The only thing holding back EV's (not technology)

[d3adp00l]

Well lets compare the two then.

car 20mpg (yes I am aware that some get better but not all that many standard cars do)

2.50 / 20 = cost per mile 12.5 cents and at 60 miles per hour thats 12.5 cents per minute
or 12.5 x 60 = 7.50 per hour

At 60 mph it takes around 18650 watts to move it. So thats 18.65 Kw every hour, so 18.65kwhr. The electrical system is about 90% eff, so 18.65/.9 = 20.722kwhr battery power, charging batteries is around 90% eff, so 20.722/ .9= 23 KWHRs to charge

I pay around 20 cents a kwhr, so .20 x 23 = 4.60 dollars per hour
or 7.6 cents per mile

So your claim is refuted, and it is in fact cheaper, and better for the environment to drive electric. next time don't believe what you read, analyze it.

Next are state laws stopping electric cars? NO they aren't plenty of people have them and register them in fact in california when filing out docs, there is a place to check electric as fuel source.

So what is stopping electric cars? imho WE ARE.

We say we want electric but then everyone complains about worrying about the range,
We say we want electrics, but only if they give us exactly what we have now, instead of accepting them as they are and making the industry give us better results at their whim.

WE ARE because we can make them ourselves and don't. We are because some of us have the ability to make controllers and sell them at reasonable prices to eachother and we don't.

We are because those of us with the money to do the conversion don't we go finance new cars instead of rebuilding the old one.

I am not much better and include myself in the WE, but I am working on become not part of that, and if I didn't get kicked in the financial teeth at every turn I wouldn't still be a part of that WE.

How to change it, start doing it!.

[broli]

The time of "being a great country" is long overdue. We need to be a great species. There are two answers violent revolutions or independent technological advancement. You can choose which one I picked. What do you think you will achieve by mere words?

[g4macdad]

Well lets compare the two then.

car 20mpg (yes I am aware that some get better but not all that many standard cars do)

2.50 / 20 = cost per mile 12.5 cents and at 60 miles per hour thats 12.5 cents per minute
or 12.5 x 60 = 7.50 per hour

At 60 mph it takes around 18650 watts to move it. So thats 18.65 Kw every hour, so 18.65kwhr. The electrical system is about 90% eff, so 18.65/.9 = 20.722kwhr battery power, charging batteries is around 90% eff, so 20.722/ .9= 23 KWHRs to charge

I pay around 20 cents a kwhr, so .20 x 23 = 4.60 dollars per hour
or 7.6 cents per mile

So your claim is refuted, and it is in fact cheaper, and better for the environment to drive electric. next time don't believe what you read, analyze it.

Next are state laws stopping electric cars? NO they aren't plenty of people have them and register them in fact in california when filing out docs, there is a place to check electric as fuel source.

So what is stopping electric cars? imho WE ARE.

We say we want electric but then everyone complains about worrying about the range,
We say we want electrics, but only if they give us exactly what we have now, instead of accepting them as they are and making the industry give us better results at their whim.

WE ARE because we can make them ourselves and don't. We are because some of us have the ability to make controllers and sell them at reasonable prices to eachother and we don't.

We are because those of us with the money to do the conversion don't we go finance new cars instead of rebuilding the old one.

I am not much better and include myself in the WE, but I am working on become not part of that, and if I didn't get kicked in the financial teeth at every turn I wouldn't still be a part of that WE.

How to change it, start doing it!.

I agree with you 90%.

My state law is exactly what is stopping me.

Most states are similar to mine but mine is by far the worst. I cannot register an electric car that exceeds 20 mph in Ohio.

There are plenty of options for buying electric cars for us RIGHT NOW. State laws are the number one reason this is not possible.

[Cap-Z-ro]

I'm not sure where it was g4macdad...it may come to me or I may run across it again...it made me stop and think though...and it is something I did not consider.

If true, it would be burdensome to have to stop and charge frequently...I guess it would be ok for people with bladder issues, as they have to stop frequently anyway.

So, until we can come up with a way to get over that hump they may be relegated to last resort status.

Regards...

[g4macdad]

I'm not sure where it was g4macdad...it may come to me or I may run across it again...it made me stop and think though...and it is something I did not consider.

If true, it would be burdensome to have to stop and charge frequently...I guess it would be ok for people with bladder issues, as they have to stop frequently anyway.

So, until we can come up with a way to get over that hump they may be relegated to last resort status.

Regards...

I can assure you it is not true.