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Originally Posted by Generalx5
My question to the public is, would you buy an electric vehicle on your next purchase if it were widely available?
This electric vehicle runs on battery power only, no hybrids or synergy drive system.
If the price were just under $50,000 and has a range of 60km per charge.
Please reply saying either you would make the purchase or not. This vehicle is standard size, doesnt look like its electric, lets say that it looks like a regular gas car, or even better. Metalic Paint comes in silver, white, red, black and navy blue. The car type is a sedan, comes with a lifetime warrantee and all the charger accessories etc too.
if you have the money, or is able to take out a lease, would you go for it?
Oh and top speeds of 120km/h is achievable. This is a vehicle that you would mostlikely drive to and from work. AC, Entertainment pakage, and nagivation pakage included.
Im just courious....since, electric vehicles have been showing up, but didnt sell very nicely. Some say that they were made to look bad so they dont sell well. Others say that the oil industry puressures the car manufactures to halt research on electrics...
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No I would not, not at that price and range even with a lease or finance option, if it was just for running around downtown locally then I would get an electric bike or very small car but for that money if better go 800km on a charge and well...cost less, alot less for the masses to adopt it and how long would the charge take? thats the other issue, for those like me who drive for a living I need something affordable and that charges up fast.
Bottom line is these oil and gas prices are not comming down, we are one massive hurricane or disaster away from a real fuel price crisis in Canada and the USA and even where oil has gone to now at $125/barrel has dumbfounded all the so-called experts.
Our way of life is going to change big time when gas is $6-10/gallon/litre etc.
For some yes public transit is an option and our GO trains in Ontario are standing room only now and bike repair shops can't keep up but for many including those who's business is on the road they sure better come up with a small light electric car and truck soon....not three years from now.
Whatever they come up with also has to be in line price-wise with whats on the market now as well.
All I know is the big car companies are delivering large gas guzzleing vehicles here to car lots and there is no space to dump them becauase last year's models are still sitting here unsold.
If they cant come up with a long range fast charging battery then perhaps the way to go is battery exchange, you have a car what can maybe do 500km on a battery and you would exchange batteries at the gas station instead of recharging them.....it would have to be plug and play design but thats not the difficult part I would think.
Instead of filling up would would change batteries and pay accordingly, just like alot of the gas stations up here do with the BBQ propane tanks.
Bottom line is $200 oil is not that far away