Every time TreeHugger writes about more
affordable electric cars like the Norwegian - made TH!NK City,
Every time TreeHugger writes about more
affordable electric cars like the Norwegian - made TH!NK City, it's almost inevitable that we'll get comments from folks asking when these vehicles will be sold in the US.
Not exact matches
Ford set out to create an
affordable electric car that looks, feels, and drives
like a gas - powered
car, and they succeeded.
And while the 2012 Ford Focus
Electric marks the Blue Oval's first crack at a mainstream electric car, they succeeded in producing a relatively affordable gas - free vehicle that drives, feels and looks like a conventio
Electric marks the Blue Oval's first crack at a mainstream
electric car, they succeeded in producing a relatively affordable gas - free vehicle that drives, feels and looks like a conventio
electric car, they succeeded in producing a relatively
affordable gas - free vehicle that drives, feels and looks
like a conventional
car.
After crunching some numbers, running some tests and making some (fairly safe) assumptions, user SanDiegoDave100 over at Motley Fool is able to make a pretty good case for using a solar power system to provide electricity for his home and an all -
electric car like the forthcoming Tesla Roadster or the company's more
affordable second and third models.
While companies
like Audi and Jaguar are racing to deliver luxury
electric SUVs to compete with the Tesla Model X, Toyota has delivered an
affordable option in the RAV4 hybrid and Kia's Niro Hybrid has the looks and practicality of a crossover without the added weight of all - wheel drive for
car -
like efficiency.
What we would
like to see from Toyota and other
car makers: More
affordable very fuel - efficient and low - emission hybrids, plug - in hybrids, all
cars flex fuel so that they can run on cellulosic ethanol when it is available (the fuel sensors required for that are apparently only about $ 30 - no reason not to include them in all
cars), diesel - hybrids with the latest emission technology (to run on biodiesel where available, of course) and, as soon as battery technology is ready,
affordable electric - only vehicles.