Comments on: 10 Electric Cars You Can Buy Right Now

By: Roby

Roby — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:02:23 +0000

Why buy when you can build or convert to an electric car? A lot of information on how to build an electric car, including cost cutting measures and design tips, can be found on Frank Didik’s website at: http://www.didik.com/didik_ev.htm. In particular, check out the section entitled “How to Build an Electric Car”, “Didik Turtle or How to build a two person electric vehicle in 14 hours” and “Critical and accurate assessment of electric vehicles”. He is the first to truly mention the pro’s and con’s of electric cars and an excellent history directory of electric cars, starting in the 1800′s. Many years ago, Didik was the found of the Electric Car Society.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:17:03 +0000

The problem is that electric cars are either over priced or really weird looking.

By: Alex Campbell

Alex Campbell — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:48:27 +0000

Not only do I own several ZAP vehicles, I work for the company. I’ve been in EVs for about 17 years and have seen some amazing progress in some ways and almost none in other ways. The only real solution to this problem is for more people to start going electric any way they can. I wish everyone on this list well in their efforts and everyone not on this list.

I’ve been keeping an eye on the blogs and just wanted to make a note for your readers so they know that there are real, affordable solutions today and that you don’t have to wait several years to start driving gas-free.

Another great company that is not on this list… AC Propulsion.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:11:46 +0000

Thanks Alex, we’ll have a look at the Zap. If we mentioned it in the article, we would have to re-write the whole thing you know.

change all the references to 10 Electric Cars to 11 you know!

maybe we can get Scott to do an article just on the Zap. Or myself even. Are you affiliated with the zap website in some way?

By: Diana Moneymaker

Diana Moneymaker — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:55:15 +0000

Thank you for the list of great electric cars.

I would love to get a Silence T-Rex, but I would have to live in a good weather area to get the best use of it. Other vehicles I do not see them as viable. The distance isn’t enough for me to invest in one.

-Diana Moneymaker

By: Alex Campbell

Alex Campbell — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:22:30 +0000

Thanks for highlighting what’s out there for electric cars. I would note that several of these are not commercially available. You didn’t mention the Xebra sedan or truck from ZAP which came out last year for a little over $10,000. I own one actually, with stripes. These are 40 MPH DOT approved city-cars.