Who wants to drive an electric car?

Question

I'm interested in seeing the documentary Movie "Who killed the electric Car?" and would like to hear what People think about them V dinofuel cars...

I'm within 5 miles of my workplace and 4 miles of the nearest town for shopping-I've had an ebike a year now which I like using,but as I live in N.Ireland,It rains a lot,and at present winter cycling's no fun in the dark!

Answer 1

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I'm an electric car driver, and I love it. My car is efficient, clean, and quiet all the way from zero to freeway speeds. Despite what you may hear, I don't believe anything in a car (besides some driving range) has to be compromised to drive electric. My EV accelerates and passes as well as anything on the road.
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Nothing beats the electric car because of the high efficiency of electric technology.
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Electric motors are 95% efficient. Battery storage is 88% efficient. And the electric grid is 95% efficient. By contrast, internal combustion engines are only 25% efficient, and that efficiency is further reduced by energy lost to engine idling and braking. (EVs don't idle, and they recover braking energy.)
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In fact, the electric car is the only vehicle that fuels by wire, at 95% efficiency. Gasoline and other fuels must be delivered by inefficient and polluting trucks to thousands of service stations.
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Higher efficiency means that more miles can be travelled on less fuel, hence much less pollution generated - even when dirty fuel (like coal) is burned in power plants.
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EVs are not only clean, they can be very inexpensive to operate. Electricity costs are only about a penny per mile, compared with about ten cents per mile for gasoline. See this page:
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http://www.squidoo.com/cheap-electric-car
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Also on that page - look at the links on the bottom. You'll see how you can drive a freeway-capable EV for as little as $5000.
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Answer 2

Lucky you, living in Europe and having experience with electric assist bicycles.

Checkout velomobiles like the Mango or Cab-bike
http://www.cab-bike.com/english/

or
http://www.velomobiles.net/nehpv/rally.html

for some details.

Velomobile=A recumbent trike with full enclosure and sometimes small electric motor for hills. Load it up with lots of lightweight high tech batteries, and a reasonably fast charger.

Or just buy a trike and add a motor and;
http://www.velo-kit.com/

Check into the European and Irish electric assist laws, which you have already done if you have an ebike.

Answer 3

I would like to drive one. Although the irony is that if everyone used electric cars, people would be using a lot more electricity that is generated from huge polluting power stations. The only reason why I want one is for the reduced cost of driving one ie. very low road tax, no congestion charge and no petrol costs.

Answer 4

Heya there, If everybody drove electric automobiles, the government may be able to shift taxes onto some thing else, to stay gross sales-independent. possibly it could enhance taxes on the fossil fuels used to generate the electrical powered energy, or possibly enhance highway tax from the 0 fee, or tax some thing else completely, like alcohol. in the united kingdom, nonetheless the quantity of gross sales raised from highway tax is significant, that's merely approximately 3% of goverment gross sales in a year. So its unlikely to interrupt the nationwide bills. As others have talked approximately, electric automobiles at the instant are not very CO2 effectual, as (in the united kingdom) they place self belief in mostly fossil fuels being burned in potential stations to generate the electrical powered energy, coupled with transmission losses. the comparable applies to hydrogen, fairly. So your premise that electric automobiles "keep the ecosystem" isn't real, via itself. The "cleanest" automobiles stay the two diesel or electrics fueled from (mostly) nuclear potential stations, as in France and Japan.

Answer 5

I've driven a couple.
The driving experience is great at low speed - smooth, quiet, effortless performance (electric motors produce peak torque at zero revs, unlike internal-combustion engines), but the battery performance lets them down. High speed is possible, but it drastically reduces the range, and the noise of an electric motor at high speed isn't pleasant.
The battery packs use up a lot of space, and add weight (thus reducing efficiency).
Also, with most UK electricity generated from fossil fuels, the environmental benefits are negligible - you just move the pollution away from the car. Add in the environmental effects of battery production, recycling and disposal, and the picture is much less clear.
They have their place, but I couldn't use on to replace my current car - the battery range is too low and the recharge time too long to compete with liquid fuels.

I think over the next few years we'll see a wide range of technologies (battery-electric cars, fuel cells, hydrogen and biofuel powered i.c. engines) used to reduce the environmental impact of the car.

Answer 6

The oil companies have been buying up patents to keep us down. I wish the market would get flooded with hybrid autos so we could get away from the neanderthal fossil fuel needs.

Answer 7

I was coming home last night and blasted past 3 slowing moving cars in my petrol powered motor. I'd like to see a prius or any electric car do that.

I'm sure one day the electric/hybrid will be common place but until the issues with price, style, packaging, performance and recyclability are resolved, fossil fuels will reign supreme.

Answer 8

i drove 1 for about 2 years and i loved it.. it would only go about 100 miles before you had to recharge it..

Answer 9

I would it's quicker than walking and I have trouble walking any great distance.