“And yes, if you’re foolish enough to run out of juice far from a charging station, you’ll get stuck.”
It can also use a 110V charger so you can plug it in anywhere.
I do not believe at all in the global B/S or almost any of the environmental silliness bur electric cars are and always have been a great idea for a lot of people.
1)They make no smog in the city.
This allows us to displace the smog to outside the city. I see no other way to rid the city of smog. If anyone has better idea on how to rid all the non coastal cities of their smog problem please let me know. Right now the left want to force us all onto trains which would be better?
2)An electric car in the USA is really a coal car. Coal is cheep and most of it is from USA mines. It also creates competition in the oil market for the first time in 90 years.
So do you want to burn imported oil today or USA coal? For the first time you will now have a choice.
3)Electric cars are about 3 time more efficient. A ICE burning gas is at tops 27% efficient and the Tesla car motor is about 90% efficient. There has never been any disagreement here.
4)Electric motors have around 3 moving parts that could last for a million miles if made right. The Tesla car has a single speed transmission.The motor does most of the breaking so the breaks will last for many years.
The only real wear item is the batteries and the next gen of LI batteries should me much less expensive and WILL have 2 to 3 times the life span.
GM is also making the Volt electric car,a full sized 4 door sedan. It has a built in generator that will allow for 300 mile range at full power on gas at 50MPG. Coming for real in 2010.
Coal cars are coming, lets dig!
I wish Kathleen Sibelius had that understanding. God forbid power generated in Kansas should be sold in others of our states; I guess we should only be raising enough wheat for bread and pasta for the citizens of the state also...her and her gorelackeys reasonings are just wind whistling through their main beams. This is not entirely relevant to this thread but.../end rant