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5 Electric Cars Already Making History, Not Just Hype
Some cars like the Chevy Volt, make a real change.

Others just take the fame of designing it, and never really elaborate on the plan. These 5 cars did just that...

They got the not some much the fame, but making little things big.

Five cars... one world.

Do you agree?

*A Popular Mechanics Exclusive Report* Read Article
5 Electric Cars Already Making History, Not Just Hype



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rockerrocker - 12/14/2007 9:52:21 AM
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hmmm, top speed 45mph, range less than 100 miles, costs between $11,000 and $26,000 US. And a large percentage of electricity is still made from oil. Why all the hype? Please unplug this story.

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topneurotopneuro - 12/14/2007 2:15:16 PM
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Want to have fun driving an electric car and a blonde get a Tesla if you can afford it.
To get from point A to point B on a city with no effective mass transportation system, (most cities in USA), all these electric vehicles can do the task.
Wait for the Subaru R1e, (available in Japan since 2003), 125 miles one charge range, top speed 62 mph.


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rockerrocker - 12/14/2007 3:48:28 PM
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Wow, 62 mph. But it probably takes 4.7 minutes to get to that speed. What fun. Isn't Tesla an '80's hair band?


DaHarderDaHarder - 12/15/2007 12:14:00 AM
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And A Really Bad 80's Hair Band At That!


topneurotopneuro - 12/14/2007 7:24:33 PM
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Earth to rocker, Tesla Roadster electric sports car, 0 – 60 in under 4 seconds, 245 miles range per charge, top speed 130 mph, 135 miles per gallon equivalent, less than 2 cents per mile.

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rockerrocker - 12/17/2007 11:26:47 AM
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And how much does it cost? And how long does it take to re-charge its batteries?


topneurotopneuro - 12/17/2007 4:15:19 PM
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Like I said;
“Want to have fun driving an electric car and a blonde get a Tesla if you can afford it. Base price $98,000.00
Tesla Roadster, 0 – 60, 3.9 seconds.
Worse case scenario (dead battery), it will fully charge in 3.5 hours.

Japan Subaru R1e, 0- 60 13.5 seconds. Base price $25K.
Battery life 10 years or 124,000-plus miles.
House outlet charge time (dead battery), 8 hours.
Fast charger time (dead battery), 2 hours.

Brazil Obvio 828e, 0 – 60 < 4.5 seconds. Top speed 120 mph. Base price $49K. One charge range 200 miles.
House outlet charge time (dead battery), 5 hours.
Fast charger time (dead battery), 2 hours.


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rockerrocker - 12/17/2007 4:42:25 PM
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So how much would it cost to recharge an electric car?

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topneurotopneuro - 12/18/2007 5:36:07 PM
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The cost depends on how much your local utility charges you for electricity and if you have a high (power density) efficiency or low (power density) efficiency battery system. With utilities the cost varies in peak use hours and low utilization hours.
Depending on what method is used to produce electricity it can cost 2 cents to 20 cents per kilowatt hour. High power density batteries (longer charger range) will cost less than 2 cents per mile.
Low power density batteries (shorter charge range) will cost less than 11 cents per mile. Gasoline vehicle assuming cost of $3.00 per gallon, yielding 20 miles/gallon with a 20 gallon tank will cost 15 cents per mile giving you a range of 400 miles for $60.00 full tank. In a Tesla Roadster will cost you less than $8.00, but gasoline vehicle will match it in places like Caracas, Venezuela and Lagos, Nigeria where gasoline cost less than 40 cent per gallon but since they also use crude cheaper oil to produce cheaper electricity the Tesla Roadster still comes out cheaper.


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993Turbo993Turbo - 12/21/2007 6:24:10 AM
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Who could possibly use a vehicle with 50 mph top speed? It's still a go cart.

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gregsfcgregsfc - 12/23/2007 8:06:19 PM
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"Who could possibly use a vehicle with 50 mph top speed? It's still a go cart."
- Fleet

Yes. I agree [sarcasm]. It is so important for all Americans to continue to own cars that go at least forty mph over the maximum speed limit while using 22 million barrels of oil per day. So important in fact, that we should ignore all possible scenarios that could rid us of oil dependence. I mean--we're only talking about making nations richer every year that control the oil and increasingly wishing for our demise as we continue to demand from them to send us more of our share of their oil. If Russia, Venezuela, and Iran get together and hold back oil, we'll have more problems than our citizens dealing with going only fifty miles per hour. Increasingly, in case any one hasn't noticed, Russia, Venezuela, Iran, and other oil producers are becoming more anti-American, and we're increasingly dependent on their oil for our economic survival. And as this impending, possible scenario becomes ever closer to a reality, we continue to squabble over meaningless, American ideals to identify ourselves. Items such as 4-wd pickups, fast cars, crotch rocket motorcycles, and jet skis are seen as items that identify our American status. Personally, I don't see how these luxury items could be so important to our society that we risk total economic collapse in order to keep them!

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