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Lewie82 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - A power plant, even coal, is much more efficient than a car. You will still be polluting less with an electric car.

brosbdm Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - really? the solar one sounds good, too i guess

RoGu3Kn1ght Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - carbon dioxide emissions are not as bad as carbon monoxide emissions

Lemurai Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - all man don't be such a pessimist.

RobbPrentice Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - ... to "papercut" coal is for stockings. Sun, water & wind, open your mind!

menonfire12 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - really really cool

PHof1 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - Partially correct, let's not belittle the effects of CO2. Consider carbonic acid, which lowers pH levels, ultimately affecting marine life.....

johnnyvnl Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - Ehrm, no :P Car engines are ten times more efficient than coal power plants.

BlueshirtKonspiracy Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - Global warming huh? The cattle industry is more responsible for global warming than all the worlds public transportation. ;0) Something to think about. I'm NOT ADVOCATING being a vegan! Eat steak, but don't be such a band wagoner!

oldskewlboy Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - It's a good thing they're naming more things after Tesla. Everyone else got credit for his work ]: He was a great man.

maggotybalogna Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - When 25 million of these things get plugged into an electrical outlet to be recharged every 12 hours or so wil cripple , CRIPPLE!!! the power grid of not just N.American but any continent that uses these cars in great number. nations will have to build coal plants just as a stop gap measure. In the US most nuclear plants are getting old and new ones arent being built. Not enough solar,hydro,wind and geothermo allternatives on deck to handle such a demand increase

naught405 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - oh you mean like when 300 million computers get plugged in? didn't you here the "energy positive" part? let me explain it for you. Solar panel on car make power, make more power from solar then car uses. car makes energy.

Soodla Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - What a load of BS. If you know anything about energy - then you should check out so called "energy peaks" and what nighttime charging (load leveling) would do to them and how this would positively affect the use of energy. Not to mention the effectiveness of the eletric motors.

TimTrimT Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - To all you guys that think electric cars would cripple the energy grid - pull your head out of the sand. It's a function of efficiency. Car engines achieve MUCH lower efficiency than large scale power plants. So even if the stupidest thing on earth came to pass: electric plants that burned the gasoline that cars weren't using - you'd have an instant reduction in total fuel requirements. Add to that the extremely high efficiency of the electric motors Tesla designed and you're gold! Er, green!

TimTrimT Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - To all you guys that think electric cars would cripple the energy grid - pull your head out of the sand. It's a function of efficiency. Car engines achieve MUCH lower efficiency than large scale power plants. So even if the stupidest thing on earth came to pass: electric plants that burned the gasoline that cars weren't using - you'd have an instant reduction in total fuel requirements. Add to that the extremely high efficiency of the electric motors Tesla designed and you're gold! Er, green!

AlexWasBored Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - You're correct and lets hope that a shift to electrics is actually pushed. A focus at the same time on making our power plants renewable would be astounding in curbing greenhouse emissions. =)

digestedsheepstomach Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - I hear the speed is inhibited so it will only go 135. I guarantee you that it could go faster if it can make it from 0-60 in 4 seconds. They just have to slow it down so the cops can catch you if your speeding.P.S. I love you guys. Seriously.

AUwarrior5 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - These cars will NEVER cripple the energy grid. Its not like tomorrow morning there will be 25 million of them on the road. Slowly the change will happen. Hydrogen is a waste of time. Pretty soon solar technology will be efficient enough to start building more solar electric plants little by little until eventually we will be mostly solar and a lot cleaner.

oneundergod Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - ok i picked up a bug that killed my sound, so can only go by comments and vision ,but agree with the use of off peak recharge [noting the electric car gm put out [in the 80's]to the market cost a few cents to recharge,but recall it was stopped because govt offered huge[20,000 each suv]subsidies to gm to produce suv's and stop their production of electric vehiclesyour govt[via tax payer subsidy,stopped the last production of the elec-trick vehicle]the petrol lobby wont let ev happen go figure

dakiro222 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - how I love this electric acceleration sound,hmmmm. Like when a camera flash capacitor is charging up, totaly sweet

ejbh3160 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - Excellent vehicle for sure, but remember that ANY car uses MORE energy in mining, transporting & assembling all the materials that go into manufacturing it, than it is likely to burn in its entire lifetime!Obviously with electric cars they don't go on to ADD to that once they're built, but we must remember they still use fosil fuels to manufacture & transport all the materials. When we see electric lorries then we'll know things are improving for everyone & its not just toys for the rich!

nippelfrost Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - these relatively expensive cars will improve the image of electric transportation, creating a market for a mass production. The r&d in this sector will result in much more efficiency and lower prices, adding to the market position. The process will take some time but as fossil prices are going up, this sector is getting more interesting :)

Reubennige Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - In the next 10 or 20 years what will happen to the batteries?, will they be safely disposed of or will they be dumped to some poor country? we have an environemtal crisis in dumping used and obsolete computers out in fields where we used to grow food and have good potable water. We need think about it.

fusionfreq Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - this makes me feel better with paypal fees. i can pretend my money is going toward this project.

horneyvirus Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - Fuck saudi arabia, fuck allah, fuck the koran and fuck arab oil. From the day lithium batteries and atomic energy was invented, we really didn't need oil except to only help deepen the pockets of the rich oil cabal and promote jizzlam.