When they become more affordable, would anyone buy an electric car like the Tesla Roadster?

Question

The car is beautiful, gets 250 miles to the charge, and they can go 0 to 60 in 4 seconds.

Answer 1

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Affordability is not as serious a problem as it might seem. In China, where electric vehicles are more popular, they are already very affordable. Look at these Chinese electric and hybrid vehicles, priced in US dollars, they start at only $6500:
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http://www.fevehicle.com/services.html
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Here in the USA, electric vehicles (like the Tesla) are being made for the wealthy simply because that's the best way for those small car companies to earn development money. Once EVs catch on, they can get very cheap.
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But there are already some affordable electric vehicles here, made by small entrepreneurs by converting old gas cars to electric. These cars start as low as $5000, and do freeway speeds. Look at the links at the bottom of this page:
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http://www.squidoo.com/cheap-electric-car/
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Also on that page, it shows how inexpensive it is to drive an electric car. The electricity cost is only about a penny per mile, in most places.
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How can electricity cost only a penny per mile, when gasoline costs up to ten times that? Don't we wind up paying for fuel no matter how it gets to us? We do, but electric vehicles are many times more efficient than gas vehicles - so it's possible for an EV to travel further on the same amount of energy.
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Electric cars are also the only vehicles that fuel by wire - the electric grid that moves electricity around the country is 95% efficient. Compare that to the infrastructure that trucks gasoline around to thousands of gas stations. The cost of that infrastructure is built into the cost of fuel!
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I'll leave off with a link to an interesting Chinese electric car, that will be imported to the US next year. It goes 200 miles per charge, does 80 mph, and costs $28,500. Here it is:
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http://www.milesautomotive.com/products_xs200.html
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Answer 2

I am waiting for them to bring out hydrogen engined cars. They have the technology--heck they make buses with hydrogen engines. And to get fuel, any person can make their own with a water hose and a backyard water cracking plant.

Here is a small excerpt from Wikipedia...

Hydrogen has an excellent energy density by weight. The fuel cell is also more efficient than an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine is said to be 20-30% efficient, while the fuel cell is 75-80% efficient (not accounting for losses in the actual production of hydrogen) and together with the electric motor and controller, the drive-train overall efficiency approaches 40% with low idling losses.

Answer 3

i'm waiting for them to deliver out hydrogen engined vehicles. they have the technologies--heck they make buses with hydrogen engines. And to get gas, someone can make their personal with a water hose and a outdoor water cracking plant. right it truly is a small excerpt from Wikipedia... Hydrogen has an outstanding power density through weight. The gas cellular is likewise better useful than an inner combustion engine. the interior combustion engine is asserted to be 20-30% useful, at the same time as the gas cellular is seventy 5-80% useful (no longer accounting for losses in the truly production of hydrogen) and which comprise the electric powered motor and controller, the pressure-prepare primary performance procedures 40% with low idling losses.

Answer 4

affordable is a relative term.
electric cars still have a lot of problems to overcome.
now, they are still a golf cart with a better paint job.
when a reliable form of propulsion is put to market that will outdo the internal combustion engine millions will be sold and opec will go broke.

Answer 5

i own a repair shop,and i think id like one of them,but i would do like you said,,wait until they become more affordable,,right now i couldn't afford one of them but they would save a lot of gas that's for sure,the short distance of driving would concern me some though,,if you wanted to go on a long trip,it would take along time between charges to get there,,other than that i think one would be nice to own,,who knows maybe in the future they will increase the driving distance also,,good luck,i hope this help,s.

Answer 6

Hell yeah! I'd get it! It sounds like my kinda car! lol