John & Angela wrote:
rk911 wrote:
well, when I can run 400-miles on a full charge and re-charge in the time it now takes to fill my tank i'll consider electric. till then I'm happy with what we have.
I think that is a criteria shared by many. We have family members who literally need to do exactly that in the course of their jobs. But at some point it will a matter of budget for some. Spending 250 bucks a month on gas looks expensive when you can do the same on 40 bucks worth of power. And of course that depends on how much the power costs and the gas costs where you are.
my buddy was looking at a Tesla...ultimately changed his mind...but he was telling me that Tesla maintains lots of free/semi-free charging stations but to install one at his home so a depleted battery would re-charge in an hour or two was gonna be big, big bucks. overnight charging was not so bad but he has two special needs kids and needs his vehicle up and ready to go 24/7. looking forward to the Tesla he began planning a trip and discovered he had to plan based upon where he could re-charge and not where he wanted to go. as these cars become more popular the freebie re-charging stations will disappear and the cost to re-charge will start heading north. and with the push by the greenies to shut down nuclear and fossil fuel power generating stations from where is the power to re-charge all of these vehicles going to originate??? and what do we do with all of the batteries at the end of their life? nice idea but it's got a long way to go before it's practical for the American way of life.
