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Who killed the electric car (old theread)
oppie turned on the Etch-A-Sketch and wrote:
> The Pacific Electric railways were torn out and most of the neighboring > property owners grabbed the land back so that it is now impossible to run > any mass transit system along them (such as bus ways, new electric > trolleys, or monorails). Â* Typical Los Angeles short-sightedness. Actually... ....If you look back, the PE red cars were losing money big time. They were on life-support from the '20s and by the '30s were simply existing (similar to Amtrak) on government funds. No one was crying when they went. -- www.perfectreign.com || www.filesite.org Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it. - Dee Hock |
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Who killed the electric car (old thread)
The Tesla Roadster will go 244 miles on a charge.
http://www.teslamotors.com By contrast the Chevy Volt will only go 40 miles on a charge - how lame is that! If that is enough for someone to get to work and back, they wouldn't be able to run any errands. GM hasn't really changed since the days of the EV-1. Aptera makes an electric version of their commuter car, the 2e, that I think is incredible. They once published the estimated range of the all electric version, which I believe was around 200 miles, but I can't find that information on their new web site. http://www.aptera.com Gyz oppie wrote: [snip] > Yep, first the old Pacific Electric Railway here in Los Angeles was > scrapped, and then GM canned their EV-1. Of course, the auto makers all > claim the electric car is just on its way to America - the Chevy Volt > that never seems to be released just yet and the Tesla that looks great > and runs....50 miles on a charge, I think. Big help that is, in trying > to get to my rental property 180 miles away (and that is the "nearby" one). |
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