Electric cars (highway speed) for sale?

[NewUser]

Originally Posted by PDXmom

Check it out. The Triac is 20K, The Moose (which carries 4 people) 13K and the Mircowatt is 12K. The Triac has a 100 mile range and the Moose and Mircorwatt has a 60 mile range. Yes, they are more along the lines of commuter cars. But if you are using 25 gallons of gas a week you will spend $5200 a year on gas. It only takes a couple of years of this sort of gas to pay for an electric commuter car in that amount of time. So it's worth getting one just for commuting.

25 gallons of gas per week!

So your numbers assume about a 50 mile round trip commute in a vehicle that averages 12 mpg (sounds like a big SUV). That also leaves 5 gal of gas for the weekend (60 miles).

Those little electric cars have a face only their mother could love , so I'll stick with my current vehicle that gets 25 mpg average and is paid off.

[aldamon]

The Poulsen Hybrid concept looks really interesting and the mod will only run $3K - $5K. They're competing for the X-Prize. Supposedly going to be available this fall.