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16c here in Central NJ.Not sure what you expect. It's Con Ed.
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16c here in Central NJ.Not sure what you expect. It's Con Ed.
He didn't come up with it.
You see a lot of people with nothing but a golf cart in some large retirement communities, They can go anywhere, including to their doctors on the carts. 'The Villages" is one of the largest, and you see a lot of golf carts, but very few cars.
How far do you drive a ladder?
Nobody believes that the infrastructure can be developed overnight. The electric car will develop and mature like any new technology. Naysayers, as usual, will be proven shortsighted and wrong.
Sorry, I won't get sucked into some political rant. That's just a red herring anyway.
Economics does not take a backseat to anything or anybody. It always wins out.
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Yup, I think it is the tiny tires on the Prius that cause some ride and noise problems.
On the other hand, the Honda Civic hybrid is an amazingly quiet car, and the handling is fine for a smaller car. if you insist on driving a boat, then pay the fuel bill. I've driven smaller cars for ages, and feel fine in it. I've had a few emergency maneuvers to make in the last 4 years, and was DAMN surprised at how well it did on those, too. I drove an MR2 for a while, and while the Honda is not quite in the same handling class, it comes surprisingly close!
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Tch. It isnot 85Kwh You don't drive at full throttle all the time, you wouldn't get more than ten miles down the road.
You charge your car up at home at night Duf. So there are charging stations everywhere. The problem is; range and the time it takes to charge from a domestic outlet.
Electric cars use around half/one third the energy needed for conventional cars. That energy is much cheaper too. It could come from nuclear power or renewable.
Yes that's what happened back in 2008. And in the 1930's. You got a short memory. Capitalism destroyed the economy.
Back in 1900 cars were only for the rich too. Everybody else was a hippy but not by choice.
I'm surprised that Obama isn't pushing Tesla's 'Brodcast Power' BS.
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They already do CNG for cars in Bolivia. Have done for years.
I think he is likely a majority. He fies somewhere to his vacation.
Sure, keep buying patched up junk. Do you really think that 'refurbished battery' will last anywhere near as long as a new one?
They all smoked dope and wouldn't work?
They had little money. And no cars.
I got it, I got it.... this krw asshole is Plimpton, THE legendary venerealated asshole of multiple ngs..... Howzit goin, Plimpie?? Why'd you give up yer moniker?
And, and once again, you are fullashit, and haller is right. The night-time grid could easily accommodate the initial transition to electric.... mebbe not the WHOLE transition, suddenly, but certainly the transition at its current rate, and rate-to-come for a while.
WTF would you think otherwise??
Here's my idea. Check this
Here's my opinion. Consider car cost, gasoline cost, electricity cost, and your daily miles driven, then figure out if you want the car. With the tax credit, the Volt is less than $1000 over median price paid for new cars in the U.S. With my daily commute, and other driving - except vacation - I'd probably visit a gas station once a year And my electric rates are really low. That's all sweet. I could use the Volt for my yearly vacations and get about 37mpg with no charges from a cord. But I would probably rent a car instead. People do drive the Volt cross country, but I'd prefer to keep engine hours low. Might be wrong about it, but it seems to me that running the engine constantly is against design intent. I'd love to have one. Not caring about gasoline price is sweet. But I'm a car cheapskate. Fix my own, and never paid more than $6k for a car. If I felt I had the money to pay $30k for a car, as many people do, I'd buy a Volt.
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