Post by bolverk on Jul 21, 2008 14:25:04 GMT -5
Yes, 300 miles to a place without a plug. A fuel efficient automobile has about 175 more miles it can travel on a single tank. There are more locations to fill up. You don't have to throw away batteries by going to a recycling location, or have anyone pick them up.
Electric cars have been around as long as fuel powered cars. Fuel is more economical to use, or was with the discovery of oil. Zap, the leader in electric vehicles right now, can only reach 100+ miles on a charge. It is a two seater. It costs $32,000 dollars. The Zap-X, a true passenger car that seats four, costs $60,000, more then twice the cost of a four cylinder Honda Accord that scores a 90% of the global warming scale. But, the Zap-X is not available for another two years.
The Xebra Electric Sedan, it only goes 25 miles on a charge. It seats four, and can not go faster then 40 mph. In other words, it will take forever to get anywhere.
Their electric truck looks like something out of Korea in design. Like the surplus vehicle you see in the Philippines. But, it only handles a 770 lb payload. Probably why it only costs $14,950, because it won't replace anything.
The EV1, which everyone talks about in conspiracy theory tones, was a failure for one primary reason alone. Poor battery technology, a problem that continues today, though improvements have been made. The EV1 proved electric cars are viable, even though it had 16 thermal incidents with one vehicle destroyed in fire that began at the charging port.
Electric cars will not be viable until you have a safe method of transferring energy to a battery without the possibility of fire. The heat transfer from batteries is rather high, which is why electric cars require thermal glass. The potential from problems and lawsuits are tremendous. Yet, you would have us believe that electric cars are ready for the road today. Truly pie in the sky hopes.
Electric cars would be great if, they could accelerate like a fuel powered car, get the same distance on a single charge, the batteries were small enough not to take up a massive amount of room in the car, gave us the same flexibility for usage as our fuel powered vehicles and we did not have to discard or recycle the batteries.
After the research fixes all the above problems, before marketing the vehicle and opening up companies to potential lawsuits from God knows what, then the electric car would be viable. However, I believe that hydrogen powered vehicles will displace the electric car, because water is the most abundant resource on this planet. Honda already has theirs on the market, well ahead of any viable electric car alternative. And it only emits water vapor.
Stick that in your tank and burn it.
Electric cars have been around as long as fuel powered cars. Fuel is more economical to use, or was with the discovery of oil. Zap, the leader in electric vehicles right now, can only reach 100+ miles on a charge. It is a two seater. It costs $32,000 dollars. The Zap-X, a true passenger car that seats four, costs $60,000, more then twice the cost of a four cylinder Honda Accord that scores a 90% of the global warming scale. But, the Zap-X is not available for another two years.
The Xebra Electric Sedan, it only goes 25 miles on a charge. It seats four, and can not go faster then 40 mph. In other words, it will take forever to get anywhere.
Their electric truck looks like something out of Korea in design. Like the surplus vehicle you see in the Philippines. But, it only handles a 770 lb payload. Probably why it only costs $14,950, because it won't replace anything.
The EV1, which everyone talks about in conspiracy theory tones, was a failure for one primary reason alone. Poor battery technology, a problem that continues today, though improvements have been made. The EV1 proved electric cars are viable, even though it had 16 thermal incidents with one vehicle destroyed in fire that began at the charging port.
Electric cars will not be viable until you have a safe method of transferring energy to a battery without the possibility of fire. The heat transfer from batteries is rather high, which is why electric cars require thermal glass. The potential from problems and lawsuits are tremendous. Yet, you would have us believe that electric cars are ready for the road today. Truly pie in the sky hopes.
Electric cars would be great if, they could accelerate like a fuel powered car, get the same distance on a single charge, the batteries were small enough not to take up a massive amount of room in the car, gave us the same flexibility for usage as our fuel powered vehicles and we did not have to discard or recycle the batteries.
After the research fixes all the above problems, before marketing the vehicle and opening up companies to potential lawsuits from God knows what, then the electric car would be viable. However, I believe that hydrogen powered vehicles will displace the electric car, because water is the most abundant resource on this planet. Honda already has theirs on the market, well ahead of any viable electric car alternative. And it only emits water vapor.
Stick that in your tank and burn it.
