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The Volt in the Words of Frank Weber
Academic Level: Corporate Publisher: GMnext Published Date: Aug 2008 Comment(s): 6 If everyone had an electric vehicle or extended range electric, would the U.S. have enough electricity to charge millions of vehicles? And how much would it really cost to “fill up”? Rating: Sign in to rate! | Send to a Friend (8 votes) |
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Missing the mark on mass transit
We don't have enough electricity to plug in cars. Even if we did our main source of electricity is from burning coal. Either way we end up with a ton of greenhouse gas! The US is really lacking in mass transit!
electric vehicle
this is good stuff...but still, the utlimate electric transportation is the mag-lev train (megnetic levitation) A.K.A. the bullet train. It's controlled by an electro-magnet so it does require a power source...but it is amazingly efficient & fast enough to satisfy modern impatience!
elcetricity
if you use the electricity in your house, that is more lectricitybeing used which means more coal (depends on where you live and how your comunnity makes elctricity) which creates another problem
depends how you get the lectricity ;-)
http://www.sierraclub.org/wecandoit/home/electric_cars.asp
Electric Vehicles
I think this whole concept is great and should have happened years ago. My one concern is the cost of battery replacement. How often would they need replacing? 10K miles? 50K miles? What would a new set of batteries cost the consumer?
I'm more concerned about the environmental cost of replacing
The battery replacement is not only a dollar concern - these batteries are environmentally very expensive to make and dispose of.