Out of 10,000 possible owners...when you tell them it’s only got 80-100 miles of range....that takes out 9,999 potential buyers. I wouldn’t get too excited here. I admit...if you live in NYC or Washington DC...there might be a logical reason to buy it. Otherwise? It’s worthless, if you ask me.
Why don’t we refit the highways to be like slot car tracks. Unlimited range and other than some serious electrocution hazards a real alternative to gasoline. Of course with the EPA shutting down power plants we may have trouble getting a sufficient electrical supply. No big deal I’m only in this for the Green Energy stimulus money. I don’t even like electric golf carts.
Obama will likely raid BMW’s factories and ban the sale in America because their batteries endanger some such endangered creature.
Remember Gibson guitar?
My round trip to work is 96 miles. I also like to drive with air conditioning (fully functional)and a better than average sound system which includes satellite radio, cd player and ipod options. Sometimes, there are traffic foul ups and delays. Not much margin for error.
I don't know about you, but if I was handed a free $39,000 to spend on a car, I'd spend it on a $22k Honda Civic Si 6-speed manual sedan and keep the change, or spend all of it on a "classic" older air-cooled Porsche 911.
I play softball with a retiree who has a volt and he loves it. Most of his driving is within the battery limit but if he exceeds it, no problem, it automatically switches to the gas.
He's going to install a charging station in his garage that's going to cost $2,700.....BUT, the electric company will pay the first $2,400...
Is the lithium ion battery the same one that has caused fires in Boeing airplanes in two separate applications? And don’t Volts have a tendency to spontaneously combust? And don’t they use that battery?
I don’t think that battery is ready for large applications, regardless of their being approved by some government rubber stamp agency.
Electric cars are still liberal lunacy causing more damage to the environment than today’s gasoline engines and with per mile life costs through the roof.
Everyone who buys one is doing so all because of left-wing liberal religious/self-righteous pride....”I’m better than you.....” arrogantly thinking they are helping the planet.
Sorry, it’s all a lie. They are still ridiculously expensive, harmful to the environment in their whole life cycle and still not practical.
Typical liberal lie, bought into by our deceived masses......
Main reasons I will never buy a hybrid:
I don’t want to look like an idiot.
If I’m in a crash, I’d like a little bit of protection.
A hybrid will never be able to pull my 14’ enclosed duck/goose hunting trailer.
I have not been convinced that the worst gas guzzling, smoke spewing, oil leaking vehicle on the road impacts the environment one bit.
I also have not been convinced that electric cars are “good for the environment” (I want to puke every time I hear that stupid phrase!)
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ELECTRIC CARS ARE PART OF A LIBERAL, PROGRESSIVE, DESTRUCTIVE AGENDA.
Main reasons I will never buy a hybrid:
I don’t want to look like an idiot.
If I’m in a crash, I’d like a little bit of protection.
A hybrid will never be able to pull my 14’ enclosed duck/goose hunting trailer.
I have not been convinced that the worst gas guzzling, smoke spewing, oil leaking vehicle on the road impacts the environment one bit.
I also have not been convinced that electric cars are “good for the environment” (I want to puke every time I hear that stupid phrase!)
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ELECTRIC CARS ARE PART OF A LIBERAL, PROGRESSIVE, DESTRUCTIVE AGENDA.
Fred Flintstone had a much better idea.
all you have to do is make a commercial where zombies are chasing people in an electric car and they are at their range limit......
I had an ‘89 Jetta diesel that I paid $2500 for in the mid 90’s. It could go 750 miles on a tank of fuel. It got 45 MPG with the AC on and my foot on the floor most of the time, which was where it needed to be because it only made about 55 HP. If I drove it easy, I could get over 50 MPG. I drove that thing well over 100,00 miles without any drive train parts failing.
Battery powered cars are asinine except for a very small niche of applications.
It would be perfect for my commute: about 40-50 miles round trip, normal side jogs included, 5 days/wk.
Sometimes if a product does not meet your needs the product is not for you and you were not the intended customer. New technologies have to start somewhere and satisfy a small audience before reaching everyone.
So we have people that will actually go out and buy a 40k electric car that has a higher total cost of ownership than almost any other vehicle in it's price range all out of some panic state that they have been propagandized into believing.
Want to save the environment you whiny moronic sheep? Go buy a Harley. They have better resale than almost any car and even their big bikes average low 50's MPG on highways. When it's all used up you can sell it to a yuppie dentist that is having a midlife crisis. Assuming you don't become an organ donor that is...but hey it's all about the circle of life isn't it?
Pure electrics are and always will be a Niche vehicle until they come up with one that can be driven on a family trip for hundreds of miles at a time and recharged in under 15 minutes.