Comments for German Cars Are the Next Wave of EVs at http://www.ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 10 out of 10 comments http://www.ecogeek.org Sun, 19 May 2013 07:39:32 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/3815-german-cars-are-the-next-wave-of-evs-#comment-48025 These German cars are really changing the rhythm in the car industry. Since the car industries have now undergone a revolution in developing new technologies based cars these cars are really good. Electric Vehicles are the need of the time, because electric vehicles are more compact and easily can be used for, so the importance of which seems to attract the German cars manufacturer to manufacture these. - Tom Fischer Sun, 17 Mar 2013 06:35:38 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/3815-german-cars-are-the-next-wave-of-evs-#comment-47483 I think the range will be around 600 km. There was a car pilot project all over the German TV. BMW and Audi invested into some guys company that invented iron based batteries. That guy put them in a car and went from Munich to Berlin without recharging. It was about 600 km. The former minister of economy also put some public funding into the company. - Best Man Sat, 20 Oct 2012 06:45:34 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/3815-german-cars-are-the-next-wave-of-evs-#comment-47452 Let's not forget about the Amory Lovins evolution toward smaller, lighter cars. Imagine cars with an outer shell of something like kevlar instead of steel. Not only would they be more fuel efficient, but imagine if you could drive them onto a car rack on a "ferry car" on a train for the lion's share of that 200 mile commute. - John Rudmin Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:21:12 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/3815-german-cars-are-the-next-wave-of-evs-#comment-47447 But until there is a better infrastructure, owning all electric cars in the Western US is impractical. I would love to buy the Tesla X but as a road car where distances are often 200+ miles is not going to work. So when is Tesla putting up these solar powered stations? - Lawrence Leichtman Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:07:52 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/3815-german-cars-are-the-next-wave-of-evs-#comment-47402 Tesla Motors has all the answers. On top of creating an uberawesome futuristic electric car with 2 trunks, they hope to build solar powered charging stations that will be free for life. - Miguel Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:08:45 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/3815-german-cars-are-the-next-wave-of-evs-#comment-47391 I agree that a sudden shift towards full-electric cars would shake our infrastructure to its core. Any sort of "Sudden Shift" does that. Even so, the shift would realistically create a dramatic increase in the demand (and therefore Price) of Electricity. The increased production would happen, but it would occur due to increased revenue opportunity due to large prices, not the other way around. That says to me that rather than preventing ownership, which sounds over-intrusive and very undesirable, the 'proper' governmental solution is to regulate the development of these new power generation plants into the Renewable Energy sector. If the price of electricity is high enough to incentivise that kind of growth, and it would be with any sort of 'sudden shift,' that Green growth would happen, and it would be great. - David Hurt Sun, 07 Oct 2012 12:05:18 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/3815-german-cars-are-the-next-wave-of-evs-#comment-47389 Give me a Plug-In Diesel Electric Hybrid Jetta getting 75-100 mpg and 50 miles to a charge and we can talk Germany. - Ottar Sun, 07 Oct 2012 10:50:32 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/3815-german-cars-are-the-next-wave-of-evs-#comment-47385 @starpul "The only way to solve this problem..." There is never just one way to solve a problem. What if public transportation would be excellent and cheap? Owning a car is getting more expensive by the week, so offering a better alternative would probably get a lot of people out of their cars. - Joris Sat, 06 Oct 2012 13:23:55 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/3815-german-cars-are-the-next-wave-of-evs-#comment-47378 The irony is that if everyone switched over to electric vehicles, huge new investment in power generation would be required. Renewable energy would not be able to meet the demand, so it would mean more coal, CSG and nuclear generators. The only way to solve this problem is to prevent private citizens from owning automobiles by law. - starpul Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:59:51 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/3815-german-cars-are-the-next-wave-of-evs-#comment-47377 Remember when Prius became the most admired, green-movement manifest car a few years back? At that time, a German car maker rep sounded they won't produce a hybrid as the conception is flawed by design. A full-electric car is the way to go. - Funtom Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:02:21 +0100