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Originally Posted by Rochard
This is old news.
I'm stunned and disappointed that someone with big bucks hasn't given this company billions to jump start them. While Ford and GM are dicking around with hybrids, this company is making great cars that have the range - and are even faster then Ford and GM's sports cars.
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In the uk in London the g-wiz car (in other countries it has a different name - its indian made) seems to sell. Its cheap and you can park it free. you do not pay congestion tax. and its cheap on road tax. it does 40 miles, but if your only doing a few miles each day its ideal.
big firms are making electric versions of there cars (such as ford) but they are very expensive.
the downside is charging.
unless you have a garage it makes charging at home a pain.
i suspect we will see small firms do well who can build cheap electric cars, rather than the big firms who will make expensive ones.
i have seen a few firms make simple cheap cars. these are basicly, 4 wheels, a plastic body, motor and a batery. cheap and simple.
the big firms are going for complex cars. expensive.
other advantqages of electric is that they keep going. very little to go wrong. and lets face it, most trams and underground trains are electric and do thousands of milesw for years and years and years.
i suspect most supermarketys will provide free charging. lets face it, charging points will not cost a great deal to install and a bit of free electricity will not be noticed in the amount they spend.
also i supect most countries will offer some sort of tax refund for installing them.
lets face it, if such as the usa where fuel is cheap are interested, then you can see such as uk where fuel is expensive will be interested.
one big game changer could be china. all they need to do is make cheap electric cars. they will sell in million to china bringing the cost down, thus selling them to uk and usa very cheap.
in 10 years electric cars will be the norm.