Comments on: Will Electric Cars Rule the Future?

By: Shield

Shield — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:05:06 +0000

I 100%agree with stoobeedoo. You can not seriously think that if you own a electric car you deserve free charging and better parking spots.

By: stoobeedoo

stoobeedoo — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:47:35 +0000

1) No such thing as free. Q: So who pays for your "free" charging stations? A: other people - so you can drive a car of your choice and have it be more convenient for you
2) You also want preferential parking treatment because of your choice of car? Really? Walking is pretty green too, remember

If the market thought this was a BETTER product people would get on board quicker. When it is a better product the market will move to it.

By: Electric Car

Electric Car — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:57:05 +0000

More municipalities need to offer free charging stations and preferential parking to all-electric vehicles. By doing so, there will be more than the environmental incentive to own an electric car.

By: Trav

Trav — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:25:53 +0000

who is the author of this article so i may quote him/her in my research paper.

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:42:11 +0000

i think that this is retarted the future is gonna be like it is now so everyone needs to chill about electric cars and shit!!!

By: kirk

kirk — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:22:01 +0000

I just read about a modified lead acid battery that if for real would make electric vehicles very popular within a few years.......
The battery called the CNT Battery ( mfg by Micro Bubble Technologies)
is a lead acid battery modified with carbon nanotubes and a new electrolyte which supposedly increases the capacity by 800 percent, decreases the recharge time to 10 minutes, and increases the longevity of the battery by 500 percent.......
This battery will be available in a new electric vehicle The Current
soon to be released by Electric City Motors in Parker, Colorado....
The range of The Current with an unmodified lead acid battery pack was 55 miles but with the CNT battery(modified lead acid battery 350 miles and recharges in 10 minutes...
The cost to modify the batteries seemed very reasonable....the modifed battery cost less than double the cost of a normal battery.
We have many lead acid battery manufacturers in the U.S., with plentiful raw materials available in the U.S. , and a large no. lead acid batteries are recycled....
The problem with lead acid batteries has been limited storage capacity for the weight. Looks like this problem may have been solved......
The cost for a modifed battery pack storing 50KWH would probably be $2,500. (my guess) while a lithium pack would cost
many times more ( I believe I read that the Volt's battery which stores 15KWH cost $10,000.???)
I truly hope Micro Bubble Technologies CNT Battery is available soon.....
I would love to have a reasonalbly priced electric vehicle with a long range and quick recharge and long life...

By: German Tedesco

German Tedesco — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:24:07 +0000

Please check an old Peugeot 404 from the seventies and you will realize what a lie is behind every EPA figure mandated to car manufacturers. Future is EV. Present work should led to it. Do not get fooled on gas distractions …. Help and back your local EV association or create one is yours is far away. We can not drill our way out. EV’s are the solution. More than one century years trying to block the sunrays with a hand show the mistake and the conspirational movement to favour oil instead of electricity. Go efficient, go green, go electric.

By: berk

berk — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:57:58 +0000

The great thing about EVs is you can charge them from your own power sources, e.g. solar panels or wind turbines happily buzzing away while you zoom around town. No transmission losses, no terrorist threats, etc., etc. If carbon sequestration ever becomes a reality, electricity from coal powered stations would also take care of the CO2. Hydrogen for fuel cells needs electricity to generate it. Why go to all the bother of of this middle step(with all the consequential power losses and problems of transport and storage)when we can use the electricity directly in battery powered vehicles delivered through well established and efficient networks?

By: Bryce

Bryce — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:27:43 +0000

That’s is actually what I meant by making batteries better….cheaper and smaller, like computer chips. The cheaper and smaller you make them, the more you can fit into a vehicle. : )

By: ex-EV1 driver

ex-EV1 driver — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:06:05 +0000

Samie,
The LOSS is only 10%, the EFFICIENCY is 90% !!
We really don't lose much electricity when we ship it over high tension transmission wires.
The benefit to switching to 100% DC infrastructure would only increase the power grid's overall efficiency by a few percent (clearly, 10% is the best that is even left for improvement although you can't come very close). Maybe a multi-$trillion effort would bring our grid up to 95% but that's only a 5% improvement.
DC to AC conversion is pretty good today as well, definitely much greater than 90% efficiency, especially with well controlled, high power systems.
At 90% efficiency, today's electrical grid is an outstanding way to bring alternatively produced energy from its sources to its users.

Let's not knock something that is awesome today!