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Originally Posted by Cbrenthus
I'm not "against" electric, I just think that it is the result of propaganda rather than actual facts. The issues I have with electric cars are:
1. How much energy does it take to charge? I really haven't been able to find this out, but wouldn't want to replace $200 in gas with $300 in electric bills
2. Electricity comes from energy, just like gas. Except for a few wind, solar, nuclear, or water plants, most electricity still comes from carbon based energy, so even though the car may be clean during use, its still creating pollution.
3. What do replacement batteries cost?
4. For the Volt in particular, whatever happened to it being an electric vehicle? I heard all along that it was all electric, but at the last minute, it turns out its a hybrid all along.
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~$45 a month for electricity to charge it, and its electric up to 40 miles then the gas kicks in so that you don't just stall out in the middle of the highway. I think the average commute to work is like 40 miles so they wanted to make sure the average person would be fully electric. The tesla I believe is fully electric and they got them going up to 300 miles.
Volt is definitly not a long distance car, but if you are just going to the grocery store or commuting inside the city it wouldn't be a bad car to get. Might be able to push 1 charge 2-3 days.
Tesla sedan is going to sell for ~$50k also. I don't get how you guys can't find these things. Have you ever heard of Google? It's not that new of a site.