New Electric Cars Are Better Video

Just showing off some of the cool new electric cars and putting to rest some of the myths out there. When people think of electric cars, typically they think of older ugly slower models, lead-acid batterys, and BS propaganda they've read slamming the "electric cars"(as though they all carried the exact same attributes)
The battery technology has changed(and will change even more when nanowire battery becomes common), the speeds have changed, the climate versatility has changed, the prices are changing, the car companies are changing... everything is changing for the better. I expect to see a lot more support for EV's during and after 2010.

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There's solar ...
There's solar charging stations now for electric cars at some rest stops and even a few malls. so it's possible to take a electric? car on a Road Trip but we need Bio-Fuels too. because those semis that deliver all our wonderful stuff we buy in stores their Diesel engines...!

how about just ...
how about just having one type of battery ( or very limited number) n... then when you are? running low, pull into a "gas" station and swap it for a fully charged one..

Another thing that ...
Another thing that is crazy is the cost of chargers $3000 to $4000 US... ITS A PLUG IN. The J1772 plug is somewhat special I understand the design. It should cost NO MORE than $300 US.? This is not including the electrician fees. I still hold that electric is very feasible using just a plugin at home.

Interesting ...
Interesting everyone talks about building an EV infrastructure. I hold the EV infrastructure is already there. Most people will drive EVs from home to work then to local stores. Generally not very far from? home. My car can use 110/220. I charge at home drive around. Then charge yep at home again. Now 60% of the population in the US can do this.

Note I did not say ...
Note I did not say everyone. It would be nice if employers would install chargers. Chargers in other places are? not needed. If you have access to power at home you have enough infrastructure to make electric cars quite feasible. The dumbest place I have seen EV chargers is at city hall. While politically correct just dumb. How many times a year do most of us go to city hall?

100% Agreed. ...
100% Agreed. Public education is and has? always BEEN good. It's the attacks on it, the LACK of education - in public AND private schools - by the morons on the OUTSIDE - religious antiscience and parental groups, who care more about whether a teacher had been a prostitute or porn star in a prior job, than whether their kids are getting good facts, that proves that most learning DOES take place inside school. Once people leave school, they get incredibly stupid.

Yes indeed the ...
Yes indeed the political landscape in the US. is worrisome, i remember having read a study that said the more educated the citizen of a country the better the (particular long term) investments are. So what I'm saying is: if? Americans want to have electric cars they need to invest in education to enable the people to vote for decent politicians that in-turn will make the necessary investments needed for an electric car infrastructure. The sad thing is education bears its fruit 50years later.

= it's governments ...
= it's governments that need to make a leap = Totally agree. But the USA is too filled? with f**ked-in-the-head conservative teabaggers who are too f**king stupid to see the difference between government doing something GOOD with its money (supporting sustainability, solar, wind power punishing banking hedge fund corporate welfare criminals) vs doing something incredibly bad (bailing out Goldman Sachs), so they just scream "all government is bad".

Well not quite i'm ...
Well not quite i'm saying that we should build infrastructure now, and make it ready for slow incremental upgrades (basically build everything modular). My point is that the infrastructure needs to come first, it's governments? that need to make a leap. Most People are too conservative to risk allot of money on tech that isn't widely supported by infrastructure. E-Motorcycles however are awesome & are highly recommended, i testdrove a ZeroX Dirtbike & fell in love with its insane low rev torque.

whoa! the future ...
whoa! the future looks? like crap

You're all over the ...
You're all over the board here. First you say there's a greenhouse problem then later say the only entropy-reversing process is photosynthesis. The main tenet of the global warming/greenhouse belief system is that rising CO2 is the culprit. Photosynthesis requires CO2. It's waste product is O2. Natures checks and balances sees plant life flourishing in a high CO2 environment, and the? result is more O2. It's self-regulating. And do I really need to explain how much oil we've discovered recently?

I agree. Looking ...
I agree. Looking back on my comment I think it sounded harsher than what I had intended. I do hear what you are saying. The major thing however is that we have 100+ years of oil company propaganda to counteract along with the actual pushback. People dont understand that in 1913-15 we? actually had electric cars and an infrastructure to support them. They are not a new thing, quite the opposite. History repeats.

True, but? that's ...
True, but? that's priceless even if it didn't cost a penny.

Soooo... basically, ...
Soooo... basically, you're implying.. buy the latest newest tech that IS available right now, right? That's what I did last? year, at great personal expense and fear of the unknown (at the time) whether it would work out at all. I bought an electric motorcycle. Had no idea if I could ride the roads in my area. It worked out that I could. But, I would not suggest everyone do what I did. Enclosed EVs are still strongly preferred.

You are right the ...
You are right the problem is in part political, but if you look at countries in Europe? that are fully committed to electric cars, then it becomes clear that the main problem is technology. Everybody is waiting for a game-changer invention like nanotube batteries, nobody wants to invest in old tech, only to be surprised by a leap in technology making the investment null & void. -> The sad thing however is: there probably won't be any big leap, and we're all just wasting time with waiting

Glad that you ...
Glad that you oppose? burning coal for electricity. But, burning natural gas doesn't solve the greenhouse gas problem. Only makes it worse. The oil industry is (almost) finished anyway. The remaining finite oil in the ground too expensive to bring to the surface. One cannot get around entropy: the only entropy-reversing process on this planet is photosynthesis. Hence, we must stop creating disorder faster than plants create order, if we are to survive.

Don't forget the ...
Don't forget the costs caused by climate change and wars for oil? that are imposed on you by tax payers.

See my comment ...
See my comment above. Radicals, Green Party members, HAVE directed their energy against the coal and oil industry for decades, sacrificing their time, money, energy, lives, and even freedom to stop insanity like the tar sand pipeline.? But, when you have mentally inferior subhumans continue to vote for Demopublicans who keep giving coal/oil anything they want, you have to fight the voters, too.

Exactly. Let's see ...
Exactly. Let's see how far gas-powered cars would run if there were no gas stations anywhere. That's the unjust situation electric trucks and cars face right now. Liberals, environmentalists, and Green Party have fought for decades for government to build the major? infrastructure you describe, but anti-science anti-progress conservatives and the stupid Republicrat-Demopub-voting population has interfered with our efforts.

I so enjoy watching ...
I so enjoy watching people arguing with each other over nothing. Lets face it. The only reason we don't have viable alternatives to gas is due? to pressures from the oil industry. We could already have a infrastructure that doesn't involve coal burning if it weren't for the fuel industry. Yet we argue with each other instead of directing that energy fighting the powers that destroy us without any regard to what damage they are doing.

On efficiency, the ...
On efficiency, the typical internal combustion engine is about 38% efficient for the fuel it uses.? Mainly due to the energy type conversion it has to go through. Electric motors are somewhere between 92-98% efficient. As for the battery issue, I suspect the technology already exists but companies like to release new products in intervals so that they can make the most money off of the advancements.

The Fisker Karma ...
The Fisker Karma and BMW i8 are pretty cool and they are hybrids.? Most electric cars suck though. Fuel cells are way better. Lexus is making a fuel cell powered LFA that still has an amazing exhaust note and all it's power since the engine isn't completely different.

Why not call it a " ...
Why not call it a "quantum" nanotube for extra sciency goodness? "In development" means 20 years if ever. Nobody in power wants electric cars except as a niche market for the rich... ordinary people will never be able to? afford them because all industry is entirely built around the wealthy, for instance the average car in the US is over 10 years old. After 10 years there ain't much range in a battery, "nanotube" or not. I've been driving ebikes and scooters since '07, & compared to gas they SUCK

Volt drive here. ...
Volt drive here. Expecting to save $20,000 or more over the life of the car on fuel. Already realized? a 4 digit savings in just a year. It's off to a good start. Nice video!

They cost way too? ...
They cost way too? much for most people.

Keep tilting ...
Keep tilting windmills, Don. The Leaf and the Volt takes overnight to charge completely. The Volt typically gets 50 miles per charge and the Volt 30-35 miles. These are real world numbers. But you keep Googling until you find greeny? factoids that fit your agenda.

Btw, as far as cost ...
Btw, as far as cost, my previous ICE car lasted me 10 years and 300K km. Total? cost roughly $ 110,000. That includes purchasing new, insurance, maintenance etc, PLUS petrol. An electric car with comparable specs would have cost me about $70,000, all in.

The semi-solid flow ...
The semi-solid flow battery is not far away. It's the liquid in the SSFC which is electrically charged. Once discharged it can be exchanged with charged liquid in? 10 minutes. It can also reach much higher energy densities than Li-ion batteries.

30-35 miles and 8 ...
30-35 miles and 8 hour recharge? ...And you're telling me "...try to keep up..." This video is actually old now and even back then? that wasn't true. Get your facts straight - go on google and find out -- don't make me spoonfeed you. Even if you don't use a 5-10min quickcharge station (many of which are already installed in many places) or swap station, who cares if it takes 4 hours to charge at night on a normal outlet? 100-2500 mile range depending on power supply btw.

What do you think ...
What do you think thorium LFTR is? That's basically what I'VE been saying all along except I'm suggesting a superior form of nuclear technology - and except that I have no problems with hydrogen fuel cell (if some of its problems can be addressed) but would rather use the superior nanotube technology -- btw is seems like your problem isn't with electric cars but with how the energy is stored. Most HFC are actually electric. Electrix really are here? now - and efficient open range of energy source