Not me, I want the i8.
How much did the American taxpayer shell out so these eco clowns can pretend they’re helping Al Gore defeat the evil sun?
What’s green about using household electricity to power a car?
How much are they paying to upkeep the roads and highways since they don’t pay gas tax?
Hybrids like the Toyota Prius have been successful and well-received.
Electric cars on the other hand, occupy a niche market. Tesla Motors is a toy for the well to do.
It’ll be a long time before the electric car has potential to appeal to mass market car buyers.
I saw a Tesla in front of me the other day and it looked nice.
I have no idea about it though. How much it costs. How far it goes on a charge. How long it takes to charge etc...
With the current cold weather, many electric cat owners are finding out they cannot even commute to the office because their range has been more than cut in half.
I see them everywhere /s
What may be a lot more viable are plug-in hybrids with better battery designs that could push the all-electric range of the vehicle to 40-60 miles before the gasoline engine "kicks in" to provide power and to recharge the battery.
The problem is the long recharge cycle. Range is irrelevant.
Not me, I want the i8.
You appear to be a fan, and eventually your enthusiasm will be justified. However, the electric car is not where it needs to be for me to buy one.
As for the Volt, it and all GM cars are off my list forever. The GM bankruptcy was shockingly corrupt and would/should have been illegal is GM didn’t have connections, and I am boycotting that company forever because of the corruption. I won’t even accept a GM as a rental. I might consider a Ford, Toyota, Honda, or VW electric vehicle eventually, but GM is dead to me.
A new study says those plug-in vehicles can be making the air dirtier and worsening global warming depending on where you’re getting the electricity to charge that vehicle.
KCBS Anchors Patti Reising and Jeff Bell spoke with study co-author Julian Marshall, an engineering professor at the University of Minnesota.
I bought a Ford C Max hybrid but did not get the plug in. I average about 41 MPG total. For some reason it is much better around town than on the interstate when the average drops to about 36.
I ran into a C Max plug in owner a couple of weeks ago and asked him what his mileage was. He said around 75, but that was because he charged his car to go to work about 20 miles away but couldn’t charge it there for the return trip. If he could, he’d be averaging about 100 MPG.
The best part about owning the C Max hybrid is the maintenace or lack there of. I opened the owner’s manual when I bought it, expecting to see the typical extensive maintenance checklist, and all it said was to change oil every 10,000 miles.
It has great acceleration, and I’ve learned to accelerate quickly from a standing stop to the speed limit and then back off when I reach the speed limit. I love the car.
If it doesn’t make noise, forget about it.
The Tesla S in that article is kind of odd looking. But the coal smoke gray paint color is nice.
And of those, only 99,999 burst into flames! :)
I’m betting most of these cars are sold to corps as test cars and there is a huge kick back. I have yet to see one on the road here in upstate NY...and I’m in a relatively wealthy area.
Just as Obama is putting the coal plants out of business.
So I buy one....What’s it worth in 5 years as a trade in?? I’ll bet “0”.