Xowey Car Forum for free car help and advice: Electric cars

PART 1

Electric cars seem to be all the rage this year, they seem to be causing even more enthusiasm than hybrid cars are generating. I recently heard reports on a political radio show that stated what I had already suspected ... the television campaign commercials that caused the most positive response for both Democrat and Republican candidates focused on the support for electric cars. With everything that is going on in the world from the war in Iraq, to the financial crisis facing banks, financial institutions like Freddie mac and Fannie Mae needing government bail out, and fear about countries that we don't trust trying to develop nuclear weapons, why do we care so much about electric cars? Is it just that everybody is upset when we go to the gas pumps? I certainly am upset, I bought gas today strictly for the purpose of filling my lawn tractor, when my gas can was full I noticed that I was paying $20.00 to fuel my mowing machine! Good grief! I certainly am angry about paying twice as much to cut my grass in the last couple of years, and I'm angry about sending this money from my gas pump to people that I suspect might hate me as a U.S. citizen. With all that having been said, I think it may be interesting to see how each candidate will try to show that they will help to make electric vehicles more practical, and encourage manufacturers to focus more attention on developing reasonable priced models and technology.

GM will soon be releasing it's shining hope for the future in this category when it delivers the 2010 Chevy Volt . Is this car really the answer to all our problems? Some seem to think that it may be, as for me ..... I'm always more skeptical than the main stream thinking. The Chevy Volt web site is very impressive and exciting, (I must admit) with the big bold statement " CHARGE THE BATTERY. CHANGE THE WORLD " as an eye catching headline. I must admit ....... the thought of driving 40 miles without burning one drop of gas sounds like something I may want to get myself involved in right away. The sad fact of the matter is, they are still testing batteries and working on many details for this new "wonder" vehicle, with any luck at all we may be only 2 years away from start of production on the car that will "change the world, as they stated on the web site. It looks to me like we will just keep pumping our money into our tanks and keep waiting, but how will this car really change the world?

Let's look a little deeper into this in part 2 of : Electric cars - What's all the hoopla about?

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