What do you think about this info on elecric cars?http://www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com/?

Answer 1

We've had electric car technology for at least two decades.

I remember in the late 1980s and early 1990s, many commuter stations in the Boston area had special parking and free recharging posts for electric car, to make it easier on commuters.

It's hardly surprising that the oil companies are the biggest opponents of anything that would free us from dependence on gasoline as a primary vehicle fuel source.

Answer 2

Oh another conspiracy theory that masks the actual truth. More whining new-agers running on emotion, not facts.

The real story on the electric car is this:

1. GM leased the cars to people with the stipulation that this was a test bed vehicle and that you had to turn it back in.

2. This electric vehicle had any number of shortcomings that would make it unattractive to 99% of the population.

That's all there is to the story. GMs junking the cars is not an argument---they WARNED people that the cars were leased and not purchasable; secondly, the cars did not offer great range, and they took a long time to charge and nobody ever figured out how much it would cost to produce them.

Toyota built a RAV4-EV that was BETTER than the GM car and only something like 1000 people leased one.

Toyota did let people buy them however. So in that sense Toyota was more generous than GM.

PS: I'm a big fan of EVs and I'm still waiting for one that really works as a PRIMARY vehicle for the average driver's needs.

Answer 3

Electric cars have been around since 1910 OR EARLIER, there's nothing new about them except the technology used, and time (still) proves they're not independent enough to satisfy consumer requirements for long-range use. Nothing will change that fact until an electrical storage system develops that is 1) Easy to swap out to replace "fuel" and allow unlimited range, and 2) is cheap enough to compete with liquid explosive materials. So far, there's nothing available that can store the BTU's of energy as efficiently as gasoline or diesel fuel, is readily available, and can be quickly placed into the car. When that is figured out, the oil industry ( and society) will be radically changed.
- The Gremlin Guy -

Answer 4

Electrical cares might be ok, When we can quit using oil to run generators to make electricity?

...the idea is for us to use less Oil, isn't it? Now a car that runs on wind energy, that might go somewhere!