America! Wake Up! We Need to Bring Back the Electric Cars!?

Question

Seriously! We should all wake up and do something!

We had the electric car and they took it away. Just image if we had the electric car and how much money we would have RIGHT NOW if we didn't need to pay for gas. Between 3 cars, I would have $880 in about a month instead of using it on gas.

You know the saying, "one person can make a difference" Well it doesn't work with the government.

So we all need to unite and make the government listen to the citizens!!!

Together, we can all make a difference. I mean if you get most of the country against the government, I think we could possibly win.

So get the word out! The government is probably looking over these questions and all over the web. So they will probably see this.

So WHO IS WITH ME! Who wants the electric car back!

And give reasons!!!

Spread the word!!!

This is the "UNITED" STATES OF AMERICA! We must stand together and get what we deserve!

Answer 1

just remember, the oil industry with blessings from the Bush Administration launched a counter-suit against the California Air Rescources Board that effectively killed the zero emissions initiative. also if I remember, GM was also involved. Well cheer up. the big three auto makers are in financial difficulties due to their own making. by the time the big three actually decide to build electric cars, it will probably be to late for them. I wonder why they have been laying off employees????? should this Global Warming propaganda actually be true, then the only vehicles that make sense for the normal day to day getting to and from work, coffee  shop etc. is the battery electric. save your fume belching buggy for the family vacation. it will be companies like Tesla, Phoenics Motor Cars, Aptera and others who will provide a viable alternative in cleaner transportation. check out these sites:

Answer 2

I almost had one, but the extension cord was SO expensive.

Answer 3

yess i see the you have seen the movie who killed the electric car? lol great movie but imagine what we would have done to save the environment stupid  oil companies

Answer 4

Honda will be introducing a revolutionary car in LA soon.  It's expensive though and has limited availability.

Answer 5

Go buy one.  What does the government have to do with it?

There are electric cars for sale.  It is because people like you that we don't have electric cars.  What is your answer to this?

Why don't you have one?  Let's hear it.  Why don't you have one??

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Don't forget they killed the NIMH battery too.  That's more than half the problem.  Even the EV-1 wasn't very good without it.  Chevron bought the company, and the patent rights with it.  I believe you can own patent rights for 8 years, so they should be expiring any time.  With the NIMH almost anyone could build an effective EV.  Have you looked at the European models?  I prefer American too, but there are some very good ones with pretty long track records.

Answer 8

What good would electric cars do?  Burning coal to make electricty is no better than burning gasolene.  And it would not be cheaper either.  An electric furnace is 100% eficient and is still the most exspencive option.

Answer 9

America wake up the time of the horse is returning ?

Answer 10

I think plug in hybrids are more appropriate for the time being.  They don't have a limiting range, yet save a huge amount on fuel.  The grid is already much cleaner than burning gasoline.  As the grid gets cleaner, they will be even cleaner to charge.  Electric car technology will advance while we drive PHEVs and some electrics.  

There are already viable markets for electrics as delivery vehicles, small job trucks like Phoenix Motorcars is making to sell in Mexico, etc.

http://www.pluginpartners.org/

Plug in Partners makes a pretty good case for PHEVs.  You can sign a petition to promote PHEVs at their website.

"Plug-in hybrid vehicles can range from 20 to 60 miles without the use of gasoline after being charged in a standard electrical outlet. That means tens of millions of motorists could make their daily commute using little, if any, gasoline. A motorist driving 9,000 annual gasoline-free miles and 3,000 using gasoline would get 100 mpg (based on vehicles that get 25 mpg)."

"These savings would be even more dramatic if plug-in technology is combined with already-existing flexible fuel technology."

"Charging the battery each night would cost less than $1.00 at current rates. PHEVs outfitted with a battery pack providing a 40-mile electric range could power, using the all-electric mode, more than 60% of the total annual miles traveled by the average American driver"

Answer 11

wake up America, We are going to start walking

Answer 12

Why do you insist it be one of the Big Three auto manufacturers? There are many electric car manufacturers, if you'll bother to look.

Better yet, BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRIC CAR using a recycled car with a dead gasoline engine. We have the technology! All we need is for people like you to take matters into their own hands, and scare the Big Three into giving us what we want!

Answer 13

We're working on it.

Available in California in October 2008, the Aptera typ-1e will cost about $27,000 with a top speed of 95 mph and range of 120 miles per charge.

http://www.aptera.com/details.php

Soon thereafter Aptera will introduce the typ-1h, a plug-in hybrid version of the typ-1e with a 40-60 mile range on purely electrical energy, and a range of over 600 miles total when in electric/gas hybrid mode, for around $30,000.  On a 120 mile trip, the typ-1h will get 300 miles per gallon.  The shorter the trip, the higher the efficiency.

http://www.aptera.com/details.php

Available in late 2009, the ZAP Alias will cost $30,000, have a top speed of 100 mph, and a range of 100 miles per charge.

http://zapworld.com/electric-vehicles/el...

Soon thereafter the ZAP-X will be available at a cost of $60,000 with a top speed of 155 mph and a range of 350 miles per charge.

http://zapworld.com/electric-vehicles/el...

Available in 2009, the Miles Javlon will cost $30-35,000 with a top speed of 80 mph and a range of 120 miles per charge.

http://www.milesev.com/index.asp#hsv.swf

Phoenix Motorcars will start selling their SUT to individuals in late 2008 or early 2009.  It will cost $45,000 and have a top speed of 100 mph with a range of 100+ miles per charge.

http://phoenixmotorcars.com/

Answer 14

Since this is America, you should realize that if there were a market for electric cars, they would be available everywhere.  The hard truth, however, is that there is little or no market for these expensive toys because they are just that, expensive toys.

To be competative, an electric car must have the same level of performance, cost and convenience as a conventional fueled vehicle.  For example, consider a typical small sedan (e.g. Honda Civic).

Initial cost (MSRP) approximatly US$20,000

Capacity - 4 adults in relative comfort (not luxury)

Range between refueling - 250 miles

Refueling time - 5-10 minutes

Refeuiling convenience - tens of thousands of convenient locations throughout the country

Cruising speed - 80 mph

Acceleration - 0-60 in 12 seconds

Comfort range - can keep cabin in comfort zone when outside temperatures are as high as 100 or as low as 0 degrees F.

Show me the electric car that can do this, I and you will have found one that will sell.

Answer 15

1.  no one took the electric car away, there are no laws limiting it's production, it has fundamental problems that have not been fixed.  electric cars with good enough batteries and charging systems to go more than 100 miles are out of most peoples price range, and there fore not going to make it on the open market.  the last viable electric i saw was gm's ev1 and i think the price tag was $90,000 and had a range of 80 miles, my nos'. may be off a little but i think this is close.

2.  why do you think the gov is some kind of covert organization trying to do evil to it's citizens?

Answer 16

U will loose about 40% from AC to battery. This alone means that u will produce more CO2 at the power plant.