model years. It doesn't hurt to dream, and I dream fine dreams.
#4 - Fri Dec 17, 2010 12:34 PM ESTAs noted above by ninjaChicken, electricity comes from coal. Across transmission lines. What is the real cost of filling up a Volt or Leaf in coal burned, CO2 emissions, etc.? Plus manufacturing the batteries.
#5 - Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:44 PM ESTTechnologies typically improve once they are widespread and enter a competitive market. This is just beginning with electric vehicles. Also, not all electric cars rely on an electrical outlet to recharge - Honda has a self-charging vehicle that uses a hydrogen fuel cell to charge the batteries. Unfortunately hydrogen fuel is currently only available in California in the USA at this time.
And the next question is how the hydrogen is extracted? What is the base and what is the power source? One way or the other electric is still not going to replace or reduce cheap portable conventional fuels.
The hazardous waste produced by using batteries is real, its too bad we couldn't run a car on lemon juice and potatoes. Until the "GREEN Chemistry" is worked out we can use the solar charging stations that are installed in homes. The technology is there, and people have proven it works. I can't wait until they build homes with the charging station as a standard. Raise the bar of Social Responsibility by choosing options that improve sustainability.
I live in an apartment. Where am I expected to plug it in? Thanks Democrats for all your electric car subsidies. Thanks for helping out the little guy.
#6 - Sun Dec 19, 2010 1:38 PM ESTAlways some smart ass thing to say about politics from you dunderheads. Maybe some fat republican will figure out a way to sell you apartment dwellers a charge just as they now sell you fuel at a service station.
Admittedly, I wouldn´t be living in an apartment if I had any brains.
One lame excuse after another. Just a bunch of short-term thinkers with no long-term vision. This apartment dweller would have told Kennedy he was an *ssh*le for saying we could eventually go to the moon. *yawn*
When it is as convenient to refuel, has the driving range, and is price comparable to gas driven maybe. You will of course notice I said nothing about saving the planet, that is not a concern until all the above criteria is met and electric is adopted by ALL drivers in the world ..... otherwise it is just giving up comfort and convenience so some third world native can continue.
#7 - Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:21 PM ESTThere are reasons the early electric and steam vehicles were not viable and lost out to internal combustion engines and they still apply today. Believe it or not a vast and secret conspiracy had nothing to do with customer preference in the marketplace.
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#9 - Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:27 AM ESTElectric powered vehicals are not efficiant enough to be used. Relying on one natural resourse or another to power them sounds like we are taking a step back in technology. Some of these cars use as much power as a small home, yet get you very little drive time. Gasoline powered or diesel powered cars can take you 400 miles on 10 to 20 gallons depending on the size of vehical. Untill they can match or beat that I will not use them. I do believe that this could be a good alternative transportation in the city's but in rural america it will not work.
#10 - Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:07 AM ESTYes I will definitely buy one in the next couple of years as technology advances and electric cars are more competitive and efficient, I would prefer a solar car. Gas prices keep increasing every time and who knows what the near future holds for gas and oil prices. I am also concerned with pollution and the environment.
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You are just replacing one natural resource for another. Most home electric comes from COAL. You need to build Solar charging stations.