My birthday is coming up november I was wonder if their was a electric driiveable car for kids like those little electric cars and trucks for little kids u see at wal-mart one of those only for a 13year-old
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No. Not really. That's a little kid thing. You can get an electric scooter or golf carts are legal for you to drive on private property. There are also go-carts, but those are generally gas powered.
No. Not really. That's a little kid thing. You can get an electric scooter or golf carts are legal for you to drive on private property. There are also go-carts, but those are generally gas powered.
Having an electric car, what does it involve? How do you recharge at home or if you're out?
Q. What are your impressions of electronic vehicles? Do you think that they are worst or better than regular vehicles in regards to performance and fuel consumption?
Does anyone have an electronic car or know of anyone that does? What are your impressions that you get from ownership? Does it look like it takes effort to own and refuel compared to that of an ordinary fossil fuel vehicle?
Iâm interested to know how you charge them in your own home. I assume you canât just simply plug it in a regular plug socket! If anything, how much does it cost to have certain adapters/ rechargers installed in a household?
How often do they have to refill and how long does it take to charge? (Please state make and model).
How easy is it to find a fuel station that caters for an electronic vehicle?
What worries would you have, if any, about purchasing an electronic vehicle? (E.g. performance, fuel consumption, servicing, incurring charges, or perhaps maintenance).
Thanks a lot, I'd really appricate your answers!
Does anyone have an electronic car or know of anyone that does? What are your impressions that you get from ownership? Does it look like it takes effort to own and refuel compared to that of an ordinary fossil fuel vehicle?
Iâm interested to know how you charge them in your own home. I assume you canât just simply plug it in a regular plug socket! If anything, how much does it cost to have certain adapters/ rechargers installed in a household?
How often do they have to refill and how long does it take to charge? (Please state make and model).
How easy is it to find a fuel station that caters for an electronic vehicle?
What worries would you have, if any, about purchasing an electronic vehicle? (E.g. performance, fuel consumption, servicing, incurring charges, or perhaps maintenance).
Thanks a lot, I'd really appricate your answers!
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Electric cars are really still being invented. So far there have been a few made, but they aren't total transportation solutions. The problem is that they can't run more than 150 or 200 miles (at most) on a charge. So you can't take one on a long trip.
Electric cars can be charged right from a household socket. But they charge faster at 220 than 110, so if you're serious you'll have a 220 socket put in your garage. Most homes are wired for 220, in fact if you have a clothes dryer in the garage you probably already have a 220 socket.
Our power companies have huge excess capacity in the evening and at night. Power stations can't just be shut down, they make power 24 hrs a day but peak demand is only from 7am to 5pm. And there's no way to store this power. So power at night is excess, basically 'free'. We could power million of cars from this power. (Here in California where we make a lot of power from rivers running downhill in the Sierras, we use this excess electricity to pump water uphill at night so we can make more power in the morning!)
There are breakthroughs being made all the time in batteries, to allow them to hold more energy for a given weight and size. So the electric cars of the future will to more distance per charge. Also we're working on a model of hybrid that runs on batteries for the first 100 miles or so, then the gas engine kicks in. This will be a good all-around car. Normally they will run just on batteries for commuting, the occasional trip to the store or driving kids to soccer practice. But if you decide to go on a long road trip you're covered there too.
Electric cars should last a lot longer than gas-powered cars. There's no engine, just an electric motor, and those last practically forever. The motors are small enough to fit inside the wheels! The batteries, though, are very heavy, and make up perhaps more than half the weight of the car.
Electric cars are really still being invented. So far there have been a few made, but they aren't total transportation solutions. The problem is that they can't run more than 150 or 200 miles (at most) on a charge. So you can't take one on a long trip.
Electric cars can be charged right from a household socket. But they charge faster at 220 than 110, so if you're serious you'll have a 220 socket put in your garage. Most homes are wired for 220, in fact if you have a clothes dryer in the garage you probably already have a 220 socket.
Our power companies have huge excess capacity in the evening and at night. Power stations can't just be shut down, they make power 24 hrs a day but peak demand is only from 7am to 5pm. And there's no way to store this power. So power at night is excess, basically 'free'. We could power million of cars from this power. (Here in California where we make a lot of power from rivers running downhill in the Sierras, we use this excess electricity to pump water uphill at night so we can make more power in the morning!)
There are breakthroughs being made all the time in batteries, to allow them to hold more energy for a given weight and size. So the electric cars of the future will to more distance per charge. Also we're working on a model of hybrid that runs on batteries for the first 100 miles or so, then the gas engine kicks in. This will be a good all-around car. Normally they will run just on batteries for commuting, the occasional trip to the store or driving kids to soccer practice. But if you decide to go on a long road trip you're covered there too.
Electric cars should last a lot longer than gas-powered cars. There's no engine, just an electric motor, and those last practically forever. The motors are small enough to fit inside the wheels! The batteries, though, are very heavy, and make up perhaps more than half the weight of the car.
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