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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / November 2007Why would(n't) you buy an electric car?
Doing some research as an undergraduate at University of California, Merced. Feel free to discuss it here but it would be much appreciated and more beneficial to me if you could take my quick survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=d955thfZ3ocAAjgCpYwxjA_3d_3d Thanks. > Doing some research as an undergraduate at University of California, > Merced. Feel free to discuss it here but it would be much appreciated [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Thanks. Limited range, takes far too long to "refuel". In other words you can't take one on a road trip, and if you can't take a car on a road trip it's not a real car. Jeff DeWitt > bemw2...@gmail.com wrote: > > Doing some research as an undergraduate at University of California, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Jeff DeWitt Nationally, the average commute is about 30 miles a day. 30 seconds to plug in at night... Maybe not a perfect solution, but not bad either Ben >>bemw2...@gmail.com wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Ben Most people don't want to spend the money to buy, maintain, license, insure and pay the taxes on two vehciles just because one isn't capable of being used for the everyday things any car should be able to do. Until electric cars can do those day to day things a car needs to do at least as well as the cheapest conventional car they are going to have a very limited market... and as long as the market is limited the price is going to be high. Jeff DeWitt > benteac...@gmail.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Jeff DeWitt Jeff, That was a great response. Here in California, there are about as many registered cars as residents, which tells me that there is a pretty high percentage of 2 (or more) car families. An EV with a 45 mile range would cover over 90% of their needs. I used to drive an EV to work and back, and used the wifes car for long distance stuff. Charging at night I got an 'off-peak' rate which was quite cheap (IIRC, a full charge cost me about 30 cents, which was good for about 35 miles) When someone makes the EV you described, I'll be ready to buy. Global warming, smog, oil wars, Hubberts peak... take your pick, our current rate of oil consumption cant last forever, and cheap gasoline is a thing of the past. Ben >Doing some research as an undergraduate at University of California, >Merced. Feel free to discuss it here but it would be much appreciated [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Thanks. -------------------------------- It would take years to save enough money on gas to cancel the extremely large difference in price between the electric car and the standard gasoline car. Add to that the very large cost of maintenance and repair of specialty cars. >>Doing some research as an undergraduate at University of California, >>Merced. Feel free to discuss it here but it would be much appreciated [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Add to that the very large cost of maintenance and repair of specialty > cars. Well... it depends on the electric car, if your talking about a Tesla yes, but electric cars don't have to cost that much. And remember back in the early days of the automobile the electric car was a very strong competitor to the primitive gas powered cars of the day. A mass produced electric car wouldn't have to cost any more (and perhaps less) than a conventional car, but there isn't a big enough market for them for the economies of scale to really kick in. A well designed electric car should cost significantly less than a conventional car as they are not nearly as complex... no IC engine, probably no transmission, no cooling system, no exhaust system, no fuel system. Jeff DeWitt >>> Doing some research as an undergraduate at University of California, >>> Merced. Feel free to discuss it here but it would be much appreciated [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Jeff DeWitt And no distance. You'd always have to make sure you didn't go too far so you could get home again. If you want to take a trip into the mountains do you have to stop for a couple of hours every hour or so to recharge. With current technology you can't pull into a gas station, refuel, and be on your way again in 10 minutes. >> It would take years to save enough money >> on gas to cancel the extremely large difference in price between the [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >Jeff DeWitt ---------------------------- You are absolutely correct with your "I wish" world. However, in the real world (to my knowledge), there are no cars available as described and there won't be for a very long time. I was responding about the vehicles available today. If I'm wrong, let me know and I will run out and buy one. Jack >>> It would take years to save enough money >>>on gas to cancel the extremely large difference in price between the [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Jack Your not and there isn't, but something close will be coming soon, especially as high as oil prices are. Jeff DeWitt |
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