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To: KLP who wrote (404385)	1/15/2011 4:40:31 AM
From: Neeka	Respond to of 794299

I don't know the answers to your questions, and maybe people who buy electric cars think any price will suffice as long as they don't burn oil to transport around?

To: KLP who wrote (404385)	1/15/2011 10:46:49 AM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794299

Any idea of what the charging stations will be using for electricity Lets keep this "simple & stupid". bottom line, consumer pays. When I lived in PA, my motorcycle was not ridable for 6 months in a year.during that time, I had a "trickle battery charger" based on electricity, hooked to the battery in my bike. (input 110V, output 12 V). Worked fine - all winter the battery had adequate charge. Come spring- no probs - it starts on day 1.

To: KLP who wrote (404385)	1/15/2011 12:20:17 PM
From: Alan Smithee	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794299

Any idea of what the charging stations will be using for electricity? Do people who have electric cars know that electricity uses Nuclear, Natural Gas, and or Coal as the power to produce electricity? Jorj calls electric cars "coal powered cars."

To: KLP who wrote (404385)	1/16/2011 2:25:25 PM
From: Sr K	Respond to of 794299

>> electric cars << Negative comments on the cost of powering them - and positive comments and mileage estimates, too - have to be checked for when they were made. GM started the exaggeration while Rick Wagoner was still CEO, counting the electric cost for the Volt at $0. An estimate for one car was over 400 MPG, which obviously was wrong. Competition fed the EPA facts and pushed for a fair re-labeling for "MPG" estimates so consumers would have useful information. The EPA proposed and late last year took public comments on new vehicle stickers, and new ratings for the MPGe or Miles Per Gallon equivalent for gas/electric hybrids and electric vehicles. Current estimates are believable. IMO. For EV there is also a cost to a homeowner to install a charging station in a garage, for the Leaf, for instance, and to run it. Nissan shows the information on their website. And they include the cost of electricity.