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Why not just build one for under 100 bucks?
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The battery should be okay for any kind of weather. You can buy regular marine batteries for your standard car/truck. I'm sure these would be the same. At least it should be for the cost of this car. 92000 dollars. Pfft. Yeah, it's got good mpg, but how long until that's paid off? If you could save 2000 dollars of fuel a year it would take 46 years to pay this off, and that is only if there's no maintenance fees, or battery replacements.
The other problem with electric and hybrids is the battery. The battery has been around for over 100 years and they still aren't really that much better. Yeah they can hold a longer charge, but for the average human needs, it still equals out to less than 3 hours. Also you can't just replace these batteries. They will need to be installed by a hoist due to their size and weight. How much would a replacement battery cost?
That's what's annoying about this whole new car phase. They're all doing hybrids or standard fuel with better mpg. Yeah, that's good and all, but how many emissions are being released by the car manufacturers to make these cars? No one cracks down on them about this. At the same time people are selling their 3-5 year old car for these new cars thinking their making things better. As far as I'm concerned, you're better off buying a used car, bring it up to standard emissions, or if you are a green guy like me, bring it up to the best emissions possible. In 5 years you'll pay under 10 000 dollars for the car, maintenance, insurance and possibly fuel depending on what type of driver you are. Oh, and if it's a diesel, you could use biodiesel, made by you, 30 cents a gallon. This is known as bangernomics
The other problem with electric and hybrids is the battery. The battery has been around for over 100 years and they still aren't really that much better. Yeah they can hold a longer charge, but for the average human needs, it still equals out to less than 3 hours. Also you can't just replace these batteries. They will need to be installed by a hoist due to their size and weight. How much would a replacement battery cost?
That's what's annoying about this whole new car phase. They're all doing hybrids or standard fuel with better mpg. Yeah, that's good and all, but how many emissions are being released by the car manufacturers to make these cars? No one cracks down on them about this. At the same time people are selling their 3-5 year old car for these new cars thinking their making things better. As far as I'm concerned, you're better off buying a used car, bring it up to standard emissions, or if you are a green guy like me, bring it up to the best emissions possible. In 5 years you'll pay under 10 000 dollars for the car, maintenance, insurance and possibly fuel depending on what type of driver you are. Oh, and if it's a diesel, you could use biodiesel, made by you, 30 cents a gallon. This is known as bangernomics
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May 28th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Not so green, depending on what powers the compressor.
Electricity from burning coal? Or perhaps a large stationary engine?
OK the car itself is clean. "
I don't know of any car that is 100% green. Oh yeah but a hybrid is much better because where you may live it may use nuclear or a hydro dam? Please. Studies are showing that hybrids will pollute more in the long run than some gas cars/SUVs/trucks.