Mike Rochip Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 During a summer when a popular documentary asks, "Who Killed the Electric Car?," the electric car seems to be contrarily alive and well and going like a bat out of hell. What's with all the speedy electrics? "There's a big market for green," says Chris Paine, EV advocate and director of "Who Killed the Electric Car," "but not as big as the market for something more primal. Speed and power have always sold cars." Article And I learned that "yare" means agile and lively, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 Yeah, I read something about a car built on laptop batteries. Very fast, good acceleration, very silent. Hope more car companies start looking into electric cars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted July 30, 2006 Moderators Share Posted July 30, 2006 There's an electric "sportscar" being built in California U.S.A. which I had seen on t.v. once maybe last year. The problem with the electric cars of today is they're so expensive compared to a regular car but then again they aren't produced by big name manufacturers that can build 250,000 units a year. Another thing some people may not realize too is when charging electric cars the energy that charges it isn't green friendly, everything has a drawback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 True, but its silent, and clean on the streets, no gases in the garage or when stand near the road or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Yeah, I read something about a car built on laptop batteries. Great.....guess they didn't see the pics of that Dell laptop exploding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted July 30, 2006 Moderators Share Posted July 30, 2006 Great.....guess they didn't see the pics of that Dell laptop exploding. I guess we are both thinking along the same lines about that then, I was wondering how much of a boom an electric car would make if several of it's batteries all of a sudden wanted to explode. Actually in my case an electric car would do just fine (well maybe not in Iowa's below freezing winters, anyone got a one ton battery warmer) because I don't leave the city often, and thus wouldn't need very long distance capabilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphirer Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Problem with electric cars is: Where do you get the electricity from? Still, environmentally friendly is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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