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all electric vehicles are making big strides NOW! | (Read 928 times) |
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pixelphoto
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June 20, 2007, 01:22:16 PM |
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well if you can buy a mini cooper and have an extra 25,000 dollars to throw at it and live near this place that does the conversion you can have one.
And if you have 100.000 dollars to buy a Tesla Roadster then you can have one.
So I would hardly say that electric vehicles are making strides.
when I can go to the Ford, Chevy, GM, Toyota, (fill in the blank) dealer and buy a car that cost the same as other cars, that is fully electric and can go highway speeds and over 100 miles per charge THEN electric cars will be making big strides.
I want to knw why I cant have one now? What is taking so long this is not new technology.
GM had the EV1 Ford had the Rav electric suv. Then they stopped making them and you cant buy one unless you are lucky enough to pick up a used rav GM took them all back and crushed them.
They dont want you to have a fully electric car.
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paul wheaton
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June 20, 2007, 01:47:06 PM |
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How about taking your existing car and converting it to electric for $10,000? I've heard there are several places that do it.
Here is a link that is almost 10 years old: http://www.renewables.com/ElectricVehicles.htm
Tesla has plans for a $30,000 vehicle. There are several others coming out in that price range.
The thing is that with a few thousand teslas on the road, the price for parts will drop. And the infrastructure will start to fall into place.
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pixelphoto
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June 20, 2007, 08:44:07 PM |
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I agree they are coming but its awful slow.
Unfortunately in less you know how to do it yourself there are no companies near me that do conversions maybe in the big city's but not around here where I live.
California seems to be a pioneer in that department.
I hope that one day we will all be driving electric cars that are powered from solar charging systems. But I am sure that will be a long time into the future before we see anything close to that.
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paul wheaton
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June 20, 2007, 09:05:14 PM |
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Is the car you drive now built in your neighborhood?
Have it done a few hundred miles away. When it's ready, take a bus over and drive it back.
Here is a quickie web site: http://www.electroauto.com/
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