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In reply to the discussion: Tesla is the new Hummer. Flying down the highway reading Drudge [View all]nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)49. Don't worry about Tesla- soon
Elon Musk might look like John Delorean, without the cute wife.
An H bomb is about to drop on the entire auto industry:
BBC-Future-Hydrogen cars: Ready for the roads? Chris Hostetter, group vice president of strategic planning for Toyota Motor Sales, believes the automotive industry will change more in the next 10 years than the last 100 years. Hostetter spoke to BBC Future at the Aspen Ideas Festival.
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140327-hydrogen-cars-ready-for-roads
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140327-hydrogen-cars-ready-for-roads
Global leaders sign up to £31m plan to demonstrate viability of hydrogen vehicles. 5 different manufacturers have agreed to deploy a total of 110 Fuel Cell vehicles at several European locations (Bolzano, Copenhagen, Innsbruck, London, Munich, Stuttgart) & develop new clusters of refuelling stations
http://www.automotiveworld.com/news-releases/global-leaders-sign-31m-plan-demonstrate-viability-hydrogen-vehicles/
http://www.automotiveworld.com/news-releases/global-leaders-sign-31m-plan-demonstrate-viability-hydrogen-vehicles/
Hyundai ix35 hydrogen FCEV gets a thumbs up for Fleet buyers. Fleet management specialist Arval UK have been testing the hydrogen fuel cell powered Hyundai ix35 in the UK, and have given it a thumbs up.
http://www.carsuk.net/hyundai-ix35-hydrogen-fcev-gets-thumbs-fleet-buyers/
http://www.carsuk.net/hyundai-ix35-hydrogen-fcev-gets-thumbs-fleet-buyers/
Oh, and battery (only) powered cars lose up to half of their range in cold weather. That's not advertised often - or at all. Battery tech just isn't there yet and a half ton of lithium under the seats is going to turn out to be a bigger problem over time than imagined now.
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The facts are that 10% of the pages hit by Tesla owners while driving down the road
BlueStreak
Apr 2014
#2
Your post uses the price of a Tesla as 100,000 which is one of the highest prices for a Tesla ...
MindMover
Apr 2014
#3
First, an electric vehicle is not a toy ... 250 km is enough driving in any day for me ...
MindMover
Apr 2014
#5
We are presently working on an exoskin that will recharge the batteries from the sun ...
MindMover
Apr 2014
#16
Why don't power plants use gasoline internal combustion engines to produce electricty?
XRubicon
Apr 2014
#36
Much electricity in the US is from hydroelectric, no coal plants around here
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2014
#42
My 35+ year old apartment complex recently installed three charging stations
LanternWaste
Apr 2014
#12
How do you think those car dealerships came about in the first place?
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2014
#58
Come to Alaska if you want the oil check. I filed my pfd for me and my 2 kids in march.
bravenak
Apr 2014
#52
My point was that oil companies shouldn't be getting the lion's share of profits.
idendoit
Apr 2014
#61
I'm all ears. Most people have only been able to sustain something like 5% with modest risk
BlueStreak
Apr 2014
#60
yeah, pulling it out to be taxed..but if you had 100k in a regular bank account, it would be cheaper
dionysus
Apr 2014
#54
Still in the future - $40,000 for 'Model E' which has a range of 200mi - ready in 2016/17
Baclava
Apr 2014
#6
It's still a concept car- it's years away from what it will even look like, let alone it's price
Baclava
Apr 2014
#10
I have read different accounts of when, not how much ...hopefully, we will know more soon...nt
MindMover
Apr 2014
#11