SHOULD I BUY A AMERICAN ELECTRIC KURRENT ELECTRIC CAR ?

forddude19

Looking to purchase a Kurrent Electric car, Made by American Electric car company, which went out of business.. would you buy it at a very good deal ? just wondering because of parts. but from what i hear everything is like other electric cars.. thanks

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im looking for a good deal also and from what ive fond so far norweigion cars see to be cheaper and all electric cras for the most part have rthe save lowmaintnence and parts ....

greenvironmentalist

how long should you keep a electric car?

Iban

hi everyone i tend to buy a nissan car leaf and im wondering how long should i keep electric car before buying new one im buying cash new ty guys

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There is not a great deal of experience with electric cars. Clearly operating costs will be less than a petrol car. Calculations suggest that savings from the cheaper operating costs of an EV are likely to exceed additional cost of the vehicle after about 4 to 5 years. .................//

A long life, trouble free vehicle will depend heavily on the use and maintenance. For maintenance costs there is far more experience with electric trolley buses vs diesel powered buses. The electric buses lasted between 2 and 10 times longer than their petrol counterparts. While there is no guarantee that this will hold true with the electric car or with any specific make, the electric vehicle drivetrain is far simpler and almost maintenance free. But even if the drivetrain could give 30 years of trouble free performance the rest of a car may not hold up so well. .................//

If you plan on keeping the vehicle for 7 to 10 years you may have to factor in the cost of a new battery. Probably the most accurate calculation would be to deduct the price of the battery from the initial cost of the vehicle and then amortize the battery cost over the miles driven as if the cost of a new battery was an operating cost. .................//

The largest unknown factor at this point is how well electric vehicles will maintain their value. At this time uncertainty will suggest lower resale values. If the maintenance free track record is proven and better batteries are easily adapted then resale values may rise and could rise substantially if supply is also constrained with some electric vehicles selling used for more than new vehicles. .................//

And so while it is a good question it has no clear answer.

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How much does an electric car cost?

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Gina ;

I would rather buy an electric car that is environmentally-friendly, but is that affordable?

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Yes, electric cars can be affordable, if your driving needs align with the vehicle's strengths.
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One good approach is leasing. Both the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf lease for just $349 per month. And, once higher gas prices kick in this summer, you could be saving as much as $200 per month by using electricity instead of gasoline.
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A $349 lease with $200 monthly savings adds up to a very good deal. When the 3 year lease is up, just trade up to the newest and best electric car.

If gas prices get to high would electric cars be more feasible?

Q. Gas prices getting high. Would it be more feasible to go electric on cars? Only problem is if they can make electric cars at affordable prices so the common person can buy one.

I would probably like a small leight weight electric car just to go to work and back. With the light weight of the car, it would zoom along and if it stalls, one could easily push it off to the side.

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You could look at a Mitsubishi MiEV. It's only about $22,000 after incentives. That's not expensive because you will be saving $200 or so every month on fueling cost.
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There are also some very inexpensive lease deals available on Chevy Volt - as little as $199/month if you shop around.

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What's the big deal with electric cars? Isn't like 80% of our electricity from coal?

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jeffpatter

I remember my teacher telling us about alternative energy and how about 80% of all electricity in the U.S. is coal power. And I remember hearing somewhere that coal is worse for the enviroment than gas, so wouldn't electric cars just hurt the enviroment?

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Just copy France and make it 80% nuclear, then the electric cars won't hurt the environment.

Although it should be noted that power plants are more efficient that car petrol engines and also have better pollution control devices fitted (well some of them anyway) so provided you don't lose too much energy in transmission, storage in the batteries and the motor of the car you can actually come out ahead even with a mostly coal power grid (electric cars do tend to be pretty efficient).

Also not having to run the engine when stopped along with regenerative braking will reduce waste of energy when an electric car is in start-stop peak hour driving.

How do I get involved with developing electric car technology?

Q. I have recently watched the movie,"Who killed the electric car" It was great. Now I want to work in this field. I have my degree in BA. I'm not really interesting in going back to school, but wonder what company could I work at to get started?

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This is a tough one, because a job in a startup electric vehicle company could be risky. On the other hand, I couldn't think of a better time to take a chance on the future of electric vehicles. There's a lot of activity in battery research, and prototype electric vehicles.
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Some exciting battery companies to work for:
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EEstor makes a revolutionary battery replacement - the ultracapacitor:

http://www.eestor.us/
(This webpage is under contruction because they haven't launched their product yet. Read about EEstor here:)

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1141599010468&call_pageid=970599109774&col=Columnist971715454851
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123 Systems makes an improved Lithium Ion battery:
http://www.a123systems.com/html/news/articles/051102_news.html
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Firefly Energy has invented an improved lead-acid battery. This is exciting because they will be light, cheap to make, can drop right into existing lead-acid applications, and will have greatly improved performance.

http://www.fireflyenergy.com/ffy.html
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Here's another improved Li-Ion battery, using nanotechnology:

http://www.altairnano.com/
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Next, here's a few companies building electric cars:
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http://www.teslamotors.com (California)
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http://electrovaya.com/innovation/zev_tech.html
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http://www.feelgoodcars.com/ (Canada)
This company has made a deal for the EEstor ultracapacitors.
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http://phoenixmotorcars.com (California)
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There's more, too, I keep finding new stuff every day.
Best of luck!
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