Originally Posted by PR_Tom

When thinking of the range of an electric car, you have to consider the average range that the average american drives per day is 30 miles. Only thirty miles. The current electric crop, like the Nissan Leaf for example, will go 100 miles on a full charge. It can charge overnight from normal 110 current, or you can get a fast charger installed. It will also be smart enough to charge during off-peak electric rate hours.

Another thing to consider is the trade off of burning gasoline in a car versus burning coal/oil in a powerplant that provides you the electricity.. You will no longer be spewing carcinogens directly into your neighborhoods, your front lawn, your curbsides where your kids stand.. etc etc etc. There's more carcinogens in a vehicle idling for one minute than in one million cigarettes. Yet we dont ban cars from where our kids play, only smoking. Look into it, it's a dirty little unknown detail nobody wants to talk about because it's not sexy and not trendy to want to ban vehicles from anywhere.

Dont forget it'll be 10's of times cheaper to operate, have less dirt and gunk to deal with constantly. No tune ups for filters and oils and plugs and other disposable parts.