The State of Electric Vehicles in America - 12.25.2011
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- Опубликовано: 23 дек 2011
- Electric vehicles are hitting the streets in larger numbers, led by models like the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt. By one estimate, there could be more than 600,000 EVs on U.S. roads by 2014, but that's a speck in the rear-view mirror compared to the roughly 140 million passenger cars Americans already drive.
This week, energyNOW! explores the state of electric vehicles in America today: are they accelerating into the fast lane, or could they run out of juice in the race against internal-combustion cars?
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Correspondent Lee Patrick Sullivan looks at the independent carmakers and big auto companies trying to charge up the transition to EVs and convince American drivers that going electric is really worth it.
Revenge of the Electric Car
Virtually all of the electric vehicle industry's history has been documented by environmentalist filmmaker Chris Paine. His 2006 documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car" accused U.S. automakers of crushing EV development in the 1990s. Now, his new film, "The Revenge of the Electric Car," says the industry has turned a corner and brought EVs back from the dead.
Anchor Thalia Assuras talks to Paine about how the auto industry has shifted gears to view EVs as a business opportunity instead of a threat. And Paine provided a private look at his home and his electric cars to show how he lives an environmentally responsible and EV-powered life.
Leading the Charge: Next-Generation EV Batteries Zap Range Anxiety
Range anxiety, or the concern about how far electric vehicles will travel on a single charge, is one of the biggest limitations on the EV industry. In fact, a ...
Great informative video Thalia. Good job
??? Charging rate has noting to do with the amount of volts coming from a wall socket.
In a way it does, the 120v 15a (1800w) system america uses is limited as it needs larger cables to supply the same amount of power, where's the 240v 13a (3200w) sockets used in England can supply more power, if three phase where used 415v would charge the car using a small cable (16a - 9000w), the power used would make the cable too large to be practical using the american 120/240v system (40a@240 , 80a@120).
I think by "ferry" he's talking about a car carrier like a train you sit on with your car (the Euro-Tunnel trains do this).
Affordable EVs won't exist in my lifetime, so good luck for future generations.
I built an Electric Bicycle that has a range of 15 miles per charge average speed 20 mph cost $620.00 What Is needed Is Road Fairies that take You and Your vehicle every 5 miles from town to town.
"Range anxiety?" in the US? Don't most households own 2 or more cars? Just do what even those who build their own short range ev's do: Drive the electric the 90+% of the time you don't need the range and drive the dino drinker the other times. BTW: "range anxiety" was coined by GM as an excuse not to make a pure EV!
Why not disagrigate info on EV sales/manufacture. No big company has put equal effort into their EV's as they have their dino drinker. None.
wtf! i don't believe this that plastic is made from my shit. 27:00
Drive EV and if you need long range vehicles, rent one.
Gotta laugh at the hydrogen car, "ohh no range anxiety", cept there isn't any more infrastructure on hydrogen then there is on Electric. that's why there is range anxiety.
You really need to do your research. Where they get the materials to make the components for these vehicles, and the process does more harm then good. Pretty ironic, but hey if you like being another sheep lead to the slaughter. Believe anything they tell you.
Well bless your heart you poor old son of a bitch...
"Fairies" is not the preferred nomenclature. and why does your taxi need to be driven by a gay guy to begin with?
Total f-ing Bullshit, no way I'll ever buy an electric car from a major manufacturer like Ford or GM. I will build my own before I buy their bullshit.