True but so is the volt right... and it was mentioned. I thought this was covering all the options including hybrid options on the way to full electric cars.   See 2 other replies

This is how China and much of the world once was. The bicycle was everywhere in China and in many other places a person simply walked or used public transportion. Now cars are everywhere. There are solutions to make chargeing electric cars faster. You can change out a battery pack, you could re-fuel the battery pack with fresh safe electrolyte and drive away just as if you were pumping gas, or we might someday have a super capacitive battery that fast charges in minuets instead of hours. It is certain that gas will cost more in years to come. There will be more people on the face of the Earth and more of them will want to drive cars regaurdless of what makes them go. Long gone are the days of street cars. Passenger trains are still very big in Europe but not in America. In America, walk is something we do between the big screen TV and the fridge.   See 1 other reply

When we all learn to conserve energy we will keep the costs down for everyone. There is a reason for high gas prices. The whole world wants what we have had for years. Energy will be spread thin as nations such as India, China, and other developing countries depend more and more on oil. There will soon be twice as many cars burning gas and then four times as many. The question is, will the world burn twice as much gas or more? Then what happens when as we all run out? Rather than penalize economy cars, maybe we should be thankful for any effort that conserves the energy that we all rely on.   See 1 other reply

Electricity is really much cheaper. The electric car is generally too expensive, but the electricity to run it only costs a few dollars per charge. To match the low cost of the electricity in a gasoline powered car, it would have to go 125 miles on a single gallon of gas. To make one gallon of gasoline refineries use enough electricity off of the grid to run an electric car for many miles. The gasoline engine is only 14 to 20 percent effecient and the tankers that transport oil not only burn fuel they may also loose up to 50% due to evaporation. Electric cars are short range vehicals which can get us to work and home again. They have strict limitations, but are worth driveing and can meet most of our transportation needs. Some of us are converting our own cars to electric and are having fun doing it.   See 3 other replies