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I have to wonder something...My electric bill is already $600 a month. And I'm using all flourescent bulbs and right now it's 90 + degrees and I do NOT have the AC on, I have the windows open.
So if I have this marvelous electric car...don't I have to plug that bitch in to re-charge it? And if I do, isn't that STILL gonna consume energy by using electricity?
I'm just asking. Because I'm guessing my electric bill would be a couple of grand a month then. And also, if everybody was plugging their cars in....wouldn't that pretty much shut the U.S. down since we already see rolling blackouts and brownouts in certain areas during the summer from too much electricity being used for the grid to handle?
Also...how is my electricity for my home generated? Hell, I don't know. But I'm guessing it can't be much "greener" than my car running a tank of gas.
Those are some of the things that pop up in my head when I hear about electric cars.
That being said, I drove a hybrid and it was pretty cool. It used the energy of the braking system to recharge it's own battery and as long as you went under 30 mph you were like a golf cart running on electricity.
But then again, I used to have a 1970 VW Beatle that got around 40 mpg. And my 1973 MG gets 30 MPG. Both better than the hybrid.
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