Posted by Balanced View on June 8, 2008, 5:44 pm
Eeyore wrote:
> Balanced View wrote:
>
>> I think we need a change of mind set regarding electric cars, make them
>> "range rated", eg my wife's work
>> commute is less than five miles why would she need a car with a range of
>> 50 miles? If a simple lightweight
>> electric vehicle could be made for such limited ranges, surely it would
>> be far less expensive. There are
>> electric scooters out right now for less than $2000.00 that would suit
>> the purpose, but they wouldn't be
>> much good for commuting in poor weather, so how hard would it be to
>> produce a glorified golf cart
>> for urban commutes under 10 miles?
>>
> Why not buy het a golf cart and be done with it ?
> Graham
>
Because their use is not allowed on public roads in Ontario Canada. Part
of the reason we don't have such vehicles is because
of outdated legislation. They finally changed the law to allow electric
bikes and scooters, but have blocked the use of cars like this:
http://www.zenncars.com/
Posted by Eeyore on June 8, 2008, 6:25 pm
Balanced View wrote:
> Eeyore wrote
> >
> > Why not buy het a golf cart and be done with it ?
> Because their use is not allowed on public roads in Ontario Canada. Part
> of the reason we don't have such vehicles is because
> of outdated legislation. They finally changed the law to allow electric
> bikes and scooters, but have blocked the use of cars like this:
> http://www.zenncars.com/
LIES ! There is no such thing as a ZERO emission car.
Until the EV industry stops LYING I will do EVERYTHING I CAN to SMACK THEM.
They deserve nothing but contempt.
Graham
Posted by Balanced View on June 8, 2008, 10:24 pm
Eeyore wrote:
> Balanced View wrote:
>
>> Eeyore wrote
>>
>>> Why not buy het a golf cart and be done with it ?
>>>
>> Because their use is not allowed on public roads in Ontario Canada. Part
>> of the reason we don't have such vehicles is because
>> of outdated legislation. They finally changed the law to allow electric
>> bikes and scooters, but have blocked the use of cars like this:
>> http://www.zenncars.com/
>>
> LIES ! There is no such thing as a ZERO emission car.
> Until the EV industry stops LYING I will do EVERYTHING I CAN to SMACK THEM.
> They deserve nothing but contempt.
> Graham
>
The majority of Ontario's electricity is Nuclear or Hydro generated. I
suppose now you are going to tell us how
bad batteries are, even though the recycling industry is well
established......
Posted by Eeyore on June 8, 2008, 10:50 pm
Balanced View wrote:
> Eeyore wrote:
> > Balanced View wrote:
> >> Eeyore wrote
> >>
> >>> Why not buy het a golf cart and be done with it ?
> >>>
> >> Because their use is not allowed on public roads in Ontario Canada. Part
> >> of the reason we don't have such vehicles is because
> >> of outdated legislation. They finally changed the law to allow electric
> >> bikes and scooters, but have blocked the use of cars like this:
> >> http://www.zenncars.com/
> >>
> >
> > LIES ! There is no such thing as a ZERO emission car.
> >
> > Until the EV industry stops LYING I will do EVERYTHING I CAN to SMACK THEM.
> > They deserve nothing but contempt.
> The majority of Ontario's electricity is Nuclear or Hydro generated.
Local conditions do not change an outright lie.
> I suppose now you are going to tell us how
> bad batteries are, even though the recycling industry is well
> established......
How much energy do they take to recycle ? Bet you can't answer that one.
How about a total environmental impact statement for battery recycling ?
Grahama
Posted by Irregular on June 9, 2008, 10:56 pm
Eeyore wrote:
>
> Balanced View wrote:
>
>> Eeyore wrote
>>> Why not buy het a golf cart and be done with it ?
>> Because their use is not allowed on public roads in Ontario Canada. Part
>> of the reason we don't have such vehicles is because
>> of outdated legislation. They finally changed the law to allow electric
>> bikes and scooters, but have blocked the use of cars like this:
>> http://www.zenncars.com/
>
> LIES ! There is no such thing as a ZERO emission car.
>
> Until the EV industry stops LYING I will do EVERYTHING I CAN to SMACK THEM.
> They deserve nothing but contempt.
>
> Graham
>
http://www.stanford.edu/group/greendorm/participate/cee124/TeslaReading.pdf
165 kb.
The original is no longer on the tesla motors web site. A notice of a
re-write is in its place.
Since you really are an eeyore and not a tigger, have at it with their
numbers.
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>> I think we need a change of mind set regarding electric cars, make them
>> "range rated", eg my wife's work
>> commute is less than five miles why would she need a car with a range of
>> 50 miles? If a simple lightweight
>> electric vehicle could be made for such limited ranges, surely it would
>> be far less expensive. There are
>> electric scooters out right now for less than $2000.00 that would suit
>> the purpose, but they wouldn't be
>> much good for commuting in poor weather, so how hard would it be to
>> produce a glorified golf cart
>> for urban commutes under 10 miles?
>>
> Why not buy het a golf cart and be done with it ?
> Graham
>