This is the future we have to look forward to with electric cars? (pollution, heater)

[plwhit]

Tesla vs Media AGAIN, Stalled Out on Tesla’s Electric Highway

The NYT article chronicles an attempt by scribe John M Broder to drive a new Model S from Washington to Boston with stops to make rapid recharges at two new ultrafast charging stations set up by Tesla on the route between the two cities, which should have made the journey nearly as quick and simple as it would be in a fossil-fuelled vehicle.

Unfortunately things didn't work out that way for Broder. He reached the first charging station without trouble and left the car plugged in for most of an hour, which should have furnished easily enough juice to reach the next one. Unfortunately, on the next leg of the trip the dreaded "range anxiety" syndrome set in.

Despite turning down the heater to the point where the Model S' interior became "freezing" and driving at 54 mph, Broder only just reached the second charging station, rolling in having gone past zero on the range remaining readout with emergency captions flashing on the dashboard.

Why, when the media (doesn't make a difference who) gets a Tesla for testing the car bombs?

Maybe they should be sold with a warning: Not to be used outside of city limits

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/au...nted=all&_r=2&

Tesla vs Media AGAIN as Model S craps out on journo - on the highway ? The Register

[DCforever]

100% electric cars are commuter vehicles. If you need longer distance by a hybrid.

[plwhit]

Originally Posted by DCforever

100% electric cars are commuter vehicles. If you need longer distance by a hybrid.

Just when were 100% electric cars labeled and sold as commuter vehicles?

THESE are considered to be commuter vehicles....

Wrong once again.....

[DCforever]

When was an all electric vehicle sold as anything but a commuter vehicle?

[plwhit]

Originally Posted by DCforever

When was an all electric vehicle sold as anything but a commuter vehicle?

Is there a special name for answering a question with another question?

This is often called a "counter-question" and is used as a device to avoid answering a question.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_there_a...other_question

[Submariner]

I think plug-in vehicles would be great for commuting.

We drive a hybrid now.

My DW would like to shift to a plug-in for her work commute.

[Glenfield]

Originally Posted by DCforever

When was an all electric vehicle sold as anything but a commuter vehicle?

Now.

Your Questions Answered | Tesla Motors

[DCforever]

So the Nissan Leaf, et al are not sold as over the road cars. Great thanks

[oregonwoodsmoke]

Electric cars are not non-polluting. They simply move the pollution to a different location.

[plwhit]

Originally Posted by DCforever

So the Nissan Leaf, et al are not sold as over the road cars. Great thanks

Even electric golf carts move on paved roads....

Deflect, deflect deflect..... You think you can post something that actually addresses the OP?

Insight: Electric cars head toward another dead end

Recent moves by Japan's two largest automakers suggest that the electric car, after more than 100 years of development and several brief revivals, still is not ready for prime time - and may never be.

In the meantime, the attention of automotive executives in Asia, Europe and North America is beginning to swing toward an unusual but promising new alternate power source: hydrogen.

Despite the promise of "green" transportation - and despite billions of dollars in investment, most recently by Nissan Motor Co - EVs continue to be plagued by many of the problems that eventually scuttled electrics in the 1910s and more recently in the 1990s. Those include high cost, short driving range and lack of charging stations.

Insight: Electric cars head toward another dead end | Reuters