Subaru Testing EVs Stateside

Did you say Japan has had these out on the road for two years? Why are they so far ahead of the US companies? How many more decades will it be before we the people of this great slow moving country start seeing these type of cars in our show rooms? GM talks a great talk but will they do the walk in my life time? Every since I was a small kid I have heard talk and seen pictures of these type of cars yet for some reason same old story, will be here in two to three years. Ya, so will flying cars…….

It’s simple to know why they’re so far ahead. The U.S. government gave automobile manufacturers tax breaks to upgrade their factories to remain competitive with foreign countries. The automobile companies simply pocketed the money, instead of using the money to upgrade their factories. This, of course, caused us to fall far behind.

Larry I think you need to re-read the above post. If you think that the roads of Japan are overflowing with these things, then think again. The article says by the end of next year there will be 100 of these in the Japanese fleet. If they’ve been on sale for two years already, that implies a sales rate of a whopping 33/year. GM will have 200 of its far more advanced fuel cell Equinox’s in peoples’ hands as part of its Project Driveway by the end of this year. I’d say GM is walking the walk on developing alternatives to traditional internal combustion engines. Try acknowledging that all of the world’s automakers are making strides in this direction, instead of just slamming the domestics.

HEY,FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,HOW ABOUT A LITTLE HELP?WE’RE DYING OUT HERE!!! IT GETS ME TO WORK AND BACK HOME AND ALL I DO IS PLUG IT IN MY GARAGE?DRIVE PAST HIGH GAS PRICES AND 1800S TECHNOLOGY {PISTON,COMBUSTION,VALVES,ETC. }GET OUT OF THE OIL BUISNESS AND LEAVE IRAQ A 3RD WORLD COUNTRY LIKE IT SHOULD BE,STICK YOUR OIL WHERE THE SUN DON’T SHINE!!!!!!!!!!!!

GM had an Electric Vehicle out Years ago, the EV1. The Subbie looks VERY Small and may work for a few people and not others, I could not even take the thing to the Store to go shopping as it is about a 70 Mile Round Trip. Calling Electric Vehicles “Green” is an absolute Joke as Electricity has to be Generated somewhere and most likely pollutes more than a regular Combustion Engine. And our Numer One Supplier of Oil is Canada, stop letting the Mainstream Media fool you!

The real gain as a driver / owner is much less maintenance required over the life of the car, I think, thanks to much simpler mechanism - a motor instead of engine. As we all know, it is this maintenance / repair cost that really costs us. (You may pay 50$ a month more than before due to the gas price hike. Instead of 100$ a month, you pay 150$. It’s not a big difference, I ‘d say, but you would be paying 500~1000$ a year for the repair cost over the life of the car, wouldn’t you? And that is the real cost.) I wish all gas stations provide recharging service at any time anywhere. Then no worry of running out of juice; we can drive an Ev anywhere. 15min coffee break at the station while recharging… not bad at all. If the batteries are really as good as announced (100,000miles, 10 years?), Ev is definitely my next pick.

Electric Vehicles are not the Answer at all as the United States Electrical Grid could not keep up with all of the Demands. Think of “Forced” Brown Outs and Black Outs under High Demand, and it also because a Major Security Issue if someone Targets our Electrical Grid!

EVS will be charged overnight, when the demand is minimal and the rates very, very low, giving EV drivers 100 miles per dollar-like economy.

It will take millions of EVs to fill that capacity, and I seriously doubt it that we will EVER sell that many. They are primarily CITY vehicles, and we do no thave that m any EV-type cities in the entire US. The rest of the 200,000,000 car fleet will need to be modern DIESELS or even gas. Hybrids should be reserved for CITY FLEETS not for private owners.