Alan Clark
I wondered if there were any affordable electric cars out there in the market, or second hand ones.
I've tried looking but can't seem to find any. Do you reckon I'll have to wait a few years before I can find one second hand for a few grand?
Answer
I drive an electric car I found on eBay for just $2000. I invested another $4000 for batteries and repairs. Picture of it here:
*
http://evalbum.com/775
*
Aside from eBay, a good place to find used EVs is here:
*
http://www.evtradinpost.com/
*
An old electric car will probably have old battery technology. The bad news is that lead-acid batteries have to be replaced more often. The good news is that this type of battery has gotten much cheaper.
*
I replace the 17 golf-cart-style batteries in my car about every 20,000 miles. But it only costs me about $800 to swap them. The best price I've found (for 6V flooded deep-cycle golf cart batteries) is at Sam's Club.
*
$800 for 20,000 miles works out to about 4 cents per mile. The electricity to drive costs about 2 to 4 cents per mile (depending where you live.) So your total driving cost in an old EV is 6 to 8 cents per mile - much, much cheaper than gasoline.
I drive an electric car I found on eBay for just $2000. I invested another $4000 for batteries and repairs. Picture of it here:
*
http://evalbum.com/775
*
Aside from eBay, a good place to find used EVs is here:
*
http://www.evtradinpost.com/
*
An old electric car will probably have old battery technology. The bad news is that lead-acid batteries have to be replaced more often. The good news is that this type of battery has gotten much cheaper.
*
I replace the 17 golf-cart-style batteries in my car about every 20,000 miles. But it only costs me about $800 to swap them. The best price I've found (for 6V flooded deep-cycle golf cart batteries) is at Sam's Club.
*
$800 for 20,000 miles works out to about 4 cents per mile. The electricity to drive costs about 2 to 4 cents per mile (depending where you live.) So your total driving cost in an old EV is 6 to 8 cents per mile - much, much cheaper than gasoline.
who invented electric cars?
Kendal
What country invented electric cars and which country uses them the most?
Answer
Electric taxicabs were the first electric cars, built by the Electric Carriage and Wagon Company of Philadelphia starting in 1896, and used on the streets of New York to deal with the "horse pollution" of the day.
*
The country with the most electric vehicles presently is probably the United States. There are several thousand hobbyist electric cars on the road in the US, joined in 2011 by several thousand Nissan Leafs and Chevy Volts.
*
However, the lead in electric vehicles may not last long. China plans to invest over $15 billion in electric car infrastructure, and sales of the Leaf and Volt will target Europe in 2012, which is likely to be a prime market for electric vehicles - as gasoline is much more expensive in most countries outside of the US. Other electric vehicles in development at various car manufacturers have Europe and Asia as primary marketing targets.
Electric taxicabs were the first electric cars, built by the Electric Carriage and Wagon Company of Philadelphia starting in 1896, and used on the streets of New York to deal with the "horse pollution" of the day.
*
The country with the most electric vehicles presently is probably the United States. There are several thousand hobbyist electric cars on the road in the US, joined in 2011 by several thousand Nissan Leafs and Chevy Volts.
*
However, the lead in electric vehicles may not last long. China plans to invest over $15 billion in electric car infrastructure, and sales of the Leaf and Volt will target Europe in 2012, which is likely to be a prime market for electric vehicles - as gasoline is much more expensive in most countries outside of the US. Other electric vehicles in development at various car manufacturers have Europe and Asia as primary marketing targets.
Powered by Yahoo! Answers
Title Post: Affordable electric cars?
Rating: 92% based on 925 ratings. 4 user reviews.
Author: Unknown
Thanks For Coming To My Blog
Rating: 92% based on 925 ratings. 4 user reviews.
Author: Unknown
Thanks For Coming To My Blog
No comments:
Post a Comment