Reply #6: That's exactly why we need to impeach -- oil and war dependence [View All]

[DianaForRussFeingold]

This video answers why we need to get the oil and war profiteers (GOP) out-- produce electric cars, NOW...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZk_giOvhfw&feature=related

We already have done the research--Time for production..
"If these oil-free EVs had been improved each year, allowed to be owned and modified, with new models as people see them running, we would be in a much different world.

1997 EV1 with lead batteries from Panasonic Storage Battery Co., up to 110 miles at up to 80 mph;
1997 HondaEV with NiMH batteries from Panasonic Energy PEVE, up to 140 miles at up to 80 mph;
1999 EV1 with NiMH batteries from GM-Ovonics, up to 160 miles (140 EPA certified) at up to 80 mph;
1997 Toyota RAV4-EV with NiMH batteries from Panasonic Energy, up to 120 miles at up to 80 mph. Last sold in Nov., 2002, these are still running fine, even though Toyota has refused to sell replacement batteries;
Various battery scooters, Neighborhood EVs, motorcycles and city cars.

AND THAT'S IT. You don't see any fuel cell car in there, and there never will be, because fuel cell cars will never be offered for sale on the open market. If they ever were offered for sale at normal prices, buy about 10, and sell the components for a gain of 1000%!

What's needed is a recognition that all the research and testing has already been done, and it's time for PRODUCTION.

The original vision of 1990 was valid, it was betrayed by intimidated, misguided or weak regulators. Slow charging at night is a boon, not a problem; an EV need not have a range of more than 200 miles, long-distance trips should be done via the airport or train station." http://www.ev1.org