Cars Go Green - hybrid electric cars Questions
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Question #2:
Electric and Hybrid cars will reduce the West's dependence on Middle East oil. Can this really happen? And has anyone brought an electric/hybrid car just to reduce their own demand on Mid east oil?
Question #3:
In a recent interview, Dr. John Felmy, Chief Economist of the American Petroleum Institute admitted that by shifting capital investment from fossil fuels to rewneable energy and energy efficiency, “I have no doubts you can get a lot more jobs.”
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Given that one of the USA's biggest problems right now is unemployment, and that switching to renewable energy and increased efficiency would also have a host of other benefits (decreasing global warming, decreasing ocean acidification, cleaner air and water, decreased reliance on foreign oil [when combined with plug-in hybrids and electric cars], etc. etc.), why shouldn't we make this transition?
Gee David, and you wonder why we call you 'deniers'.
Expeller - I never suggested 'green jobs' would solve our unemployment problem, merely help it.
Your article's second argument seems incredibly stupid. We shouldn't invest in green technologies because they're dominated by foreign companies. Guess why they're dominated by foreign companies? Because foreign economies invest in green technologies!
Thanks for that worthless ad hominem 'answer', Bad Moon. I'm so sorry that I linked to an interview with the API Chief Economist. First jim and now you don't seem to give a crap about the content if it's on a website you don't like. Grow up.
Bad Moon - my question was about the comments of the API Chief Economist. I couldn't give less of a crap if the rest of the article was good or bad. Next time try answering the question.
Question #4:
Through the entire hubbub over the price of the new electric-first hybrid, one small detail managed to fly under the radar until the folks from TheTruthAboutCars brought it up. The 2011 Chevy Volt, which advertises 40 miles without using any gasoline, will require buyers to use premium grade fuel.
It might seem a little odd that a cutting edge electric car like the 2011 Volt requires the pricier, higher octane fuel.
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@Proud Progressive........you're a 'Useful Idiot' that Lenin would be proud of.
Question #5:
Life was simpler under the petrochemical monopoly. Miles per gallon was just that. Then we find that hypermiling techniques can allow some drivers to go far further. The EPA doesn't actually drive cars it calculates mileage. Click Here
It might be somewhat simple to convert gasoline to energy and determine the equivalent energy used to drive an electric car. On this basis the Tesla Roadster gets 244 mpge. (miles per gallon equivalent) Click Here
By law the EPA must provide a mileage rating, but hasn't come up with an official release: Click Here
So fast forward to what DOE's regulations would give us for mileage. Go here and scroll down to Petroleum-equivalent efficiency and tell me if this is something that would give you valuable information or is an intention to simply confuse the issue? Click Here
Linlyons, You are an intelligent person but you might take a moment to read the several paragraphs it takes to translate the DOE criteria. You might be as surprised as I to see what is included.
Nata, are you familiar with how much energy it takes to refine a gallon of gasoline and that you could drive an electric car further on that energy alone? Click Here Your numbers do not seem plausible.
Crash: Until you organize the United States of Crash we will have to consider the laws of this (US) country and not your wish list.
One point is clear, The DOE regs are not confusing if you don't look at them. One wonders if one head in the clouds is worth two in the sand.
Paula, altough I have, in the past, had some severe criticism of things you have written your answer is most on topic. Several different mileage ratings can be as confusing as one that is difficult to interpret. (As can this question if someone is not familiar with the issues.) We might hope that magnetic motors would work but the Australian, Oklahoma and Canadian work have all been discredited. (and it may not be revelant to EPA mileage.)
Question #6:
Hello everyone, I'm doing some research on hybrid cars but what I would like to know is how many miles does the car get on the electric battery itself without any gasoline involved? And how fast should you go in order to switch the gasoline engine?
Thanks everyone.
Question #7:
The Associated Press has a very detailed article on these two cars:
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The Nissan Leaf is a fully electric car with 100 mile per charge range. The base model will cost $25,280 when accounting for the federal tax break (some states have additional tax breaks), and Nissan offers a $349/month lease with $1,995 down. It comes with an eight-year,100,000-mile battery warranty. The car goes on sale in select markets in December.
The Chevy Volt is a plug-in hybrid which gets 40 miles on purely electric power, then switches into hybrid mode to extend the range much further if necessary. The Volt will sell for $33,500 when including the federal tax break, but they're offering a similar lease to the Leaf at $350/month with $2,500 down. The Volt also has an 8 year, 100,000 mile battery warranty and goes on sale in select markets in November. Both will be available nationwide about a year later.
Which of these cars would you choose to lease or buy?
Question #8:
I have just a couple questions here:
If you have to plug it in and "attach" it to the electric grid, isn't that using "coal-fired" electric plants, which are highly polluting? And didn't Obama pledge to massively increase the cost of coal because it is a "dirty" energy source?
Also, I'm not certain I want to be limited to only 40 miles before a charge is needed, as people aren't going to let you just plug in your car and zap their electric bill, are they?
Don't these take hours to recharge? SO I guess wherever you are going with it, you better be prepared to stay for a while, right?
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The long-anticipated Chevrolet Volt, General Motors' electric car, will cost $41,000, the company announced Tuesday, leaving consumers to decide whether its environmental appeal is worth a price far above that of similarly sized conventional autos.
During the 2008 presidential campaign, then-Sen. Barack Obama pledged to put 1 million plug-in vehicles on the road by 2015.
But some analysts said they doubt that electric cars can reach a broad audience in the near term. Hybrid cars took about eight years to reach the million-unit sales mark in the United States, according to Energy Department figures.
"I'm not sure the Volt is going to be a volume vehicle," said George Magliano, director of automotive industry forecasting for North America at IHS Global Insight. "The technology still isn't there to make them cheap. At the end of the day, the consumer pays a hefty premium to make a statement."
Both the Volt and the Leaf will cost considerably more than rival gasoline-powered compact sedans, such as the Honda Civic or the Ford Focus, each of which costs under $20,000.
Price is only one potential barrier to mass adoption, however.
Consumers must also get accustomed to plugging the cars in at home. It takes hours to recharge the vehicles, and in the absence of a network of public recharging stations, drivers that run out of juice may need a tow truck.
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Ha M: According to EVERY FUCKING article on this suject, THE GOVT OWNS 61% of GM!!!
subject...not suject. My bad
Question #9:
A recent poll shows that 55% of likely voters said that the word "socialist" describes Obama and his policies.
The 21st Century Democrats said, "You and I know [that] is not the case."
I only wish it were!
I wish Obama had pressed for single-payer national health care.
I wish Obama had nationalized Citicorp and Bank of America, rather than bail them out.
I wish he would have favored breaking up the rest of the big banks so they couldn't destroy our economy.
I wish he would have forced any banks taking federal bailout money to freeze foreclosures for at least a year and freeze interest rates on mortgages and credit cards.
I wish Obama would have proposed redistributing income from the wealthy to those who really need it by raising the marginal income tax, and the capital gains tax, and the estate tax.
I wish Obama would have proposed a transaction tax on every stock sale so as to curb speculation.
I wish Obama would have proposed raising the minimum wage to $10 an hour, as Ralph Nader has proposed.
I wish Obama would have replaced Ben Bernanke at the Fed with Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.
I wish Obama would have come out for democratizing the Fed, as Dennis Kucinich has recommended.
I wish Obama would have proposed a public works program to put every American who needs a job to work.
I wish Obama would have ordered every federal building to be installed with a solar panel, and almost every car in the federal fleet to be a hybrid or electric car.
I wish Obama would have proposed opening federal grocery stores in areas that are food deserts.
I wish Obama would have addressed the cruel problem of poverty in America.
I wish Obama would have proposed 12 months of paid maternity and paternity leave, mandatory paid sick leave, and federal child care.
I wish Obama would have advocated the nationalization of the armament companies, as Sen. Robert La Follette did back in 1924.
No decent socialist would have implemented policies that have left unemployment at over 9 percent and foreclosures at record heights.
No decent socialist would have let the banks get off so easily.
No decent socialist would have been caught dead praising the CEOs of Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase and justifying their obscene salaries the way Obama did. ("I know both those guys; they are very savvy businessmen. I, like most of the American people, don't begrudge people success or wealth. That is part of the free-market system.")
No decent socialist would have left the health insurance industries in the driver's seat.
No decent socialist would have empowered a panel to advocate the cutting of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
No decent socialist would have expanded the war in Afghanistan, a hopeless war being fought by the sons and daughters of America's working class.
So, no, Obama isn't a socialist. Not even close.
But we'd be a lot better of in this country if he were.
Question #10:
I want to know the names of different companies that supply electric motors to major car manufacturers for hybrids and fully electric cars.
Question #11:
A plug-in car uses the electric grid which is already under-invested in the USA, given our current needs. More importantly, this grid is inefficient--I hear that the loss during transmission is fairly high. Furthermore, the power source to generate the electricity comes from a variety of sources, some of which are decidedly inefficient.
Is there any study to take these factors into account? Is an electric-plug in hybrid more green given the issues I have described VERSUS. just driving a gasoline car, or some other hybrid (gasoline-electric, methane-electric, highly efficient gasoline car)?
Question #12:
Like Toyota Prius, Ford Escape etc....
Question #13:
I am considering buying either of these cars maybe by the end of year (USED). That is when the Nissan leaf will come out. At first I liked what it would cost to charge the leaf for every 100mi which they said about $3.00 something on .10cents a kwh. But that is not in Los Angeles! Its about .34kwh or even 40kwh. That means it would cost about 9.00 a charge which comes out same as reg car. Now I dont like it as much.
Only thing I like is that its electric and when you charge it well you dont have to pay for it imediately, pay your electric bill every 2 months : ). Thats about it.
Now the 2010 prius is looking good. I like that it gets average 50 mi+ and its not expensive. Do you think that the 2011 prius will have better mileage? I think why not. They could improve it by 5 miles more.
So if you have a 2010 prius how do you like its mileage. Does it do what it says 50mi+?
Question #14:
ok guys environment aside which of these cars provide a better drive quality
Question #15:
I would like to know whether you have ever owned a hybrid/electric car and how you feel about them... Even if you have not had one before what are your views on them?
please also include your name, thank you (:
Question #16:
I will be in the market for a more greener car like soon maybe early next year but id like to know if any manufacturers are making anything that is better or has more mpgs than a prius i know prius has like 48 mpg in the city but a lot of the newer cars use hydrogen like the honda so let me know if niot then ill just stay with the prius
this is the honda vehicle but its only in california
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Question #17:
i have a crossover suv it has better gas mileage than a hummer or bronco or expedition but it is still a lot lower than some of the newer cars out now at 22 mpg highway and 117-18 city thats not that much but for a suv it is ,but with gas priced going up and my long commmute for work ? (i have a long commute for work now until i leave town just dont know when ill leave town or get a shorter commute for work) so my question is in the meantime while i have this commute are there some tips or tricks i can do to get maybe 20 mpg in the city or 24 mpg on the highway etc ? what can i do to increase my mog in a crossover suv , (i know suvs is not the way of the future ,hybrids are out ,hydrogen,electric cars run on a batterys charge and all) while i do not have the better mpgs id argue that i have more power and torque ,and better safety incase of a crash. but like i said eventually i will get a prius or the new honda that runs on hydrogen or the jetta or golf tdi but in the mean time while i still have this longer commute what are some tips i can try thanks
Question #18:
I am interested in buying a car that is pretty cheap and gives me good gas mileage. I was looking into cars that are 4 cylinders but some of my friends recommended me to get a hybrid cars. Most hybrid cars are expensive but I noticed that the Toyota Prius and Honda Civic Hybrid are not as expensive compared to others.
1. Do you think it's worth spending the extra money for a hybrid car?
2. What are the pros and cons about hybrid cars?
3. Would you recommend one to buy a used hybrid car such as a Prius or Honda Civic?
4. Do you think it would e a better idea to wait for the all electric leaf car to come out?
5.Is it true it's very expensive trying to fix hybrid cars and they are easily defected?
Question #19:
Will the recent devastating oil spill in the Gulf
-make people realize we shouldn't use oil for energy anymore (I realize we need oil to make many things. I'm talking about using it for energy, which is 75% of the oil used in the US I think)
-make people realize we shouldn't take oil from human rights abusing countries like Saudi Arabia (also where so many terrorist support comes from)
-make people research clean energy, electric cars etc.
-even possibly lead to an increase in sale of hybrid & electric cars?
any good results? this is what i am predicting. what else?
Question #20:
We have been fooled into depenency on fossil fuels. Take the fuel motor out of a hybrid and replace it with an electric motor the vehicle becomes regenerative. Add a generator to an electric car or conversion kit. Add regenerative braking(already on some hybrids)and solar panels for optimum efficiency. Take the fuel motor off a home generation system and add an electric motor then you have regeneration without the use of fuels. Run power plants with electric drive sysytems. Yes it is that easy. Tesla knew this that is why some of his work is classified. This information is free to all.
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