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[Steezie]

EVs are Electric Vehicles, what do you think about the current state of the Electric Vehicles in the US?

I personally want to buy an electric car. I like the idea of better performance and cleaner energy, but it seems like people in general and corporate America isnt real interested in EV.

Ive seen maybe twenty or thirty even hybrids on the road. I can count the number of recharging stations Ive seen in my life on one hand.

Much of the opposition seems to come from auto makers and fossil fuel producers.

 

[Lynden1000]

I think it has less to do with auto makers and the gas industry than with the status of the car in American culture.

A few decades ago, big gas-guzzling muscle cars were symbols of America, and are still iconic. Now it's big gas-guzzling SUVs. If you want to see itty-bitty hybrids whizzing around American roads, it's the *culture* that needs to change.

Sometimes all it takes is for Hollywood or MTV to start putting a few hybrids in movies or videos. Then people see them and think "hmm...I think I might want one of those."

 

[billwald]

They will be economical for short distance use until they become popular and cost of electricity jumps.

 

[Jetgirl]

EVs are Electric Vehicles, what do you think about the current state of the Electric Vehicles in the US?

One had best be prepared to upgrade the power grid.

And unless one is willing to convert to nuclear power, you'll just be using fossil fuels anyways, but from a more removed source. Just because you're plugging it into a wall doesn't mean you're not burning a dinosaur somewhere to get that power.

My husband did a little study on current affordibility of electric cars, and discovered that while we here in So-Cal pay about $2.90/gallon for gasoline, the equivalent in electricity out of the pump will cost you about $7.00. It's already not cost-effective.