Is there some one out there that can design and produce and sell electric cars for the public?

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remsonbuil

when I was a kid in the fifties there were electric milk cars /floats delivering lots of crates of milk, to the houses in the city.up the hills and down.they were powered with ordinary car batteries.they had a lot of weight on them, but they had no problem going.quiet and no pollution.where are they today?electric cars are the future, and I do not see why our government can't invest in this technology and set up factories to produce and sell to the world before some other western country does.Just because we might be at the forefront of some other leading technologies does'nt mean we have to stop there, does it?

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With the President being an 'oil man', you can pretty much hang up the prospects of him pouring any money into electric car technology. If he were interested, he would have at least asked Congress to allocate funds in the last 6.5 years. Maybe the next President has the ability to see farther than 6 months into the future and invest for our future. If nothing else, our future cleaner air and less dependance on foreign oil.

I know what you are saying about electric vehicles yester-century. There were electric vehicles around when the combustion engine came along. Thanks to the oil companies, they died.....probably a painful death. The resurrection is a slow and agonizing process, but it IS happening!!

Have you any knowledge and information when will electric cars be commercialized in the world market?

Leopardo

Due to high prices of petroleum nowadays its great to use electric cars. It's not only economical but environmental friendly. No noise pollution and no pollution of the air. But do you know when will the U.S. or any other countries who is making electric cars start selling these electric cars in the world market and how much will be the price compared to fuel run cars??

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In response to Nata T, that's such a common misconception it's getting ridiculous. Look at California, where only 16.6% of the state's electricity comes from Coal. Compare that to something like Ohio, where that figure is more like 60%. So it all depends on where you live.

Plus, with all the government regulations on renewable energy sources, those numbers will only fall because of increased construction of renewable sources of electricity (solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, tide, wave, hydro, etc).

As for the original question... Grab a snickers, it'll be a while. With the big three struggling to make a buck, vying for your tax money so that they can give their cars away at 0 profit and just produce more of the same crap that nobody wants, it definitely won't come from the big three. Plus other interests are at stake that will slow any attempt at changing the automobile infrastructure. Exxon/Mobil, Chevron, Conoco Phillips, etc.

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Are electric cars actually fast, cool, and affordable today?

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lefay.morg

I am seeing news about new car companies popping up selling electric cars. They seem like they're finally getting it right. They're big, fast, look cool, and can drive from A to B without needed to be recharged. So far, what is out there and what is on the horizon?

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The hype is a bit ahead of the car.

The Tesla Roadster is probably the most exciting car that's actually being produced. It's fast, has a range over 200 miles and looks cool. It's small and costs $99,000, so not really a commuter car.

The Phoenix motorcars truck is very cool, it's $45,000, but due to needing tax credits it's only being sold to fleets. It's got a lower range of around 150 miles, a slightly lower performance level and not as cool, but it's got the huge advantage of being able to recharge in less than 10 minutes, if you have a charging unit.

The rest of the production cars now are more what people used to think of electrics, slow, small and long charging without much range.

What's coming up that's the most exciting to me is the Chevy Volt. It's a series hybrid, which is totally different from the Prius. It has an all electric range of 40 miles, which covers over 80% of the average drivers commute. After that 40 miles a generator kicks in charging the battery. The generator can be of any type, gas, diesel, fuel cell or something crazy that comes out.

The range without consideration to the battery is 600 miles, the mpg is supposed to be 50 after it's purely generator driven, so there is NO convenience issue with this car.

I think this is the car that can change things, under $30k price tag as well. 2010, and production development is underway, so don't let people tell you it's GM hype. The car was in union contract to be built in the U.S. so if you're patriotic that's a bonus as well.

Every big car company is coming out with prototypes now, and some look good, the suburu has the model I like the best as far as looks, but no stats have been released.

Why the government still allow normal petrol car to be sell? Why not just sell the electric car?

L

Since the global warming is getting more and more serious, and this is what the human being should do right? Stop using petrol if necessary and start to use electric! It is more clean and environmental friendly. I think we should stop buy petrol car but ELECTRIC CAR.

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Global warming is unproven. Electric cars have a range of maybe 100 miles for the very best ones, can require up to 5-8 hours for a full recharge of the batteries, have a top speed that will struggle to keep up with the actual highway speeds in major cities, and cost close to $100k for something that looks like a $15K economy car.

Where do you plan on getting the electricity to charge your car? Most of the US still uses coal power plants which are just as bad for the environment.

If you have money to throw away on those cars go for it. The rest of us couldn't dream of owning a car that cost that much. Even if we could we would want it to look like a $100k car.

Tamara - You do realize that they were leased at huge losses right? That movie is about as 1 sided an incorrect as possible. Its there to bash GM and give Toyota and Honda a free ride for putting even less effort, time, and money into than GM did.

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