cars can be purchased that easily get 40 mpg That is still 3.75 cents per mile as compared to the EV1's 2.6 cents per mile.
Both Gas and Diesel have better range
My original post pointed out that many people do not drive more than 40 miles per day. A range of million miles would not do anything for them.
a higher top end and probably accelerate just as well or better.
A EV1 set a land speed record of 183 mph. It would accelerate from 0 to 60 in 8 seconds.
Aside from all of that, where is the ROMANCE with a vehicle like that?
I really do miss the babes that would wave and try to talk to me at stop light. I miss the people who would come up and talk to me about the car when I parked somewhere. The EV1 was a very attractive car.
My original post pointed out that many people do not drive more than 40 miles per day. A range of million miles would not do anything for them.
This is just wrong. This is based on commute distance. However most people don’t just go to work and home. On weekends they drive more than 40 miles. After work they may drive more than 40 miles. It is not practical to have a car with limited mileage. You would have to change cars whenever you wanted to go 41 miles. This is crazy talk...
Land Speed Record? I doubt 183 MPH is the ‘land speed record.’I think the records are much higher than that and I’m certain the vehicle was heavily modified and I doubt it can do it with it’s powerplant for more than a very short period of time, anyway. Minutes maybe. Seconds, most likely. 0 to 60 in 8 seconds, I might buy that, but I believe even a decently equipped Pontiac Fiero could do that.
You live with a claim of superiority in ideal (unreal, for most, actually) economic conditions that support your narrative. A bit of confirmation bias, methinks. I pointed out internal combustion engines in the same class that do comparably, if not better when we talk especially about Diesel in specific. If the EV1 were a marketable alternative, GM wouldn’t have called them all back and crushed them.
You fail also to take into account how much electricity demand would go up and hence the price of the electricity if a good percentage of folks owned an electric car and the negative consequences to other energy requirements that require electricity, like say, lights in your house, factories that make stuff, and heat in a good number of homes. This has happened with other alternative forms of energy. It is known that increased Ethanol usage had a negative impact on food prices and arguably caused hunger in some parts of the world, like Mexico. Those kinds of things.
Like I said, I’m not saying it couldn’t serve some useful purpose economic or otherwise for someone, somewhere. I’m just saying there is no way within the next 20 years that even a plurality of us will be driving them.
If you like it fine. Since only a few of the ugly ducklings existed, of course it catches the eye. If even 1 of 10 people had one, it would cease to be a conversation piece but if you think it made you a chick magnet, I am not one to frown on you for having self esteem.