[Toyako Summit] Fuji Heavy Shows off Spacious Electric Vehicle

techon.nikkeibp.co.jp ^ | 08 July 2008 | Susumu Tajima, Senior Editorial Staff

[Slapshot68]

“Still, the cruising distance of the Plug-in Stella Concept is 80km,”

About 50 miles...good for city use.

[Red Badger]

My “commute” to work is only 5-6 miles one way, plus I go home for lunch everyday. This would be perfect for me..........but at what CO$T?..............

[Phantom Lord]

With the electric grid already at or near capacity in many areas, without a massive expansion of generating capacity, a wide spread acceptance and purchase of electric vehicles will be a disaster.

[Red Badger]

Disaster? More infrastructure plus more jobs!...............

[Phantom Lord]

Disaster? More infrastructure plus more jobs!...............

Reread what I posted.

WITHOUT the expansion of said infrastructure it would be a disaster.

Imagine the strain, especially in California, that several million electric cars would put on the grid.

[G Larry]

I will not drive a vehicle that would come in last, in a collision with a bicycle.

[Red Badger]

Imagine the strain, especially in California, that several million electric cars would put on the grid.

Why, people would be stuck watching each other instead of American Idol!..............

[WOBBLY BOB]

I would not buy anything named “Plug in Stella”. Sounds like a toy for pervs.

[CowboyJay]

If the battery durability is worth a damn, I just might buy one. Anyone know what the expected life-cycle is for the power pack?

[Hegewisch Dupa]

I would not buy anything named “Plug in Stella”. Sounds like a toy for pervs.

Well OK there, Wobbly Bob

[chrisser]

With the electric grid already at or near capacity in many areas, without a massive expansion of generating capacity, a wide spread acceptance and purchase of electric vehicles will be a disaster

Power usage peaks during daylight hours. Most electric vehicles would be used for commuting and thus would be charged off the grid at night.

Would this not mitigate some of the expansion required?

[Salgak]

Sounds like yet another argument for massive deployment of nuclear power: Advanced, safe Pebble Bed Reactor designs that DON’T require massive containment structures, and are easy to expand as necessary. . .

[autumnraine]

Wobbly Bob sounds like a toy for pervs.

[The Great RJ]

How will we generate enough electricity to fuel these electric vehicles when coal burning plants emit CO2 and nuclear plants are off limits? How many windmills will we have to build to even supply a fraction of our current electricity needs?

[Phantom Lord]

Possibly. But, in the race to be the "Green employer" and "Best place to work", employers will start to install "charging stations" for their employees, and maybe even charge a small fee. But this will cause the cars to be plugged in all day!

I can almost assure you it will happen to a sizeable extent.

[Eepsy]

If I can’t fit all my kids in it, without making someone sit in the trunk, it ain’t spacious....

[Joe 6-pack]

"If I can’t fit all my kids in it, without making someone sit in the trunk, it ain’t spacious...."

They misspelled "specious" in the title.

[Red Badger]

How many windmills will we have to build to even supply a fraction of our current electricity needs?

http://www.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/windpoweringamerica/wind_maps.asp

[steve-b]

It would be really bad in areas inhabited by people too stupid to plug the cars in at night.