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Re: Why would(n't) you buy an electric car? -
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bemw2... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote: Doing some research as an undergraduate at University of California, Merced. Feel free to discuss it here but it would be much appreciated and more beneficial to me if you could take my quick survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=d955thfZ3ocAAjgCpYwxjA_3d_3d Thanks. Limited range, takes far too long to "refuel". In other words you can't take one on a road trip, and if you can't take a car on a road trip it's not a real car. Jeff DeWitt |
plug in at night...
Maybe not a perfect solution, but not bad either
Ben
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bemw2... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote: Doing some research as an undergraduate at University of California, Merced. Feel free to discuss it here but it would be much appreciated and more beneficial to me if you could take my quick survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=d955thfZ3ocAAjgCpYwxjA_3d_3d Thanks. Limited range, takes far too long to "refuel". In other words you can't take one on a road trip, and if you can't take a car on a road trip it's not a real car. Jeff DeWitt |
plug in at night...
Maybe not a perfect solution, but not bad either
Ben
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On Nov 8, 3:10 pm, Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeW... (AT) nc (DOT) rr.com> wrote: bemw2... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote: Doing some research as an undergraduate at University of California, Merced. Feel free to discuss it here but it would be much appreciated and more beneficial to me if you could take my quick survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=d955thfZ3ocAAjgCpYwxjA_3d_3d Thanks. Limited range, takes far too long to "refuel". In other words you can't take one on a road trip, and if you can't take a car on a road trip it's not a real car. Jeff DeWitt Nationally, the average commute is about 30 miles a day. 30 seconds to plug in at night... Maybe not a perfect solution, but not bad either Ben |
insure and pay the taxes on two vehciles just because one isn't capable
of being used for the everyday things any car should be able to do.
Until electric cars can do those day to day things a car needs to do at
least as well as the cheapest conventional car they are going to have a
very limited market... and as long as the market is limited the price is
going to be high.
Jeff DeWitt
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On Nov 8, 3:10 pm, Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeW... (AT) nc (DOT) rr.com> wrote: bemw2... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote: Doing some research as an undergraduate at University of California, Merced. Feel free to discuss it here but it would be much appreciated and more beneficial to me if you could take my quick survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=d955thfZ3ocAAjgCpYwxjA_3d_3d Thanks. Limited range, takes far too long to "refuel". In other words you can't take one on a road trip, and if you can't take a car on a road trip it's not a real car. Jeff DeWitt Nationally, the average commute is about 30 miles a day. 30 seconds to plug in at night... Maybe not a perfect solution, but not bad either Ben |
insure and pay the taxes on two vehciles just because one isn't capable
of being used for the everyday things any car should be able to do.
Until electric cars can do those day to day things a car needs to do at
least as well as the cheapest conventional car they are going to have a
very limited market... and as long as the market is limited the price is
going to be high.
Jeff DeWitt
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On Nov 8, 3:10 pm, Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeW... (AT) nc (DOT) rr.com> wrote: bemw2... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote: Doing some research as an undergraduate at University of California, Merced. Feel free to discuss it here but it would be much appreciated and more beneficial to me if you could take my quick survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=d955thfZ3ocAAjgCpYwxjA_3d_3d Thanks. Limited range, takes far too long to "refuel". In other words you can't take one on a road trip, and if you can't take a car on a road trip it's not a real car. Jeff DeWitt Nationally, the average commute is about 30 miles a day. 30 seconds to plug in at night... Maybe not a perfect solution, but not bad either Ben |
insure and pay the taxes on two vehciles just because one isn't capable
of being used for the everyday things any car should be able to do.
Until electric cars can do those day to day things a car needs to do at
least as well as the cheapest conventional car they are going to have a
very limited market... and as long as the market is limited the price is
going to be high.
Jeff DeWitt
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benteac... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote: On Nov 8, 3:10 pm, Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeW... (AT) nc (DOT) rr.com> wrote: bemw2... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote: Doing some research as an undergraduate at University of California, Merced. Feel free to discuss it here but it would be much appreciated and more beneficial to me if you could take my quick survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=d955thfZ3ocAAjgCpYwxjA_3d_3d Thanks. Limited range, takes far too long to "refuel". In other words you can't take one on a road trip, and if you can't take a car on a road trip it's not a real car. Jeff DeWitt Nationally, the average commute is about 30 miles a day. 30 seconds to plug in at night... Maybe not a perfect solution, but not bad either Ben Most people don't want to spend the money to buy, maintain, license, insure and pay the taxes on two vehciles just because one isn't capable of being used for the everyday things any car should be able to do. Until electric cars can do those day to day things a car needs to do at least as well as the cheapest conventional car they are going to have a very limited market... and as long as the market is limited the price is going to be high. Jeff DeWitt |
That was a great response.
Here in California, there are about as many registered cars as
residents, which tells me that there is a pretty high percentage of 2
(or more) car families. An EV with a 45 mile range would cover over
90% of their needs.
I used to drive an EV to work and back, and used the wifes car for
long distance stuff. Charging at night I got an 'off-peak' rate which
was quite cheap (IIRC, a full charge cost me about 30 cents, which was
good for about 35 miles)
When someone makes the EV you described, I'll be ready to buy. Global
warming, smog, oil wars, Hubberts peak... take your pick, our current
rate of oil consumption cant last forever, and cheap gasoline is a
thing of the past.
Ben
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benteac... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote: On Nov 8, 3:10 pm, Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeW... (AT) nc (DOT) rr.com> wrote: bemw2... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote: Doing some research as an undergraduate at University of California, Merced. Feel free to discuss it here but it would be much appreciated and more beneficial to me if you could take my quick survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=d955thfZ3ocAAjgCpYwxjA_3d_3d Thanks. Limited range, takes far too long to "refuel". In other words you can't take one on a road trip, and if you can't take a car on a road trip it's not a real car. Jeff DeWitt Nationally, the average commute is about 30 miles a day. 30 seconds to plug in at night... Maybe not a perfect solution, but not bad either Ben Most people don't want to spend the money to buy, maintain, license, insure and pay the taxes on two vehciles just because one isn't capable of being used for the everyday things any car should be able to do. Until electric cars can do those day to day things a car needs to do at least as well as the cheapest conventional car they are going to have a very limited market... and as long as the market is limited the price is going to be high. Jeff DeWitt |
That was a great response.
Here in California, there are about as many registered cars as
residents, which tells me that there is a pretty high percentage of 2
(or more) car families. An EV with a 45 mile range would cover over
90% of their needs.
I used to drive an EV to work and back, and used the wifes car for
long distance stuff. Charging at night I got an 'off-peak' rate which
was quite cheap (IIRC, a full charge cost me about 30 cents, which was
good for about 35 miles)
When someone makes the EV you described, I'll be ready to buy. Global
warming, smog, oil wars, Hubberts peak... take your pick, our current
rate of oil consumption cant last forever, and cheap gasoline is a
thing of the past.
Ben
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benteac... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote: On Nov 8, 3:10 pm, Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeW... (AT) nc (DOT) rr.com> wrote: bemw2... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote: Doing some research as an undergraduate at University of California, Merced. Feel free to discuss it here but it would be much appreciated and more beneficial to me if you could take my quick survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=d955thfZ3ocAAjgCpYwxjA_3d_3d Thanks. Limited range, takes far too long to "refuel". In other words you can't take one on a road trip, and if you can't take a car on a road trip it's not a real car. Jeff DeWitt Nationally, the average commute is about 30 miles a day. 30 seconds to plug in at night... Maybe not a perfect solution, but not bad either Ben Most people don't want to spend the money to buy, maintain, license, insure and pay the taxes on two vehciles just because one isn't capable of being used for the everyday things any car should be able to do. Until electric cars can do those day to day things a car needs to do at least as well as the cheapest conventional car they are going to have a very limited market... and as long as the market is limited the price is going to be high. Jeff DeWitt |
That was a great response.
Here in California, there are about as many registered cars as
residents, which tells me that there is a pretty high percentage of 2
(or more) car families. An EV with a 45 mile range would cover over
90% of their needs.
I used to drive an EV to work and back, and used the wifes car for
long distance stuff. Charging at night I got an 'off-peak' rate which
was quite cheap (IIRC, a full charge cost me about 30 cents, which was
good for about 35 miles)
When someone makes the EV you described, I'll be ready to buy. Global
warming, smog, oil wars, Hubberts peak... take your pick, our current
rate of oil consumption cant last forever, and cheap gasoline is a
thing of the past.
Ben
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