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The reality is a little thing called the earn back period, regardless of electric rates. Unless you don't care about costs (which I doubt since you asked a question about electric rates to begin with), you have to calculate how much the "up front" costs are going to be for the purchase of an electric car. Then, compared to the cost of a traditional method of transportation, how long will I have to drive the thing in order to recoup my initial investment. So far, car manufacturers haven't provided an economical choice in the electric car field because they are trying to recoup their r and d costs while riding the celebrity endorsement craze. I find it difficult to justify purchasing a Toyota Prius for $30,000, paying over $10,000 more than a Corolla which gets great gas mileage. They are both the same size and do the same thing, but if I purchase the Prius then I have to finance or pay the extra $10,000, drive the Prius longer to recoup that money, lose control of the $10,000 and by the time the car is paid off, wind up with an older car that probably has a lot of miles on it. Just because celebrities buy or are given electric cars is no reason the buy one, unless you have the extra money to waste. In general, celebrities aren't the sharpest people in the world, having little formal education other than marginal acting skills, yet they are oftentimes the frontman for some lame movement like electric cars, having little idea of what the economics are related to the movement and doing it for little other reason than to promote their careers and to get face time.
In summary, the electric car movement has a long way to go until it is econimically feasible, regardless of the night time electric rates. So far, it is a hyped movement pushed by car manufacturers, brainless celebrities and smug, "do-gooders" who have little money management sense. The day I can walk into a car dealership and see two identical cars, one gasoline powered and the other a hydrid or electric, and they cost the same is the day I will consider a hybrid.
The reality is a little thing called the earn back period, regardless of electric rates. Unless you don't care about costs (which I doubt since you asked a question about electric rates to begin with), you have to calculate how much the "up front" costs are going to be for the purchase of an electric car. Then, compared to the cost of a traditional method of transportation, how long will I have to drive the thing in order to recoup my initial investment. So far, car manufacturers haven't provided an economical choice in the electric car field because they are trying to recoup their r and d costs while riding the celebrity endorsement craze. I find it difficult to justify purchasing a Toyota Prius for $30,000, paying over $10,000 more than a Corolla which gets great gas mileage. They are both the same size and do the same thing, but if I purchase the Prius then I have to finance or pay the extra $10,000, drive the Prius longer to recoup that money, lose control of the $10,000 and by the time the car is paid off, wind up with an older car that probably has a lot of miles on it. Just because celebrities buy or are given electric cars is no reason the buy one, unless you have the extra money to waste. In general, celebrities aren't the sharpest people in the world, having little formal education other than marginal acting skills, yet they are oftentimes the frontman for some lame movement like electric cars, having little idea of what the economics are related to the movement and doing it for little other reason than to promote their careers and to get face time.
In summary, the electric car movement has a long way to go until it is econimically feasible, regardless of the night time electric rates. So far, it is a hyped movement pushed by car manufacturers, brainless celebrities and smug, "do-gooders" who have little money management sense. The day I can walk into a car dealership and see two identical cars, one gasoline powered and the other a hydrid or electric, and they cost the same is the day I will consider a hybrid.
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So i was always big on electric cars and im only 13. i have a sketch and plan of one to build when im older. I started to save money to either convert a car or buy one. But i have never even rode an ev...until today! i was at a party and they had electric go karts. they were slow at first then were fast! indoors cause here was no pollution and they charged them when ever the car was in the pit.it was the smoothest, but not fastest, ride i ever had! I definitely wanna get an ev now! well, when i can drive in a few years! Anyone have an EV? what is it like? Give me details and your daily routine?and lastly,, is an ev worth it? should i convert in 4 years or buy one? whats more sustainable? money wise also?
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I had a chance to ride in an EV-1 before their forced retirement to the scrapyards. It was quicker than my little gas car. I trust you have seen "Who killed the electric car" (the producer is coming out with a new optimistic piece Revenge of the Electric Car)
Luckily battery technology should be more advanced in 4 years, most home conversions use 1000 lbs. of golf cart lead acid batteries to provide 144 volts, a far cry from the 6000 lithium ion cells used in the more advanced Tesla.
You might look into spearheading a high school (or sooner) project to do an electric conversion, getting institutions to donate components can really cut down the typical $10,000 part cost of a conversion. (I'm sure a 13 year environmental activist could get into the local paper.)
Possible salvage part suppliers include retired fork lifts, aircraft starter motors or generators and telephone or alarm company power back up battery packs.
I had a chance to ride in an EV-1 before their forced retirement to the scrapyards. It was quicker than my little gas car. I trust you have seen "Who killed the electric car" (the producer is coming out with a new optimistic piece Revenge of the Electric Car)
Luckily battery technology should be more advanced in 4 years, most home conversions use 1000 lbs. of golf cart lead acid batteries to provide 144 volts, a far cry from the 6000 lithium ion cells used in the more advanced Tesla.
You might look into spearheading a high school (or sooner) project to do an electric conversion, getting institutions to donate components can really cut down the typical $10,000 part cost of a conversion. (I'm sure a 13 year environmental activist could get into the local paper.)
Possible salvage part suppliers include retired fork lifts, aircraft starter motors or generators and telephone or alarm company power back up battery packs.
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