Would you buy an electric car?
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naw i rather stick with my bicycle
GM had excellent electric cars 10 years ago and put them in a car crusher!!
"Who Killed the Electric Car?" DVD
The price of electric might kill it, but then again it HAS to be better then the EVIL-run gas companies !
The same fate? don't know. It depends on people, whether they will buy it or not.
I think it has a shot because based on business interest. If it's not profitable they won't mass produced it.
I have never researched electric cars, but if it got me everywhere I needed to go, at the same speed I go now, then I would so buy it. It would be cool to have an alternate eco friendly fuel source as back up. But I don't know how that stuff works. I would buy anything that didn't require me to spend a fortune on gas each week.
And I do think now with all the global warming hype going around, that it's the best time ever to put something like this on the market. It won't be a hit, but it will slowly and surely make it's way into people's driveways.
Absolutely - and it might encourage people to buy solar generators to charge it.
Its going to happen like It or not its only a matter of time with oil reserves running out fast its got to happen
I had a friend who bought an electric Toyota RAV. It's a wonderful car. Politics is what is killing the electric car. In the state of California, there was a mandate that a certain percentage of all cars sold would be electric by the end of the decade. But the car manufacturers but pressure on the state legislature to let them make hybrids. There is a great documentary out that tells the story called "Who Killed the Electric Car?".
The only downside I can see is that you have to own your home, because electric cars require installation of a charger in a garage. If the technology ever gets adopted on a wide scale, I'm sure there will be more charging stations around.
There are usually quite a few rebates and financial incentives if you purchase an electric car.
Buying an electric car is better for the enivronment. It emits less CO2 (carbon dioxide) than a regular gas running car. Each mile that a regular car drives, it emits 20 pounds of CO2. I would vote yes for it!!
I would have to do homework on it 1st.
I would have to prove to myself that it would be cheaper to buy this car then to buy another car.
things to research
1) price of gas
2) how often will I use it
3) is the goverment offering any rebate on it or tax break?
4) what is the cost of repairing it if it break down
5) cost of recharging it
and other questions I have not thought up yet
Answer = No
The reason that I will not buy one, is because they are raising our gas prices to try and force us to, and I do not like being forced to do things.
As for me, once I can no longer afford to drive my vehicles, they will be sold, or go to the junk yard.
I will walk more, ride a bicycle, or motorcycle, or simply purchase a horse and carriage.
And I really love the horse and carriage idea, so what if I have to clean up some horse poo, better than being used and taken advantage of by the Gas company's, and I will save a ton of money on insurance premiums.
If I could design a cost free energy engine I would give it to our citizens free of charge, just so they would not have to purchase gasoline, and make life better for everyone.
Yes, cost free energy automobiles hopefully coming soon to a driveway near you.
Yes I would get an electric car. their cool, new and most importantly environment friendly!!
No. Electricity is outrageous in Illinois. I don't like Chevy or GM. I hope it fails.
Certainly a car powered by electricity is a good choice for city folks. It can be charged at night while you sleep. It is important, however, that the electricity be generated by wind, solar, or other renewable power. A hybrid that uses electricity part of the time is also a good choice- especially one that can be plugged in to an electrical source like the full electric cars.
No. They are not practical in a rural area, not to mention extreme temps both in the winter and the summer. Most of my driving is more than 50 miles one way. I haven't seen anything suggesting the tecnology is there to mass produce an effective car that will make long trips, or to make batteries that will be able to withstand extreme heat or cold.
i am Canadian . i would think about such a car if the problem of the cold had been addressed.
I would only consider an electric car if it met the following criteria (My current car can do this so its replacement must be able to as well).
1) Range must be at least 250 miles at highway speeds (70 mph) while fully loaded
2) Must be rechargable from empty to full in five minutes or less
3) Must be rechargable at every major intersection throughout the land
4) Must be capable of repeated accelerations from 0-60 in less than 10 seconds.
5) Drive train must be capable of going at least 150,000 miles without major failure or replacement.
6) Must seat two adults comfortably and have room for sufficient luggage for a weekend trip (or two fully loaded golf bags).
7) Must have adequate climate controls to keep the passenger compartment comfortable when outside temperatures are as high as 100F or as low as 0F, without reducing the range specified in item 1).
8) Must not cost over US$50,000
Sure sounds like a good idea... but not for our household.
We have one sedan (pretty fuel efficient), one bicycle, and three buslines within 2 blocks of our house. We use 12 gallons of gas per month. Seriously.
However, our families live in another state, so when we leave town... we LEAVE town. There is no mass transit option out of our town - no long distance bus routes, no Greyhound, no Amtrak, no airport. Hubby's family lives on a farm, so you have to drive - and a trip to either his family or my family is longer than the range of the electric car battery.
As long as people continue to live farther and farther from where they work, we will have an energy problem - and I doubt that the Volt will make a substantial dent. It's market will be to those who live relatively close to their offices, and they are not the most pressing problem in energy consumption.
Only if I can bury the spent batteries in your backyard. Think of the pollution of millions of batteries containing heavy metals getting replaced every year.
We must change from gasoline to electric powered vehicles. I remember small electric trucks delivering laundry for the "Q Laundry" in 1938 Chicago. They were silent and smooth. I was really dumbfounded when they took them out of service. I remember Chicago had the world's biggest streetcar system which lasted longer than New York City's system. It was and is a crime against life to use poisonous fossil fuels.
Yes I would buy an electric car, not hybrid. Go Electric!
If I had the cash, I'd get a Tesla tomorrow! They are so awesome. But really, really expensive.
No, go with the Flexfuel Chevrolet Impala.
I would definitely buy an electric car. If everyone (or at least most everyone) replaced their gas-using vehicles with new, energy-efficient ones, it would have a huge positive impact on the environment. I think once more people realize this, the electric cars will become more popular.
I was just looking at an air powered car
Absolutely! With available NiMH battery power, the vehicles are certainly the best alternative to IC vehicles. I wish GM hadn't scrapped their excellent EV1 production models. Until, I see real committment from our American automakers though, I would probably choose a hybrid from Toyota or Honda. The Japanese are more committed than we are!
I would drive this electric car http://www.teslamotors.com/index.php...
This car is being made for the first time in half a centry by an independent American auto maker teamed up by Google and Paypal. Their market stratagy for reducing the price of the electric car is to start out with a model that is prestigous and sporty. As rich people invest in the cars prestige, the price of electric cars will plummet within a decade making the electric car availible to everyone. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f4525d1c-e892-11... Pretty clever. In fact you can buy it on this site today. http://www.teslamotors.com/
Wouldn't this hurt/worsen the energy crisis?
The price of electric is to high to use an electric car
they only go 40 to 80 on a charge and it take 5 to 8 hours to recharge
I already want an electric car, this one:
http://www.teslamotors.com/index.php...
But it's a bit steep for me right now heh.
If Chevrolet doesn't step up, then it's an idiot in this day and age. It just makes sense that people wanna drive for cheaper, and electricity is cheaper to power your car than gas.
I don't think the electric car is going to make it very far at this particular time. Most of what I've seen from the dealership is a push for the flex fuel option on your cars. Chevrolet has one and I know Dodge brought back the Avenger with this special engine as well. If more gas stations offered the E85 from the pumps, I would go out and trade mine in today.
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