Recent questions tagged electric cars

Description : At public electric vehicle charging stations, do you have to stay by your car?

Last Answer : No. Someone I used to work with would use a free public charging station, walk home and then walk back in the morning to get his car.

Description : How protected are electric cars against EMP attacks?

Last Answer : They aren't any more protected than cars that rely on an internal combustion engine (which would also be affected). But while the threat is not completely insignificant, it's apparently not as big a ... more vehicles than are damaged by the EMP, the consequent loss of life, and multiple injuries.

Description : What happens to an electric car when it runs out of battery?

Last Answer : Yeah as far as I know it just s stops when it doesn’t have enough battery power to operate it, BUT there are gauges that warn the driver when it is running low and needs a charge. As far as AAA jumping it I don’t think we are at that stage, but it would probably qualify for a tow if it came to that.

Description : Do electric car batteries lose their stored energy over time?

Last Answer : All batteries have a self-discharge rate. The rate varies by type of battery, age of battery, level of charge, and temperature. If you estimate a lithium ion battery at 2-5% per month, you can ... - if there are no other current drains like alarm system, keep-alive circuitry, wifi, bluetooth, etc.

Description : Do you think that electric cars should be equipped with some sort of noise-maker, to alert pedestrians to their presence?

Last Answer : Read this: http://www.nhtsa.gov/SampleSounds

Description : What do you think about the Tesla Model X?

Last Answer : It is quite ugly, actually. Especially the face.

Description : If GM managed to build the EV1 with great specs and at a reasonable price why has no one been able to do it again?

Last Answer : answer:Excerpt from Wikipedia: GM based the lease payments for the EV1 on an initial vehicle price of US$33,995.[5] Lease payments ranged from around $299 to $574 per month, depending on the ... to the United States Advanced Battery Consortium. Keep in mind, these are 1996 costs, HUGE costs.

Description : The movement towards electric cars is great, but is it really cleaner?

Last Answer : Yes, even if all of the electricity came from coal (as opposed to hydroelectric, nuclear, wind or natural gas), there would still be about a 60% reduction in CO2 emissions. (source)

Description : The car of the future?

Last Answer : A flying electric car, dammit. Not to say that I necessarily agree with Newsweek, but I'm sure that 100 years ago people were saying, The automobile is the wave of the future? You must be joking! My ... water! Who wants to have to buy smelly and dangerous gasoline? ... etc. So it's possible.

Description : Does anyone have experience with electric cars?

Last Answer : answer:There is a great documentary on electric cars called "Who Killed the Electric Car"...you can google it and order it, or I believe also rent it on NetFlix...it will tell you lots about electric cars. One ... it--and you can get 50 MPG. It's also silent. And it never has to be plugged in.