In Reply to: Really? posted by Jimmy NYC on November 27, 2006 at 07:17:12:
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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- The true reason they haven't caught on is they suck big time - Victor Khomenko 07:23:44 11/27/06 (0)