Would you buy a one seater electric commuter car?

Question

Something with a range of 60 miles that would get you to work and the shops, and plug in to charge up in your garage for the next day?

Answer 1

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You are in luck. There are indeed small and/or cheap electric cars to be had.
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If a small commuter car is what you want, here's one that's only $10,000. It is very cute, but you can't take it on the freeway:
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http://www.zapworld.com/ZAPWorld.aspx?id=188
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If you need freeway speeds, I recommend an EV conversion, which can be had for as little as $5000:
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http://www.squidoo.com/cheap-electric-car/
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Driving an EV is extremely cheap, thanks to the high efficiency of power usage. I drive an EV (a very old one), and it only costs about a penny per mile in electricity. Even calculating battery replacement costs only gets me to about 5 cents per mile, which is FAR less than what gasoline costs.
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Now if you want to get excited about the future of electric vehicles, take a look at this one, in development at ZAP:
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http://www.zapworld.com/ZAPWorld.aspx?id=188
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It goes 350 miles per charge, puts out 644 horsepower at up to 155 miles per hour, has batteries that charge in only TEN minutes, and never need to be replaced (over 300,000 mile lifetime.)
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Answer 2

I had an electric car once, but the cable kept getting tangled up around the streets and other cars!


Actually I think that more should be done to encourage people to have electric cars in cities!

Answer 3

Would have to be a 2 seater.

Answer 4

I wouldn't.
I think a two seater car is useless.

If i have a car, I'm going to want to see and travel with my friends. One seat can't accomplish that. If it were two seats i may consider, but a four seater would be a definate seller.

Answer 5

No, just not interested in an electric car. Plus it will cost you an arm and a leg to replace those batteries when they go bad.

Answer 6

you will additionally would desire to mine the metallic ores and get oil to supply plastics and ability for the producing. the only way an electric automobile is 'eco-friendly', is not any rely if it incredibly is charged off renewable ability components, alongside with photograph voltaic, wind etc. back wind turbines and photograph voltaic panels would desire to be prepare someplace. Wind turbines are an trouble-free layout, metalwork fabrication, yet photograph voltaic panels comprise silica, dug from the earth. the ingredient is, that when you made the photograph voltaic panels or wind turbine, they don't eat oil, gasoline or coal to supply ability.In that way it incredibly helps our surroundings. For a hybrid automobile to be somewhat 'eco-friendly', you're able to desire to apply bio-fuels produced utilising renewable ability or (if a diesel) eat recycled vegetable oils the two as by utilising ability of a immediately vegetable oil conversion or (with a splash trouble-free chemistry) as bio-diesel, this is chemically a similar by way of fact the oil derived version and could paintings in any diesel engine, new or old, devoid of changes, alongside with gasoline line/tank warmers. one element to recollect, is that the battery %. would positioned on out or malfunction formerly the top of its life, so includes chemical factors that would desire to choose transporting to be recycled. My determination would be a popular diesel automobile. In organic MPG words, they are not a procedures off what a hybrid can return, devoid of problems approximately battery packs not lasting as long as they'd desire to or merely failing.In maximum hybrids, if the hybrid battery %. is flat, you are able to not start up the automobile!

Answer 7

Seeing as how I live 8 miles from my work, Yes I would. It would save me tons of money.

Answer 8

Cost would be the major factor. I would love to have it but, would still be required to retain my other vehicle to pick up my daughter on occasion....

Answer 9

people would be more likely to buy it if it looked like a bike - a new car that looks like a cv2 will be another flop.

Answer 10

I would, because it would be perfect for errands.