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In Reply to: Who Killed the Electric Car? – A lot of fluff with no substance. posted by EdM on November 27, 2006 at 06:43:00:
I don't think they specifically blamed consumers- they were listed in the many categories that case built to map out the cars unfortunate demise. Many, many factors were listed. I found that enlightening and thought provoking.If I remember correctly- The EV had a range of 60 miles per charging. That's not a bad range- for Tom Hanks or myself - and from what the documentary stated, a new improved battery with a longer range was finished and available..
According the documentary - One of the reasons the EV hadn't really caught on, was a lack of advertising. I don't dispute that. If they can sell Hummers -they can sure as hell sell EV's
I seem to remember in the last stages of the Clinton administration he suggested giving preferred parking to electric cars. Wow, now that's a motivator! All that went out the window, with the EV, during the present shameful Bush administration .I enjoyed the documentary and thought it presented a sound case without juvenile tactics that sometimes appear in liberal minded films. (Michael Moore stuff, Grass etc )
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Two things are certain - one is that the future belongs to electrical vehicles.And two - that they are so far from being ready for prime time that they have no chance in the marketplace today.
They WILL become viable alternatives once the battery technology makes a 10x improvement, which might be another ten or twenty years.
Only then people will start buying them.
Today you can get **claimed** range of over 200 miles for Tesla Roadster, but that is a small car, and there are lot of stretches in the way they spec that range.
When it gets into 200-300 miles range for a four passenger sedan, then we shall talk.
Ah... and the third element... REGARDLESS of battery storage, charging WILL remain an issue, as your typical household line will take looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time to replenish the charge.
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