http://www.baldowski.org/2008/11/14/who-killed-the-electric-car/ Brian Baldowski Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:27:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.baldowski.org/2008/11/14/who-killed-the-electric-car/#comment-75 Brian Baldowski Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:51:36 +0000 http://www.baldowski.org/2008/11/14/who-killed-the-electric-car/#comment-75 I did some further research for the story. The batteries the EV1 were using took 8-10 hrs to fully charge. For a 60 mile trip, that's a long time. There is research going on to try to create a battery that will charge in less time, under an hour if possible. Also, for all the equipment, electricity, and maintainance on the car would cost almost twice the amount as an internal combustion engine, over the life of the car, comparably. Something else to think about. The electricity for the cars has to be produces some way. The power plants would have to generate alot more electricity for the cars, especially if there are alot of them sold, on top of the electricity already being used in normal households. I don't know if an environmental impact study was done to figure out how much more electricity would need to be produced and the pollutants that would add to the atmosphere, as compared to internal combustion engine cars. I did some further research for the story. The batteries the EV1 were using took 8-10 hrs to fully charge. For a 60 mile trip, that’s a long time. There is research going on to try to create a battery that will charge in less time, under an hour if possible. Also, for all the equipment, electricity, and maintainance on the car would cost almost twice the amount as an internal combustion engine, over the life of the car, comparably.
Something else to think about. The electricity for the cars has to be produces some way. The power plants would have to generate alot more electricity for the cars, especially if there are alot of them sold, on top of the electricity already being used in normal households. I don’t know if an environmental impact study was done to figure out how much more electricity would need to be produced and the pollutants that would add to the atmosphere, as compared to internal combustion engine cars.

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