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EVcast #10: EVs Available TODAY!

Tuesday, June 10th 2008 @ 2:43 PM (not yet rated)    post viewed 1513 times

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Don't be mislead by the many websites out there showing you the EVs you can get today -- all of them contain vehicles that are either not available in the US, only prototypes, only go up to 25 mph, etc.  In other words, they are not a practical substitute for your current car.

Join Bo, Ryan, and our guest host, Jon Forsythe, as we have an in-depth discussion on available EVs today.

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Darell Dickey
Free Access		Darelldd said on Friday, June 13th 2008 @ 10:41 AM:

Two little issues I had with this one (well, OK, more, but two is all I'm willing to talk about)  :)

You're skeptical as heck about companies who claim that they'll have an EV out "real soon." And we all respect that and understand why. But when you then go on to gush about what the Volt will be - that it is good-looking (we don't know what it looks like!) that it will have all kinds of high-end touches, that it will be low-cost... that it will even exist in 2010 - are all unknowns. But after the skepticism of the other cars, the Volt is discussed as if all specs are know and in stone, and that it absolutely will exist. Many of the Volt's specs have already changed since the original promises. Performance has gone down and price has gone up.

As I've said before - skepticism is good. Use it wisely.

Next is the "second car" business. Yeah, it is just semantics... yet everybody I know who owns an EV uses the EV as their primary car, and if they do also own an ICE vehicle THAT car is their second car. So promote the idea of buying an EV for the main car, and possibly keeping your gas car as your "second car" - not the other way around. My personal example: I own a Rav4EV and a Prius. The Rav is driven 7 days/week and gets abtou 11,500/year on the odometer. The Prius is driven once or twice a month, and gets less than 4,000 miles on the car. Which one sounds like the "second" car to you? The "primary car" isn't the one that is able to drive across the country. The primary car is the one you use every day.

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John Briggs
Free Access		JohnBriggs said on Thursday, June 19th 2008 @ 9:22 AM:

One thought I had listening to your podcast today is that James Warden (Solectria founder) lives in Massachusetts (Andover I believe) and might be an interesting guest to have on your show.  I know he is not in the EV business now, but he still drives them and is obviously quite knowledgable.

   He can be found here  www.solren.com

 

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phyllis Dawkins
Free Access		PhyllisDawkins said on Friday, June 27th 2008 @ 9:30 AM:

You could go to http://www.electric-cars-plans.com and pay $67 dollars for plans to build your own  electric car  George Jefferey has developed the  Jeffery EV1 and he says the estimated cost is $7500 us dollars or cheaper and not only that once you pay for the plans they are downloadable and he can also help you in building your own electric car . not only that but he has some cool pictures on how the frame of the car is built .

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