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I asked who killed the electric car?
I listed a source
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_killed_the_electric_car
But of the 10 replys I got, 9 said the battery technology wasn't there.
Yet in the video & even in the source it states the battery WAS NOT the fail of the car. (GMs EV1 prototype)
By the way I'm talking total elect. not a hybred.
If you want the points and state an answer at least be kind enough to review the source so you don't look like an idiot!!
PLEASE?
It's easy to want to blame oil companies and think that you are uncovering some great conspiracy.
The EV1 failed because it was shite, just read the data on the wiki:
"GM believes that the electric car venture was not a failure, and that the EV1 was doomed when the expected breakthrough in battery technology did not take place.[26] In fact, the NiMH battery packs (or Ovonic Battery) that were expected to dramatically improve range came with their own set of problems; GM had to use a less-efficient charging algorithm (lengthening charge times) and waste power on air conditioning to prevent the battery packs from overheating.[27] In addition, the elimination of the environmental mandate that led to the car's creation was, as previously mentioned, a huge factor in the program's cancellation"
Earlier on the page it says that charge times are as much as 2 hours!
Yes, batteries are the problem.
Imagine that you are going on a long drive out of state, maybe 500 miles or so. A really good battery will get you about 300 miles, but then what? You have to stop and wait for it to charge which can be as much slower than filling your tank. Instead of stopping to fill up gas for five minutes, you will have to stop and sit in your car for TWO HOURS while the battery charges. Also, batteries are only good for so many miles, 100k for a prius, and then they are expensive to replace.
The next step in cars before we get to electric will be a plug-in hybrid. A plug-in hybrid will charge overnight, run on the battery all day, and only use up gas when the battery runs out. As you said, most driving is only 30 miles per day, so most of the time you will never use gas in a plug-in hybrid.
As another poster pointed out, if Congress and big oil companies were the only reason why the electric car failed, then why haven't we seen electric cars in the UK, Russia, Japan, China, or any other country?
Thinking of buying a Renault Megane, heard bad reviews about the new electric key?
Does anyone own or has owned the new electric key for the Renault. (its like a disk that you have to insert and then press start for the car to go.
I have heard that if it is dropped, it will not work and can cost up to £3000 to be fixed.
Reviews please . .
I assume that the Megane will use the same system as the scenic of same year, if so it is not a disc but is like a thick credit card with 2 buttons on it. You push it into a slot in the dash and then press the starter button. We have a scenic with this key-less ignition card and i have lost count of the number of times the card has been dropped without any problems (and this vehicle is in constant use 10 hours a day).
Incidentally, the card has an ordinary metal key fitted into it for emergency use and there is a key slot under a snap on cover on the nearside front door handle.
Replacing a broken card would be little more than replacing any modern remote key, who ever told you it would cost 3 grand is living in cloud cuckoo land!
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