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They built it in 1888. In 1896 the Woods Motor Vehicle Company became the first American manufacturer of the electric car. It was a good product; by 1904 one third of all the cars in Chicago, New York City and Boston were electric powered. And then by 1912 there were 20,000 electric cars and 10,000 electric trucks and buses in the United States. What happened here? Where did they go? And why am i paying 3.45 a gallon for a gas powered vehicle?
Answer
The people who had leased the ones from Ford loved them. They fought to buy them after their leases were up, but were not allowed. Big Oil wanted those cars out of here so they could inundate us with huge SUV's and get everyone hooked on massive gas consumption. They went out of the US.
Too bad.
The people who had leased the ones from Ford loved them. They fought to buy them after their leases were up, but were not allowed. Big Oil wanted those cars out of here so they could inundate us with huge SUV's and get everyone hooked on massive gas consumption. They went out of the US.
Too bad.
Things to look for in a electric car?
Jazz
I want to get a electric/hybrid car for obvious reasons :P
I was just wondering what to look for and any cars recommended at a reasonable price.
Thanks! ^-^
Ie; don't have to pay for gas and environmentally safe
Answer
People tend to purchase/lease electric cars for several different reasons. Although electricity is slightly more expensive than gasoline the EV is far more efficient than a petrol vehicle. So the fuel is cheaper than gasoline, but some are interested in the strategic benefits of not having to use gasoline, or the environmental considerations.
You mentioned not having to buy gasoline. This could be an advantage because of the low operating cost or because you are concerned that at some point it may be difficult or hard to find gasoline. You may be concerned from a larger social perspective that our balance or payments are strained because we must buy foreign oil or we must have a larger military to protect foreign oil supplies. Both of these put a strain on our National Debt.
But even if we could find cheap domestic oil should we even be using fossil fuels? Their chemical solution to an energy supply comes with the hidden cost of filling our environment with pollution as we use this energy. That cost is building up ... with interest.
We don't tend to hear people discuss the aerodynamic styling or color of the vehicle as is sometimes mentioned with petrol vehicles. These other considerations are more important to some than driving range, fill up times before or using the infant state of existing infrastructure for recharging the EV (presently around 5000 public recharging stations vs 140,000 gas stations in the US.)
Depending upon your rational you may find different features important.
---Low rolling resistance and aerodynamics will help to support the economics found in the EPA ratings. http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/best-worst.shtml You will probably want to pay most attention to the KWH used per 100 miles (translates quickly to kWh/mile.) The price of the vehicle may also be a factor. A smaller lighter vehicle with a smaller, lighter battery will tend to have a lower energy requirement. You may be interested in the cost of installing a charging station in your home or the cost of charging outside your home. Every commercial electric vehicle has a regenerative braking system. Conversions, electric kit cars and some hybrids may not have it.
--Hybrids either parallel like the prius or in series like the Volt will either use or depend upon gasoline for part of their trip and use existing gasoline infrastructure to increased the vehicle's practical range. The trade off is less economy. They are a compromise so you have to be very serious about what you need, what you want and your driving requirements and match these to the right vehicle. The all (battery) electric vehicle will take you furthermost from gasoline infrastructure and some choose to hybridize the family transportation (an all electric vehicle and a petrol vehicle rather than the cars.)
--Environmental considerations may take you beyond the vehicle alone to consider installing a wind generator or photovoltaic panels on your home. You may want to know more about how the vehicle is made and where the factories are located. You may wonder about the life of the battery and plans for its disposal/ recycling. http://www.edmunds.com/fuel-economy/what-happens-to-ev-and-hybrid-batteries.html
Buying an electric car will take you out of the "center of the pack." You may want to limit how far you want to go in that direction. Hybrids will keep you connected with the existing gasoline infrastructure (at a price) additional features and packages may make the driving experience easier in case of emergency or if you require roadside assistance. The Volt has its appeal for this reason while the Leaf has many features only found in more expensive cars. The Mitsubishi i is a solid and very economical car. The Honda Fit ev and Ford Focus ev are both by large manufacturers and electric drive train adaptations of vehicles originally designed as gasoline vehicles. You will have to look twice to see if they are electric.
There are many hybrids now on the roads. Some have real value like the Prius and the Volt. Some are hybrids in name only and the fuel economy shows that the word "hybrid" is only being used to sell the vehicle. Others may want a unique car that stands out. They may be looking for a more extreme vehicle like the Aptera. (get on a waiting list)
Best of luck to you.
People tend to purchase/lease electric cars for several different reasons. Although electricity is slightly more expensive than gasoline the EV is far more efficient than a petrol vehicle. So the fuel is cheaper than gasoline, but some are interested in the strategic benefits of not having to use gasoline, or the environmental considerations.
You mentioned not having to buy gasoline. This could be an advantage because of the low operating cost or because you are concerned that at some point it may be difficult or hard to find gasoline. You may be concerned from a larger social perspective that our balance or payments are strained because we must buy foreign oil or we must have a larger military to protect foreign oil supplies. Both of these put a strain on our National Debt.
But even if we could find cheap domestic oil should we even be using fossil fuels? Their chemical solution to an energy supply comes with the hidden cost of filling our environment with pollution as we use this energy. That cost is building up ... with interest.
We don't tend to hear people discuss the aerodynamic styling or color of the vehicle as is sometimes mentioned with petrol vehicles. These other considerations are more important to some than driving range, fill up times before or using the infant state of existing infrastructure for recharging the EV (presently around 5000 public recharging stations vs 140,000 gas stations in the US.)
Depending upon your rational you may find different features important.
---Low rolling resistance and aerodynamics will help to support the economics found in the EPA ratings. http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/best-worst.shtml You will probably want to pay most attention to the KWH used per 100 miles (translates quickly to kWh/mile.) The price of the vehicle may also be a factor. A smaller lighter vehicle with a smaller, lighter battery will tend to have a lower energy requirement. You may be interested in the cost of installing a charging station in your home or the cost of charging outside your home. Every commercial electric vehicle has a regenerative braking system. Conversions, electric kit cars and some hybrids may not have it.
--Hybrids either parallel like the prius or in series like the Volt will either use or depend upon gasoline for part of their trip and use existing gasoline infrastructure to increased the vehicle's practical range. The trade off is less economy. They are a compromise so you have to be very serious about what you need, what you want and your driving requirements and match these to the right vehicle. The all (battery) electric vehicle will take you furthermost from gasoline infrastructure and some choose to hybridize the family transportation (an all electric vehicle and a petrol vehicle rather than the cars.)
--Environmental considerations may take you beyond the vehicle alone to consider installing a wind generator or photovoltaic panels on your home. You may want to know more about how the vehicle is made and where the factories are located. You may wonder about the life of the battery and plans for its disposal/ recycling. http://www.edmunds.com/fuel-economy/what-happens-to-ev-and-hybrid-batteries.html
Buying an electric car will take you out of the "center of the pack." You may want to limit how far you want to go in that direction. Hybrids will keep you connected with the existing gasoline infrastructure (at a price) additional features and packages may make the driving experience easier in case of emergency or if you require roadside assistance. The Volt has its appeal for this reason while the Leaf has many features only found in more expensive cars. The Mitsubishi i is a solid and very economical car. The Honda Fit ev and Ford Focus ev are both by large manufacturers and electric drive train adaptations of vehicles originally designed as gasoline vehicles. You will have to look twice to see if they are electric.
There are many hybrids now on the roads. Some have real value like the Prius and the Volt. Some are hybrids in name only and the fuel economy shows that the word "hybrid" is only being used to sell the vehicle. Others may want a unique car that stands out. They may be looking for a more extreme vehicle like the Aptera. (get on a waiting list)
Best of luck to you.
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