3 Questions on "Who killed the electric car?"?

Question

1. what were the causes to the end of the electric car?

2. what is the future of the electric/ hybrid industry?

3. what could have been done to prevent the end of the electric car?

Answer 1

One: The electric car has not ended - it has just gone back underground. Far from being 'impractical', much progress has been made on electric vehicles.
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Two: Below is the present and future of electric vehicles:

http://phoenixmotorcars.com/models/fleet.html

The Phoenix electric pickup truck - using new, advanced Altairnano batteries - can:

-Travel up to 250 miles per charge
-Carry 5 passengers plus cargo at 95mph.
-Charges batteries in as little as TEN MINUTES.
-Has batteries that last 250,000 miles (never need replacement.)

This is a real car - it is not just a concept. Orders have been taken, and cars are being built.
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Three: The "end" of the electric car, in the public's perception, is the result of carefully placed disinformation in the media, and from our government. Ask yourself, why haven't you heard about the Phoenix car, above?
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Another example: did you know that driving on electricity only costs about a penny per mile? It's true. EVs drive far cheaper because of the vastly improved efficiency of electric propulsion. How would you like to save about 90% of your gasoline bill? How would you like to own a converted electric car for as little as $5000? Check out this link:
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http://www.squidoo.com/cheap-electric-car/
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Incidentally, the idea (from another writer here) that EVs can't drive in cold weather, or that it takes all the battery energy to heat the car, is nonsense. I drive my EV here in Michigan, one of the coldest states there is. Take it from someone who knows firsthand.
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Answer 2

The first truly mass produced electric car was the GM EV-1. It was leased in California to reduce the vehicle fleet emission numbers as mandated by California law at the time. It was not sold because GM knew that the battery technology wasn't acceptable; The replacements were expensive, the disposal of old batteries was an issue, the charge/discharge cycles were short. Strike one. Remember also, an electric car has no source of heat other than the batteries. Thats fine in Southern California, but most other places in the country have weather cold enough to warrant passanger compartment heat. The heaters drained the batteries. Strike two. The charging time required longer than the cars normally sat idle at night, and there was no provision for charging in public garages, etc during the day. Strike three.
No one killed it. It just wan't a feasable alternative at the time.

Answer 3

of direction you're no longer with none morals. (be conscious: your morals are extremely incorrect nevertheless...) yet i'm going to permit you be responsive to that the morals which you do have are there because of the fact God designed you, no remember if or no longer you think in Him. Your worldview that announces which you are the optimal authority does not make experience with the undeniable fact which you think in an absolute ethical code. think of roughly it, you be responsive to that intercourse crimes are incorrect and immoral, and so does exceedingly much anybody else on the earth. yet why could anybody come to that comparable end, in the event that they have been the optimal authority? the undeniable fact that God initially created us all in His photograph, solutions that genuinely. He ingrained in our minds the undeniable fact that sin is misguided. look into the Bible.

Answer 4

the car industry said it was a lack of interest. althought they had a wait list of a few hundred people. I think is was the oil companies and politians.

hybrids are already here and strong.electric is still a few years away for whatever reason.

if it would have been on a larder scale, not just in CA then it would have been bigger.

Answer 5

1.they are impracticable
2.hybrid technology isn't a bad idea,not for conservation efforts but for the best utilization for a more fuel efficient machine
3.a better battery,one that doesn't create a dangerous and hazardous waste item when the batteries no longer sufficient to hold a charge,making it hazardous trash

Answer 6

HA You are enrolled at STC!

Dr. Cantu?

Answer 7

1. No one wants them supply = demand
2. none - no one wants them
3. nothing - no one wants them