I think Dusty’s (http://dustontheweb.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-bout-them-300-million-batteries.html) correct about his summary of the great electric cars that are coming available right now. Hopefully they are everything they are cracked up to be.
Wish McCain knew about them. We could save another $300 Million.
The problem with the Reva in India is that it is too expensive for most Indians to buy, so the government provides incentives to get people to buy them. Even with the incentives, few private individuals buy them. So, the government uses them for traffic cops, and other government fleet use.
Further, they are so small, and their range is limited. It has all the problems of all the traditional electric cars – and the reason most people are against them. I would imagine that if they ran on Li-ion batteries they would have better performance, but then the cost would probably double.
The cars already cost about $8,000 in India using the traditional NiMh batteries or whatever they are putting in them. If they put the Li-Ion in then it would probably be a $20,000 golf cart – I mean, car.
So, whatcha gonna do?
