Comments on: An Electric Car Test Drive—In 2020 http://gas2.org/2010/05/19/an-electric-car-test-drive%e2%80%94in-2020/ What is the future of fuel? What's new? What's next? Since 2007, Gas 2 has covered a rapidly changing world coming to terms with its oil addiction. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:57:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alejandro Vargas http://gas2.org/2010/05/19/an-electric-car-test-drive%e2%80%94in-2020/#comment-14914 Alejandro Vargas Wed, 26 May 2010 20:33:16 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=7974#comment-14914 Today, May 26 2010, not 2020, I had a test drive with a full functional electric Renault Laguna, Better Place, the company that is implementing the charge stations on Israel, will install one at every home and workplace of the car owners, plus charge stations at parking places, malls, etc. The waiting list for the car that will arrive on 2011 is in the thousands and many companies will replace their cars with EV's, in Israel 75% of the cars on the road are company cars, every high tech and professional level employees has a car as part of the perks he receives. I expect and hope that Israel will become the first country with a large float of EV's on the next years Today, May 26 2010, not 2020, I had a test drive with a full functional electric Renault Laguna, Better Place, the company that is implementing the charge stations on Israel, will install one at every home and workplace of the car owners, plus charge stations at parking places, malls, etc. The waiting list for the car that will arrive on 2011 is in the thousands and many companies will replace their cars with EV’s, in Israel 75% of the cars on the road are company cars, every high tech and professional level employees has a car as part of the perks he receives.

I expect and hope that Israel will become the first country with a large float of EV’s on the next years

]]> By: Alejandro Vargas http://gas2.org/2010/05/19/an-electric-car-test-drive%e2%80%94in-2020/#comment-38903 Alejandro Vargas Wed, 26 May 2010 20:33:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=7974#comment-38903 Today, May 26 2010, not 2020, I had a test drive with a full functional electric Renault Laguna, Better Place, the company that is implementing the charge stations on Israel, will install one at every home and workplace of the car owners, plus charge stations at parking places, malls, etc. The waiting list for the car that will arrive on 2011 is in the thousands and many companies will replace their cars with EV's, in Israel 75% of the cars on the road are company cars, every high tech and professional level employees has a car as part of the perks he receives. I expect and hope that Israel will become the first country with a large float of EV's on the next years Today, May 26 2010, not 2020, I had a test drive with a full functional electric Renault Laguna, Better Place, the company that is implementing the charge stations on Israel, will install one at every home and workplace of the car owners, plus charge stations at parking places, malls, etc. The waiting list for the car that will arrive on 2011 is in the thousands and many companies will replace their cars with EV’s, in Israel 75% of the cars on the road are company cars, every high tech and professional level employees has a car as part of the perks he receives.

I expect and hope that Israel will become the first country with a large float of EV’s on the next years

]]> By: Chris http://gas2.org/2010/05/19/an-electric-car-test-drive%e2%80%94in-2020/#comment-14913 Chris Sat, 22 May 2010 01:06:19 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=7974#comment-14913 Tray: People ARE talking about that; its called the Chevy Volt. The Volt is an electric car, with a gasoline engine to generate electricity as a backup for when the batteries get low. Hugo: A 220V plug is a pretty normal household outlet. Many houses have them for electric ranges, or ovens, or cloths dryers. But perhaps you are asking why a car can not charge off of a normal US 110V outlet? Again, they CAN. I believe that the Nissan Leaf will be able to do so. But think of electrical outlets like water hoses. The bigger they are (higher voltage and amp rating), the faster you can fill up a pool (battery). It takes a LOT of electricity to move a car, so charging something like a Nissan leaf will probably take 18 hours to completely charge from a 110 outlet. Most people will not want to wait that long, and so will install 220 outlets. I have NO idea what you are talking about with respect to dealers providing charging. Do you want to have to drive to a dealership every time you need to charge your car?? Or do you mean that the dealer should install a charging station in your home when you buy the car? That is certainly possible, and I know that the Nissan plans to do that for the Leaf. Tray:

People ARE talking about that; its called the Chevy Volt. The Volt is an electric car, with a gasoline engine to generate electricity as a backup for when the batteries get low.

Hugo:

A 220V plug is a pretty normal household outlet. Many houses have them for electric ranges, or ovens, or cloths dryers. But perhaps you are asking why a car can not charge off of a normal US 110V outlet? Again, they CAN. I believe that the Nissan Leaf will be able to do so.

But think of electrical outlets like water hoses. The bigger they are (higher voltage and amp rating), the faster you can fill up a pool (battery). It takes a LOT of electricity to move a car, so charging something like a Nissan leaf will probably take 18 hours to completely charge from a 110 outlet. Most people will not want to wait that long, and so will install 220 outlets.

I have NO idea what you are talking about with respect to dealers providing charging. Do you want to have to drive to a dealership every time you need to charge your car??

Or do you mean that the dealer should install a charging station in your home when you buy the car? That is certainly possible, and I know that the Nissan plans to do that for the Leaf.

]]> By: Chris http://gas2.org/2010/05/19/an-electric-car-test-drive%e2%80%94in-2020/#comment-38902 Chris Sat, 22 May 2010 01:06:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=7974#comment-38902 Tray: People ARE talking about that; its called the Chevy Volt. The Volt is an electric car, with a gasoline engine to generate electricity as a backup for when the batteries get low. Hugo: A 220V plug is a pretty normal household outlet. Many houses have them for electric ranges, or ovens, or cloths dryers. But perhaps you are asking why a car can not charge off of a normal US 110V outlet? Again, they CAN. I believe that the Nissan Leaf will be able to do so. But think of electrical outlets like water hoses. The bigger they are (higher voltage and amp rating), the faster you can fill up a pool (battery). It takes a LOT of electricity to move a car, so charging something like a Nissan leaf will probably take 18 hours to completely charge from a 110 outlet. Most people will not want to wait that long, and so will install 220 outlets. I have NO idea what you are talking about with respect to dealers providing charging. Do you want to have to drive to a dealership every time you need to charge your car?? Or do you mean that the dealer should install a charging station in your home when you buy the car? That is certainly possible, and I know that the Nissan plans to do that for the Leaf. Tray:

People ARE talking about that; its called the Chevy Volt. The Volt is an electric car, with a gasoline engine to generate electricity as a backup for when the batteries get low.

Hugo:

A 220V plug is a pretty normal household outlet. Many houses have them for electric ranges, or ovens, or cloths dryers. But perhaps you are asking why a car can not charge off of a normal US 110V outlet? Again, they CAN. I believe that the Nissan Leaf will be able to do so.

But think of electrical outlets like water hoses. The bigger they are (higher voltage and amp rating), the faster you can fill up a pool (battery). It takes a LOT of electricity to move a car, so charging something like a Nissan leaf will probably take 18 hours to completely charge from a 110 outlet. Most people will not want to wait that long, and so will install 220 outlets.

I have NO idea what you are talking about with respect to dealers providing charging. Do you want to have to drive to a dealership every time you need to charge your car??

Or do you mean that the dealer should install a charging station in your home when you buy the car? That is certainly possible, and I know that the Nissan plans to do that for the Leaf.

]]> By: Nerraw http://gas2.org/2010/05/19/an-electric-car-test-drive%e2%80%94in-2020/#comment-14912 Nerraw Thu, 20 May 2010 19:10:53 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=7974#comment-14912 Here is my addition..." after the mandates set decades ago, PG&E saw opportunity to cash in on the change to electric powered vehicles. They installed thousands of passive power producing swivel walls in the pacific ocean, and setup all of the over used gyms in So. Cali with systems that generate power from all of the exercise bikes and treadmills and tripled the price of electricity..." Here is my addition…” after the mandates set decades ago, PG&E saw opportunity to cash in on the change to electric powered vehicles. They installed thousands of passive power producing swivel walls in the pacific ocean, and setup all of the over used gyms in So. Cali with systems that generate power from all of the exercise bikes and treadmills and tripled the price of electricity…”

]]> By: Nerraw http://gas2.org/2010/05/19/an-electric-car-test-drive%e2%80%94in-2020/#comment-38901 Nerraw Thu, 20 May 2010 19:10:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=7974#comment-38901 Here is my addition..." after the mandates set decades ago, PG&E saw opportunity to cash in on the change to electric powered vehicles. They installed thousands of passive power producing swivel walls in the pacific ocean, and setup all of the over used gyms in So. Cali with systems that generate power from all of the exercise bikes and treadmills and tripled the price of electricity..." Here is my addition…” after the mandates set decades ago, PG&E saw opportunity to cash in on the change to electric powered vehicles. They installed thousands of passive power producing swivel walls in the pacific ocean, and setup all of the over used gyms in So. Cali with systems that generate power from all of the exercise bikes and treadmills and tripled the price of electricity…”

]]> By: John http://gas2.org/2010/05/19/an-electric-car-test-drive%e2%80%94in-2020/#comment-14911 John Thu, 20 May 2010 17:23:42 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=7974#comment-14911 There is one major factor that is frequently overlooked. It takes electricity to just refine crude into gasoline. I have seen estimates that the amount of electricty required to refine one gallon of gas could power the average electric car 28 miles. Amazing, without using more electricity than is presently used to refine gas, the national mpg average would increase without a drop of crude or creating any additional co2. There is one major factor that is frequently overlooked. It takes electricity to just refine crude into gasoline. I have seen estimates that the amount of electricty required to refine one gallon of gas could power the average electric car 28 miles. Amazing, without using more electricity than is presently used to refine gas, the national mpg average would increase without a drop of crude or creating any additional co2.

]]> By: John http://gas2.org/2010/05/19/an-electric-car-test-drive%e2%80%94in-2020/#comment-38900 John Thu, 20 May 2010 17:23:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=7974#comment-38900 There is one major factor that is frequently overlooked. It takes electricity to just refine crude into gasoline. I have seen estimates that the amount of electricty required to refine one gallon of gas could power the average electric car 28 miles. Amazing, without using more electricity than is presently used to refine gas, the national mpg average would increase without a drop of crude or creating any additional co2. There is one major factor that is frequently overlooked. It takes electricity to just refine crude into gasoline. I have seen estimates that the amount of electricty required to refine one gallon of gas could power the average electric car 28 miles. Amazing, without using more electricity than is presently used to refine gas, the national mpg average would increase without a drop of crude or creating any additional co2.

]]> By: Constantin http://gas2.org/2010/05/19/an-electric-car-test-drive%e2%80%94in-2020/#comment-14910 Constantin Thu, 20 May 2010 13:02:38 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=7974#comment-14910 The production of electric vehicles peaked in 1912: during that time there were 30,000 EV's on the road in the United States http://evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=23358 The production of electric vehicles peaked in 1912: during that time there were 30,000 EV’s on the road in the United States

http://evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=23358

]]> By: Constantin http://gas2.org/2010/05/19/an-electric-car-test-drive%e2%80%94in-2020/#comment-38899 Constantin Thu, 20 May 2010 13:02:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=7974#comment-38899 The production of electric vehicles peaked in 1912: during that time there were 30,000 EV's on the road in the United States http://evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=23358 The production of electric vehicles peaked in 1912: during that time there were 30,000 EV’s on the road in the United States

http://evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=23358

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