Are Electric Cars Ready for Prime-Time?

A friend of mine asked me a question this morning which definitely has the wheels turning. Although electric cars have been around for decades, is it reasonable yet to drive one on a regular basis?

In coming weeks I’ll be looking at the various ‘conversion vs kit‘ options available; as well as the occasional progress report from my friend’s garage. It’s a fascinating subject.

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For now, though, just a couple of quick questions. For anyone who’s already done this (either by converting an existing car, or constructing one from scratch – usually from a kit);

what are your thoughts on the experience?
is there anything you’d do differently now?

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20 Responses to “Are Electric Cars Ready for Prime-Time?”

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Ivko
November 19th, 2007 02:47

If you live outside of cities the problem is distance to the work, commuting. If inside, on one of these big blocks of brick, is where are the charging stations. I think it´s on the verge and we will start to see people jumping from oil to the grid this year. But they will be the pioneers, not the standard.

And, yes, i would love a Tesla, but i would´t have place where to charge it in my garage box. Once there is a company doing the installations on a per person basis, not communities or buildings, then the adoption will go nuts.
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Michele
November 19th, 2007 06:41

Many years ago my father had a Propane kit on his truck (so he could run the vehicle on gas or propane). He found that even though propane was technically cheaper, he needed more of it to run the truck so the cost savings was very little.

I love the idea of electric vehicles and hope the cost savings would make it worth it.
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Scott straighttothebar.com
November 20th, 2007 04:17

Ivko : that’s a great point about the installations. The simpler the charging process becomes, the more electric cars we’ll see on the roads.

Michele : what happened to the propane kit – is he still using it? I suspect we’ll see a great variety of ideas like that over the next few years.
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Michele
November 20th, 2007 06:45

After a few years, my father had it removed as he could not see value in it and the propane tank occupied part of the truck bed.

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