Electric Cars are HERE NOW!

It is cheap that is where it stops being a good idea. Being able to only go up 25 mile on a charge, and top speed is 40 mph will not work for me. Hay Redyellowblackdog I was wondering if this car would fit your need, which color would you choose. I can see you in the zebra car, but that is just me.

India has been working on one for some time and I have actually driven their version of electric car in Bangalore. A friend of mine in Australia's family is behind it all! This version of car appears to be most popular in places such as Malta and smaller island type countries; but their improved models they are working on will hopefully extend their reach. A new model I saw there has a range of 200 kilometres or so and a top speed of around 120 KM per hour as well! It is not the most attractive of cars but I was surprised at how responsive and roomy the car actually was! Here is a link to their products: http://www.revaindia.com/ I say kudos as well to anybody that is taking this approach and able to make them cost effective and mainstream!

Hello Red, Hmmm, interesting. And, not very attractive. There may be some places around the globe where a vehicle is simply a mode of transportation, though the USA is not one of them. Neither are alot of other places: Britain, Italy, Australia, Germany etc... I tend to doubt that people will abandon their personal connection with their vehicle unless and until we get our Jetson's flying-mobiles. Until then, I doubt that these little vehicles will gain much traction outside of the Far East, and Middle East. I'll take it one step farther, and suggest that adopting this kind of alternative technology will end up being counter-productive. Why? Because it simply shifts the energy need from gasoline to electricity. Right now, the biggest energy sector drain isn't in fueling vehicles, its in generating electricity for residential and commercial use. Plugging 200,000,000 American cars (in addition to the global load) into the power grid will not be looked upon favorably! So, I see these little buggies as a stop-gap to ease the growing burden on the Chinese and Indian markets, primarily. For the USA, I'm going to go on the record and predict that until we do get out Jetson's-mobiles, that the solution that ends up getting adopted here will be hybrid-diesels. Yeah, I've been a long-time proponent of diesel, but that's not why I'm making this prediction. Quite recently an American company has designed and built a particle filter that will cut diesel emmissions down to next to zero. This technological advancement will enable Americans to still drive vehicles with character, while getting outstanding fuel mileage, and emitting almost no emmissions. This will piggy-back on to the European diesel effort, yet make the diesel technology a better comprehensive option than any other personal transportation technology out there. 'Course, I'm chompin' at the bit for my Jetsons car ... but I guess I'll have to muster up some patience and keep waiting, huh???

What ARE you talking about???? There are ALREADY 100% electric cars on the road today in the US. Many major cities have electric recharging stations at large businesses and at malls so they can recharge while you work or shop. Plus, electric cars and electric/gas(diesel) hybrids have been around dince the 1800's! Here is a link that will give you a brief history of electric cars - http://www.didik.com/ev_hist.htm There are other sites about specific makes and models of electric cars but this is the most comprehensive site I know about.

Well, the US people can do more than that if they will just put their heads into it. I am pretty sure that this high oil price would encourage skilled Americans to make electric cars that are leading through out the world.

I like that they can build such a car.. but I don't like the design :p I find design just as important.. but wooow a zebra-flash car

I think electric cars are a great idea. They can be used in the city to do errands but if they have to be charged up too often it is a problem and would become bothersome. The Post Office in Canada uses electric vans. I think North Americans have to get away from the dependency of foreign oil and should try to cut down on gasoline, use alternative fuels and hybrid cars even if they are more expensive. Do you know anything about cars thaat are supposed to run on water?

Interesting car, I guess the chinese are smarter than we are, cause we USA people love to get in our oil guzzling cars and speed away to our destination. It looks weird and not bad for a price really. Not sure if I can use this car because I drive more than 200 miles a day not just to work and home but to work,home,store,movie place,and sometimes to the beach. So it really small on our milege for good battery, probably mean you would need like 12 batteries to just take road trip.

I reckon we'll be trying to come up with environmental friendly alternatives for many years to come. In the mean time we can always just walk more, use more bicycles. It's hard in Australia because of the poor public transport and so you gotta use the car to go everywhere.