Subaru R1e electric car in New York City

[MovieBusinessman]

I can't wait till we see dealers selling electric cars for the about the same price as a gas car, if you can even find one, it costs 3 times as much as a gas car......

[abbaby555]

come on subaru !!! sell it here already

[crammage]

damn it subaru i WANT THIS!!!

[parsizaban]

too late. even for such false promise. nissan leaf is here.

[MrEnergyCzar]

Subura is too late and small to the EV party....

[kostea13]

ELECTRIC CARS + SOLAR POWER !

[greenbeanery]

subaru's deforester needs to stop being sold/driven. electric cars aren't going to solve our problems.

a large amount of NY's power comes from coal and other dirty fuels... which are powering that electric car. so a gas car (or bicycle) are cleaner than an electric car!

[jalit]

Even when an electric car uses coal for it's electricity it emits less CO2 due to the efficiency of the motor. Combustion engines turn about 85% of the energy produced into waste heat. Not to mention you even get a choice to use a renewable clean energy source, you don't even get that choice with a combustion car. An electric car can also be run off completely clean energy if you want and never use coal.

[jalit]

Also it takes emissions away from the streets where people breathe.

[billdale1]

greenbeanery-- LOL! You're an idiot! If everyone in New York was going to ride bicycles just to keep from using gasoline, they'd B doing already-- and even if ALL the electricity used by an EV were coming from a coal plant, it would still create less pollution than a gasoline car. EVs R far more efficient, needing far less fuel of any kind than a gasoline car that needs a tanker truck 2 deliver its fuel 2 the gas station-- & it's much easier 2 clean the emissions from a non-moving coal plant.

[litetheory]

Nicola Tesla : "ONLY NOW!?!!!"

[bellaggio1770]

It looks good, it's clean, it's efficient, it's cheap to recharge....no doubt this would sell like hot cakes.

[ewtubewashed]

who killed the electric car?

[jaspermets]

Electric cars are the future a belgium sienctict has invented a new type li ion batterie that wil charge in 25 seconds

[billdale1]

jaspermets: sorry, I applaud your enthusiasm, but for any EV to be charged in 25 seconds, you'd need a charge cable as thick as your leg, or the charge cord would melt!

The only way we would ever get to the point we could charge an EV that fast is when ultra-low resistance conductors are developed, probably with carbon nanotubes or similar nanotechnology. But we're no where close to doing that now-- but so what? Anyone would prefer driving an EV today if it only costs $5- $10 a week 2 charge!

[jmotuck]

Only 15 more years once we're all killing each other for fuel at $33.50 a gallon. The powers that might be might allow us to maybe own one of these if were good. But the recession from our oil wars will prevent any one from affording it, so they'll say "See, there's no market for it" and cancel the plans.

Ughhhhh

[billdale1]

jmotuck-- I understand your pessimism, my friend, but there is no way to stop EVs from being used-- all you need to do is what I have already done-- see my You Tube video, "BMW EV conversion burns rubber" or any other EV conversion video on You Tube-- there are hundreds of them-- just yank out the inefficient, noisy, smelly gasoline drive train, and install a powerful electric motor, batteries and control system, and never have to stop at a gas station ever again. Anyone can drive electric!!!

[tozeslp]

Well the problem is to make that conversion legal..at least in Portugal..

[Trelamenos88]

Does anybody know when this model will be released in europe?

[billdale1]

if you want to know about the Subaru model, call Subaru-- the more people that call, the more Subaru will be encouraged to sell one to you-- but there are already several other smaller EVs being sold in Europe now, and soon you should be seeing mid-size models such as the Fisker and Tesla model S, which will be a tad expensive at first but will drop in price significantly as economies of scale kick in and they are produced more efficiently with modern assembly lines. EVs are INEVITABLE!!!

[kinbo1966]

Who else is frustrated as hell how we keep seeing all of these awesome cars that never go on sale!!! Always 2 years away...two years later...only 2 more years. I'll believe it when I see them on dealers' lots.

[SuperNadi09]

@kinbo1966 thank you so much for your comment. WE are sick of these idiots talking about cars you cant buy.

[r4nd0mn4me]

How will you know when it comes on the market?

I have heard of Mitsubishi, Nissan, Smart, and Volvo are looking at breaking into this market, starting in 2010 and I want one!

Give me now, I pay!!!

[Dilekz]

no volvo in that market. They just have a working prototype. They never said about producing an electric car..

[parsizaban]

no need to pay for advertising on this car. it sells itself in no time. i would go on my hand and knees and beg for one.

[nickanon]

I WANT THIS CAR!!!!!!