jon_berzerk
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Current battery tech has been working okay for normal commuting. The wife didn't use any gasoline from July to December in her plug in hybrid, and it only has 20 miles of range. The old Volt was nice, but wasn't as good as making the transition to pure highway traveler. The parallel system in the Ford does it better.
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out here though one can easily put on a hundred miles or more in a day
EV mass produced battery tech in America, with 40 miles of range is good enough for about 75% of American commuting mileage. Of critical importance seeing as how we are the most wasteful crude consumers in the world, so replacing every one of our ICE powered machines is of greater value than just about any other citizen doing it. But with the Bolt able to hit 200+ miles on a charge, the problem from my perspective is mostly I don't like the idea of installing a 220V charger. I'm happy using normal household current, because the wife doesn't even need the 20 miles in range she has available most of the time. Suburbia having its advantages of everything being relatively close together.
what i would really like to see is an electric vehicle that produces its own electricity no plugging in
100 percent electric not like a diesel electric train but rather perhaps a hydrogen fuel cell
honda is doing it think