I'd buy an electric car if one were available. The idea of zero emission vehicle sounds better than having to rely on fossil based fuel. So why did General Motors kill the car? That doesn't make a lick of sense.
"Next year big burial party of the combustion engine here in Atlanta, GA USA. everyone is invited. it will take place at the Stadium. It is now illegal to use a gas engine."
At this point, both hybrids and electric cars are for people to think they're better than other people. This woman is a fine example, feeling, "Empowered." People use it to think they're on a higher social class, and I won't have it. Gasoline burning isn't going to melt the ice caps, global warming is a hoax. How many times will their false prophecies have to be wrong for people to wake up and see it?
This lady says, "I am no longer a gasoline junkie." She is now a coal junkie. Electric cars and compressed-air cars cost more to run, and pollute the environment more, than gasoline-powered cars.
If GM killed the electric car, how come we now have the GM Chevy Volt with a 50 mi range or the fully electric Nissan Leaf with the same 100 mi. range as the EV1?
They quit making the electric simply because people didn't like it. It was a clunky litle expensive car that didn't work very well. The electric will become popular when they work and manufacturers can make $ on them.
@SkullcandifiedDj "They killed the only hope THEY had for OUR future" lol Nice way of looking at things. I really hope you don't believe that. You are causing yourself lots of stress for no reason. I would suggest you take care of your future and not expect 'THEY' to take care of you.
Did you even watch the video or is your head so far up your own ass you can't hear? It was said that the batteries had a range of up to 400-500 km per charge. That's roughly 250-300 miles per charge. That's plenty. You probably didn't even watch the end, where a little electric Datsun smokes the pants off a modified petrol Mustang.
No, electric cars all come with a home outlet charger that does quick charges and also a normal outlet charger that can be used on the go, but the charging is slower. Whatever the case, many people will have usage for electric vehicles. Families normally own more than one car anyway, so one can be a daily driver (electric) and the other petrol car can be for those seldom cross-country road trips, that is until car companies lift the patents off batteries or they become more advance.
Dad: oh of course, top of the line... we're keeping the world green son...
son: ok well how do they make electricity?
Dad: they use these polluting power plants...
ahh man... the cost of electricity will just go up when they monopolize nd theyll overprice all the solar panels when its too late for people and when its raining... oh man....
why doesn't everyone think about everything else... she's a good woman but i mean others just don't think...
Electric cars a time where its not competing for horsepower but competing against super computers at wattage.... quickly! who's spent the most on their electricity bills!?
And now you're not paying into the system (taxes) to maintain the infrastructure. What about us folks that have to travel 40 miles one way to work in heavy traffic? Also, we need AC and heat in our vehicles.
@1timby For that case go for a future electric car or use a electric car with gasoline range extention like the Chevrolet Volt or the even more efficient Audi A1 E-tron.
Heaters use a lot of energy but Audi came up with quite a good idea (don't know if the Iidea is from Audi) but anyway they use a heat pump to produce heat instead of a regular heater.
What ends up in the tank represents a portion of all crude produced. If only these knuckle heads realize their electric cars require far more barrels of oil to produce than a standard gas model. I mean in non-car related material, look at how many barrels of oil it takes just a make enough concrete to pave her driveway or her house, or any product in it. The sheer volume of oil needed to maintain everything use is staggering.. And won't change unless you like living in the 1700's.
GM scrapped an electric vehicle made a decade before the rest, with a range of 100 miles - and now markets a pseudo-hybrid with a range of only 40 miles - and they say it's "better"? I wonder how long before they start gathering up Volts to stack at the crusher. This is why there will never be another GM product in my garage.
Oh - and the Hummer? Other than the body, it's a Chevy Tahoe under the skin. But don't tell the testosterone-OD'ing pinhead who drives one that. His dick will shrink.
@USAon3 The Volt is a bigger, heavier sedan that aims to give as close to the "real" experience as possible. They could have put bigger batteries in there and given it a longer electric range, but then they couldn't have put in the range extender... The gas engine, which acts as a GENERATOR, gives it unlimited range for convenience.
p.s. While this is often ignore, Honda, Toyota, etc. all had electric cars at the same time AND scrapped their respective projects, too...
@USAon3 do u not see? america CAN make a long range electric car.... maybe with 300 mile range now... but the government dude they cannot make that happen....
@USAon3 screw the damn safety features that the govt put on making new cars... its like comparing an old ferrari to a bugatti.... 1000HP necesarry to move that huge big mass compared to pure power of the old ferrari.... i mean without the safety features, cars would be more safe because of the less mass therefore less braking distance... plus more potential to change velocity(turn) because its lightweight and agile...
@USAon3 If only the world wasn't full of idiots and stupid @=h0l3s, then we wouldn't need airbags.... we wouldn't need this and that to be standard.... getting a CRZ now is like what ~40mpg and it was modeled to try and match the old crx... which I heard was like 50-60 mpg./. why? NO FKING SAFETY SH*T cuz people before weren't stupid and that irresponsible.... i mean i thought the world passed the 60s? w/e the world is overpopulated with the people who are stupid.... just never drive carefully
If your going electic it think it would have to be solar, where is the electricity going to come from if not? We need the electricity for the main grid, so I think water, air and e-coil bio fuels are a better option
"You don't spend in excess of a billion dollars to set a vehicle up for failure."
(unless you have the funding of Big Oil to do exactly that, right Dave?)
"For something like that to work you really had to adapt your lifestyle to the needs of the vehicle, versus a vehicle that's going to meet your needs."
(Yeah Dave - your current marketing strategy dictates that everyone "needs" a 3/4-ton Silverado to go two blocks for a loaf of bread.)
Never. will there be another GM product in my garage.
I wanted an electric car/truck since the 70s no gas and gas lines, that really stunk. But no car maker is going to make them when gas goes for 65 to 95 cents a gallon. Now days its way more and us little people are not going to have our kids die for oil, so now you will see them start coming out. Just be sure not to buy a oil burner to help things move along faster, power to the little people. Calif.
GM made all those engineers sign the lives for GM only. If they are fired or quit, they can't work for cars anymore. Can govt ban this kind of job contracts? This is bad and all car companies are doing this in other countries as well. If US can ban this, everybody else can do it. wikileakers need to escalate this issue up as social issue of occupation exploitation against humanity.
Fight the Globalists who through food, drug, air, and especially POISON TAP WATER, are manipulating our human potential. By putting sodium fluoride in our water, we are being culled, for world depopulation. Dont believe, research for yourself. While time is available to you.
This is BS..They are only pacifying the public...they will never stop using oil because it is too lucrative....and, they have total control over the governement. Anyone that thinks differently has not done their homework.
I liked the lady that used solar power to charge her electric car. That's the only way to really do it with zero emissions. How she get to keep her car when everyone else had to give theirs back?
GM dug their own grave but the hummer as the ultimate suv there are far better 4x4's than a hummer such as a fiat panda 4x4, diathsu terios and kia sportage, and the land rover. A hummer was an expensive thing to by and run which was built cheaply and broke down a lot while off roading and chrash test results were 3 stars. A toyota IQ has 5 stars
Okay if anyone wants to do more than talk about it our research lab in the Philippines has developed CREG Compact Regenerating Energy Generator. This CREG unit will keep a batter recharged and regenerate its own power to keep itself running. You will not have to recharge, no infrastructure; the size of the electric car is no longer a factor, and it does not depend on future battery
This is too big for us to handle and we need help to bring it to the world. Contact me at creg_energy@yahoo.com
@whatifpeace Sure, just send money right. What is it with you monkeys and your magical power generators? Not a single person in the Philippines has ever had an original thought in the history of human evolution. You are a scammer trying to scam money from good people. Take your fake CREG unit and jam it up your ass.
It is piece of shit ass holes like you that has kept the world in oil dependency for all these years. To fucking stupid to look before your ignorant mouth spews its shit and holds the progress of the world back. Get on a plane ass hole and come see it work before your unmitigated ignorance infects the world anymore than it already has. Or better yet do us all a favor and take cyanide.
@whatifpeace on the contrary, it is assholes like YOU that steal investment dollars for legitimate electric cars development by selling shares in these bullshit CREG and ZPE devices that claim to create something from nothing. These scams have pulled millions of dollars away from devices that actually obey the laws of physics and actually do something. Yours is little more than the Nigerian banking scam and well documented on scam-watch sites. I suspect that you're working for an oil company
Why doesn't another 'non US' car manufacturer make other electric vehicles? Is the GM guy lying? The spare parts argument is dead because there is a minimum order from main supliers. Say Exide providing only 800 new batteries to a world market. They would cost 10,000 a pop if that was the case. Or get the kits to convert your current car.
@diomidisx You can get all the info on this here youtube. I joined an electric car club and the people there are very willing to help you out. Whether you have such a club and infrastructure in your country, I don't know, however I met a woman who converted her car with a Bulgarian elevator motor and a controller and bank of thundersky batteries she bought online. The car is amazing (and she's hot) and you can find the whole build diary here on youtube. Search electric starion. Good luck
@rock3tcat You ask why they did this? Because they are a capitalist corporation that was in a cartel with the oil industry? GM and other groups have patented so much good only to never release it or release it as lease so the public could never get ahold with it. But the real problem are patents. That's why all research should be done by private or public institutions for the benifit of mankind WITHOUT any patents, financed by taxes.
@goford90 Yup @neephius is correct. Electric motors have the highest torque of any ner cell. Especially DC motors of 200 V as used in cars. They can out accelerate any NA car motor of the same power. Indeed there is no real need for a gearbox.
@goford90 Electric motors have a lot more torque than gasoline engines. In fact ALL the torque is available from 1 rpm. Torque is one thing that electric motors have plenty of.
What this guy doesn't realize about fossil fuels is that it is STIL used to power his home as well as the rest of the world. The problem with electric cars are their range and fueling time. Traditional gas engine vehicles when they run out of fuel can instantly be filled up and good to go another couple hundred miles. This is where the electric car fails. the internal combustion engine will stay with us for a long time because of this.
This video is another piece of evidence who little fact and science the majority of people have when people talk about the EV. Fact is that EVs are still not wanted by Mr. Smith and Miller for driving the car day-in-day-out, because batteries are too heavy. The best Li-batteries have a energy density of 200 Wh/kg while gasoline has around 18 kWh/kg. Factor is around 1:100. Then there is the price of batteries. The Tesla roadster costs EUR 100.000, not because of the car engineering, but of t bat
It's definitely growing. I'm one who was very hesitant, but ever since I saw a video of the white zombie, I'm planning to make an electric car out of a 4th generation Firebird Trans Am.
There are enough EVs in the market. So why don't idiots like you buy one???? ... Ahh, I forgot. your fat Billy Bob ass doesn't fit in these tiny cars, ah, you don't want to adept ur lifestyle, when ur ev has a range of max 100 miles, ah, u want performance, safety and comfort in ur car? Ah, u don't want to pay almost double as much as for a comparable normal car (if there is any comparable).
Fact is that EVs do not provide the same performance, safety, practicability (i.e. range and recharging time). So they use light material (which u also can use for normal cars!). The batteries make EVs much more expensive so that the normal Billy Bob does not buy some. Car companies's business is to provide mobility systems to customers. If it goes without oil, this would be even better.
I'm sorry, but your "facts" seem to be dated back in 1995. Let's take one of today's production electric cars. Performance: Can go up to speeds of 120mph and 0-60 in less than 5 seconds. Safety: Meets all standard crash requirements as tested by Federal Motor Vehicle Safety experts, airbags, structural integrity and everything a gas vehicle is expected to endure. Practicability: Can run up to 300 miles (more depending on driving habit).
@TakayaFreeman " I'm sorry, but your "facts" seem to be dated back in 1995." Bullshit! There are plenty of electric cars available in the market, but only a few people actually buy them because they are either too small, too little powerful, too slow or less practicable. So there no "big oil" or stupid goivernment trying to kill the electric car. The Tesla roadster the one is u probably refer to is also for sale. In a real life test the range was a mere 59 miles., charging time 16 hourse.
@joaquinveyron How long ago were they made? You talked about the Roadster, so you are well aware that the electric car has become "practical." Your 59 miles citation is wrong. Someone in Australia has already proven that. If you're going extremely fast, then yes, 59 miles is what you're looking at. It's the same idea as a gas-powered car. If you jam your foot on the pedal and go as fast as you can, then you'll be reducing the mileage of the vehicle from its standard range to its minimum range
@TakayaFreeman I admit that Top Gear is really not an objective test either, but the actual range of the Tesla is significantly below the range indicated by Tesla. My facts are not outdated In particular, the physical value for the energy/weight ratio for batteries (that's why the Tesla's batteries weight 500 kg!!).
@joaquinveyron Is that why someone in Australia was able to go 321 miles on a full charge? Like I said, it's all about driving habit. For example, when I drive my C300 in a leisurely manner, I can go beyond the quoted mpg. But, if I drive it hurriedly or I decide to race some idiot down a highway, I can knock the mileage to 10-15 less than its quoted mpg. Same idea goes for electric cars, but instead of gas, you're expending electricity.
@TakayaFreeman I don't know what a C300 is. Neither am I interested in what an Australian sheep shagger had done or not, what matters is how a car is driven by an average person under an average condition. I also can drive an Audi A4 TDI for 1400 km with one tank, if I drive very carefully. If I drive my BMW 330d at an average speed of 200 km/h the consumption is 8 l/100 km . Thats ca. 29 mpg.
@joaquinveyron C300 = V6, twin turbo-ed Mercedes Benz. European car. That said, I'll repeat myself again; It's all dependent upon how a person drives. Some have a lead foot, consuming more gas/electricity, and some really know how to get as many miles out of a gallon/kilowatt.
@TakayaFreeman Well, let's wait when the Model S comes out, and which values it really achieves. I otherwise admire the Tesla company for showing that more progress can be achieved, but yet it is a HUGE diffewrence if you just build a couple of 1000 cars for selected customers or if you are mass manufacturer like GM or VW that produce cars for Mr. Miller and Mr. Smith that must not have malfunctions and have to work under real everyday conditions.
I would trust VW over GM, considering that most American cars tend to have frequent mechanical failures... As for the Model S, indeed I look forward to see it in action on the streets. What makes it amazing isn't the range, but a combination of the range and carrying capacity.
@TakayaFreeman It is up to the customer not the government or any corporation to decide whether a range of 80 miles is acceptable or not. This is the main reason why EVs are not accepted by customers. And not any stupid government or any speculated conspiracy of "big oil". And there is no EV that has a range of 300 miles, at least not in the Tesla Roadster was tested by Top Gear and had an effective range of 59 (!!) miles. and had to be charged for 12 hours(!!).
@joaquinveyron Top Gear has also been proven wrong many times. I love the show. Richard, James and Jeremy are quite entertaining. But, it's a TV show. They're not infallible, though they try their best to give good reviews. It doesn't prevent them from having classing reviews from Top Gear of Australia.
The average miles a person uses in a day is 40 miles. Of course, for some, it's more than that, and for others, less than that. In either case, people don't normally reach 300 miles in one day. So, if the car is plugged in during times of when it's just sitting around, you would end up just topping it off, lessening the recharge time. Even if you don't plug it in at all all day, you can always plug it in when you get home for the night.
@TakayaFreeman Regarding the average miles a person uses a car, thyat you indicated with 40 miles a day, is not at all applicable in my case, for instance. For daily commuting I use public means of transportation. (I know this must be an unknown word in the US :-) ). For inter-city trips I use the car (200 miles upwards).
Also, not to answer for others, but you forget that a coal plant can fully charge up 3 electric cars before emitting the same amount of pollutants as one gas-powered car. A coal plant can also be filtered to render most of the molecules either inert or recycled back through, meaning it would power even more electric cars before emitting the same amount of pollutants as one gas-powered car. So, I would say it is "cleaner."
@TakayaFreeman : " So, I would say it is "cleaner."" WHat you say is not very relevant here. What matter a facts. Any European diesel or other ICE car has better or at least the same emission quality as coal-fired power plants. Sorry, but in Europe we are very strict with car emissions. Fact is that power plants have a degree of efficiency of around 35-40 %, the smae of the ICE.
@joaquinveyron I never said anything about the government, though the statistics did come from one of their departments. As for your coal plants having the same amount of emissions, then it's sad to hear that. We don't suffer the same problem. Here in the US, we are strict with emissions as well. In fact, any vehicle imported from other countries MUST pass our tests, but unfortunately, most of them do not.
Oh, and also, you are again assuming that solar panels were never upgraded to today's technological capabilities. If this was the case, then it makes one wonder how the US Mars Rover managed to live off of solar power for as long as it did in its size and with the small amounts of solar energy reaching the planet. Besides that, there are other natural forms of power people can harness anyways; wind, hydro, geothermal, etc.
@TakayaFreeman "wind, hydro, geothermal" Oh, really??? Don't say shit. Please as American do not lecture me, as European, what rfenewables are, as Europe is leading in this matter. Germany and Denmark are leading in wind energy, for example. But still, the facts remain the gross share of electricicity is produced via coal or fossil fuels.
@joaquinveyron lol. Pompous, aren't we? Since you've said it yourself, then you are well aware how much nicer it is to start relying on renewable energy.
@TakayaFreeman Of course, I am pompous, and very righteously. :-). No, just kidding. But I find it very funny that people think that electric or hydrogen cars are completely new inventions. BMW, for instance, already produced in the 90s a hydrogen powered 7 series BMW that had a top speed of 242 km/h. But this didn't save the world either, as H2 has to be produced by using lots of energy in the first place.
@joaquinveyron Whoever said electric or hydrogen cars are new obviously have not done their research either. Electric cars have been around a very long time. About around the same time as the gas-powered cars. It's the advancements that matters. Just because the technology failed due to unmeetable demands last time doesn't mean it can't be revisited when the demands can be satisfied.
As for hydrogen, I don't like the idea. Replacing gasoline with hydrogen is like replacing dynamite with C4
@TakayaFreeman Nothing is easier than fitting an electric engine into a car instead of an ICE. You also save a lot of complex mechanical components such as gearboxes, differentials, transmission systems, etc. but at the risk of repeating myself. The concept of EVs stands and falls with the battery. The point is, they can make a lot of advancements by 100 %, by 200, 300, 400 percent, but then still gasoline will have an advantage of a factor of 50, 30, or 20. compared to batteries.
@TakayaFreeman Who said car companies do not do their research on alternative technologies. Diamler, Honda (who else) did research already in the 80s on fuel cells. (and fuel cells are, of course, no new thing either, as they are now advertised to ignorant customers).
And finally, the price of an electric car isn't always double that of a gas-powered car. For example, the Model S is a 5-person sedan with luggage room in the trunk and it's US$49,000. And you're right nothing is comparable to electric cars because the torque output of an electric car is 10 to 30 times more than a gas-powered car. If you're factoring in battery replacement as part of the financial draw, keep in mind that the prices are not always going to be "$5,000-$10,000."
@TakayaFreeman I am not an enemy of the electric car, but I hate people babbling about this topic without knowledge or any facts. It is not the government or the oil industry that probihite or faciltate the upcoming of electric cars, bubut the car industry and ultimately its customers who decide about a bundle of factors, such as price, looks, consumption, performance, safety, etc.
@joaquinveyron I hope you're telling the truth regarding not being against the electric car. I also dislike the fact that people talk about topics without knowledge, especially when it's obvious the research they're basing their discussion on is from the '90s. I also agree that the car and oil industries are responsible for hindering the advancements of car technology, as well as customers being the decision makers.
@TakayaFreeman , And if the Model S is really coming with the advertised features then I indeed say that this will be a real competitor to normal cars. but I still have doubts regarding the indicated range of it. After all a Li-ion-battery has a energy/weight density of ca. 160-180 Wh/kg, whereas gasoline has a density of 18 kWh/kg. Combined with the current high price of batteries, this is the real reasons why it is so difficult to power a mobile electric system.
@joaquinveyron That's the plan. Tesla Motors has also expressed the desire to build another electric car that's even cheaper, making it more competitive to a gasoline-powered car.
@TakayaFreeman By the way, if you really want to make the electric car happen, then you have to emigrate to China, where the world's largest battery manufacturer is located (BYD). The whole concept stands and falls with the battteriesThe rest is pretty simple. It is much easier to develop and produce an electric car than a normal gas-powered car with all its complex mechanical components.
@joaquinveyron I'm actually located near China, so importing the batteries from those areas is not as costly. And I do agree that it's a lot easier to produce an electric car. Or in my case, convert to one. Not to mention that you no longer have to worry about leaks and frequent maintenance.
As more people make the switch, prices will go down and better batteries (more power at a smaller scale, increasing the range and lessening the weight of the car) will be put in the market. On top of that, who's to say that we're all going to just buy a production electric car? Some of us enjoy the aspect of converting our own cars to electric, not to mention that it slashes the costs to at least half. So please do some more research. Your information is out of date.
This video is another piece of evidence who little fact and science the majority of people have when people talk about the EV. Fact is that EVs are still not wanted by Mr. Smith and Miller for driving the car day-in-day-out, because batteries are too heavy. The best Li-batteries have a energy density of 200 Wh/kg while gasoline has around 18 kWh/kg. Factor is around 1:100. Then there is the price of batteries. The Tesla roadster costs EUR 100.000, not because of the car engineering, but of t bat
Fact is that EVs are not cleaner at all than normal cars. The only good point is that electric motors have a high degree of efficiency, but this doesn't help you, as most of the electricity is generated by fossil fuels. Ok, a dickhead like you will say, use solar power, but solar power is enough to power the cigarette lighter. Fact is that even in advanced countries like Denmark and Germany, the renewables make up 10 % of the total elec. production. The rest is fossil fuels, incl. gas and coal.
I think more people need to be a little more aware of the range of these cars. I ran errands all day a couple of days ago, in two cities, and I didn't even drive 60 miles! 100 miles is more than enough range for most people.
@TimKGrimes ..if only GM would realize they could rise out of the ashes by manufacturing all-electrics. they are afraid. and i think the oil cartel owns them.
Dave Barthmoss manager of public relations at GM said "You could only go 100 miles or so before you had to recharge it and then it took roughly 4 to 8 hours to recharge"
I drive a total of 40 miles to work and back each day then sleep 8 hours a night, like almost everybody else. That range excuse is just hogwash.
@Znitso No, it only takes a few hours depending on your charger and your battery type. In some countries you can get high amperage electrical plugs, we call 'em 3 phase here, and it only takes an hour to get a 90% charge.
Okay if anyone wants to do more than talk about it our research lab in the Philippines has developed CREG Compact Regenerating Energy Generator. This CREG unit will keep a batter recharged and regenerate its own power to keep itself running. You will not have to recharge, no infrastructure; the size of the electric car is no longer a factor, and it does not depend on future battery
This is too big for us to handle and we need help to bring it to the world. Contact me at creg_energy@yahoo.com
@WaltGe Once they became more popular, there's no limit to what could be conceptualized and manufactured. There's NO reason an electric car couldn't be large or extremely fast. Some of the fastest cars in the world are electric.
Another thing is that I stated was that the EV1 could not carry a family. This is true. I was not being crude about it. The EV1 holds 2 people. Get over yourself.
It never hurts to ask in clarifying a viewpoint. It'll save misunderstanding. For one thing, I'm all for electric cars and have seen the EV1 up close and personal. They were made in my hometown, Lansing MI, at the Craft Center. GM closed and razed that plant late last year. What a shame, because this car was a winner. You're unblocked now.
@WaltGe text can be confusing. a lot of meaning is lost through type. anyways, good to know. I think I may buy a car with a blown engine and do a conversion on it. (b/c at the moment i have NO car)
If you want an electric car, this is by far the best way to go. Hobbyists are much better at building a better EV than any big car company. The reason is the company has to consider their balance sheet and economies of scale when building a vehicle. A hobbyist or enthusiast can budge his or her needs and use creativity to solve problems. As a management consultant, I know that teaching a committee to be creative is very difficult. Not to mention all the time and money invested in the ICE.
The real terrorsist are US and Israel = ZIONIST whom believe in a superior race /the jews) exactly as the nazis did only opposit.. Who do u think funded the Nazis... the Zionists did.. In the "REAL" jews mind those European jews are not real jews but GOJJIM.. Non jews.. cattle....
yes they are listening!! but the fact is that they realized if we produce this car: no gas, no oil,no tune-up spark plugs or wires distributors ,expensive sensors no muffler or cat ,radiator water pump and the list goes on and on. Think of all the companies, chains, jiffy lubs, exactly you would make a lot of millioners unhappy wich have all the influence in big decisions. In a society the ones with the biggest club control the rest.
i wonder what would help a battery keep the charge. any good ideas?
TheSportsbot 1 week ago
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TheSportsbot 1 week ago
I very like supper car Well Come to you in usa iam from Vietname
casiliemanh1 2 months ago
I usually only put about 100 miles worth of gas in my car. That dude is full of shit.
ClassActionHero 2 months ago
this man is full of shit ..
marybuggy1 4 months ago
next is the volt crush
marybuggy1 4 months ago
I'd buy an electric car if one were available. The idea of zero emission vehicle sounds better than having to rely on fossil based fuel. So why did General Motors kill the car? That doesn't make a lick of sense.
Seattlecarnut 4 months ago
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Seattlecarnut 4 months ago
america is addicted to fuck the world is true they go and kill for the oil in iraq
eddiegogan 6 months ago
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"Next year big burial party of the combustion engine here in Atlanta, GA USA. everyone is invited. it will take place at the Stadium. It is now illegal to use a gas engine."
TheBzguy 6 months ago
But on the ladies house she has solar panels which charged her two EVs and the whole house, its all about where you get your electric
jAYtECH23 6 months ago
At this point, both hybrids and electric cars are for people to think they're better than other people. This woman is a fine example, feeling, "Empowered." People use it to think they're on a higher social class, and I won't have it. Gasoline burning isn't going to melt the ice caps, global warming is a hoax. How many times will their false prophecies have to be wrong for people to wake up and see it?
D13fledermause 6 months ago
This lady says, "I am no longer a gasoline junkie." She is now a coal junkie. Electric cars and compressed-air cars cost more to run, and pollute the environment more, than gasoline-powered cars.
Cotronixco 7 months ago
2:20 2:20 2:20 2:20 2:20 2:20
that is the main different:
responsability or not
consuming with open eyes or not
healty world or not
next war n tousand of death programmed or not
real true friedom or a so called friedom, that shows just a part of reality
**friedom, honesty n healty or censorship, lies n war**
GreenDevilAngel 7 months ago
If GM killed the electric car, how come we now have the GM Chevy Volt with a 50 mi range or the fully electric Nissan Leaf with the same 100 mi. range as the EV1?
capcom4eva 7 months ago
@10:08 : The GM Rep is right, there is no conspiracy, the oil empires that be control us. Thanks for clearing that up! ^_^
ashriels 7 months ago
They quit making the electric simply because people didn't like it. It was a clunky litle expensive car that didn't work very well. The electric will become popular when they work and manufacturers can make $ on them.
shananagans5 9 months ago
Wow, they just killed the only hope they had for our Freakin future... I hope that the gov't Is happy for destroying the planet
SkullcandifiedDj 9 months ago
@SkullcandifiedDj "They killed the only hope THEY had for OUR future" lol Nice way of looking at things. I really hope you don't believe that. You are causing yourself lots of stress for no reason. I would suggest you take care of your future and not expect 'THEY' to take care of you.
shananagans5 9 months ago
I bet this shit won't move you far away from your home and I bet even your grandma walks faster than these cars
driftsilvia16 9 months ago
@driftsilvia16
Did you even watch the video or is your head so far up your own ass you can't hear? It was said that the batteries had a range of up to 400-500 km per charge. That's roughly 250-300 miles per charge. That's plenty. You probably didn't even watch the end, where a little electric Datsun smokes the pants off a modified petrol Mustang.
jmlew 9 months ago
My question is this car cant drive far away since the electric engine is still in their home? You have to get home to fill up the batteries again?
M377777 9 months ago
@M377777
No, electric cars all come with a home outlet charger that does quick charges and also a normal outlet charger that can be used on the go, but the charging is slower. Whatever the case, many people will have usage for electric vehicles. Families normally own more than one car anyway, so one can be a daily driver (electric) and the other petrol car can be for those seldom cross-country road trips, that is until car companies lift the patents off batteries or they become more advance.
jmlew 9 months ago
the future energy is not far away..
d12emma 10 months ago
Those cars kill blind people
stlbeats 10 months ago
@stlbeats
lol so do priuses aka the granny killer :)
jmlew 9 months ago
I know she's an EV activist, has been in all the movies, and I like her for that. But I SO don't like the way she speaks.
zlozlozlo 10 months ago
7 people are oil barons
TBman256 10 months ago
son: hey dad nice car... its electric right?
Dad: oh of course, top of the line... we're keeping the world green son...
son: ok well how do they make electricity?
Dad: they use these polluting power plants...
ahh man... the cost of electricity will just go up when they monopolize nd theyll overprice all the solar panels when its too late for people and when its raining... oh man....
why doesn't everyone think about everything else... she's a good woman but i mean others just don't think...
boobie284 11 months ago
Electric cars a time where its not competing for horsepower but competing against super computers at wattage.... quickly! who's spent the most on their electricity bills!?
boobie284 11 months ago
electric has no power ? the white Zombie Datsun conversion beats the shit out of any v8 from GM FORD or CHRYSLER
emforty2 1 year ago
@emforty2 7 Second Ford Mustang :D
subbmage32349 11 months ago
Electric cars IS the future! Get out with the gaspetrol energi! Electric energi forever! :-D
ZEG8704 1 year ago
And now you're not paying into the system (taxes) to maintain the infrastructure. What about us folks that have to travel 40 miles one way to work in heavy traffic? Also, we need AC and heat in our vehicles.
1timby 1 year ago
@1timby For that case go for a future electric car or use a electric car with gasoline range extention like the Chevrolet Volt or the even more efficient Audi A1 E-tron.
Heaters use a lot of energy but Audi came up with quite a good idea (don't know if the Iidea is from Audi) but anyway they use a heat pump to produce heat instead of a regular heater.
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martaprentice 1 year ago
it's all about money
thegreatkoua 1 year ago 2
electric has no power long live the v8 engine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mjndblain 1 year ago
@mjndblain dumb fuck
toyotaprius79 1 year ago
What ends up in the tank represents a portion of all crude produced. If only these knuckle heads realize their electric cars require far more barrels of oil to produce than a standard gas model. I mean in non-car related material, look at how many barrels of oil it takes just a make enough concrete to pave her driveway or her house, or any product in it. The sheer volume of oil needed to maintain everything use is staggering.. And won't change unless you like living in the 1700's.
Fendergrunge 1 year ago
100K tax credit for a Hummer, 4k for an electric car.
pinkyzoey 1 year ago 13
GM scrapped an electric vehicle made a decade before the rest, with a range of 100 miles - and now markets a pseudo-hybrid with a range of only 40 miles - and they say it's "better"? I wonder how long before they start gathering up Volts to stack at the crusher. This is why there will never be another GM product in my garage.
Oh - and the Hummer? Other than the body, it's a Chevy Tahoe under the skin. But don't tell the testosterone-OD'ing pinhead who drives one that. His dick will shrink.
USAon3 1 year ago 28
@USAon3 - LOL!!!! Tell the truth!
ANewDay2007 1 year ago
@USAon3 The Volt is a bigger, heavier sedan that aims to give as close to the "real" experience as possible. They could have put bigger batteries in there and given it a longer electric range, but then they couldn't have put in the range extender... The gas engine, which acts as a GENERATOR, gives it unlimited range for convenience.
p.s. While this is often ignore, Honda, Toyota, etc. all had electric cars at the same time AND scrapped their respective projects, too...
dcorm09 1 year ago
@USAon3 do u not see? america CAN make a long range electric car.... maybe with 300 mile range now... but the government dude they cannot make that happen....
TheHm3 1 year ago
@USAon3
hongjaiii 1 year ago
@USAon3 screw the damn safety features that the govt put on making new cars... its like comparing an old ferrari to a bugatti.... 1000HP necesarry to move that huge big mass compared to pure power of the old ferrari.... i mean without the safety features, cars would be more safe because of the less mass therefore less braking distance... plus more potential to change velocity(turn) because its lightweight and agile...
boobie284 11 months ago
@USAon3 If only the world wasn't full of idiots and stupid @=h0l3s, then we wouldn't need airbags.... we wouldn't need this and that to be standard.... getting a CRZ now is like what ~40mpg and it was modeled to try and match the old crx... which I heard was like 50-60 mpg./. why? NO FKING SAFETY SH*T cuz people before weren't stupid and that irresponsible.... i mean i thought the world passed the 60s? w/e the world is overpopulated with the people who are stupid.... just never drive carefully
boobie284 11 months ago
@USAon3
If your going electic it think it would have to be solar, where is the electricity going to come from if not? We need the electricity for the main grid, so I think water, air and e-coil bio fuels are a better option
099749 10 months ago
"You don't spend in excess of a billion dollars to set a vehicle up for failure."
(unless you have the funding of Big Oil to do exactly that, right Dave?)
"For something like that to work you really had to adapt your lifestyle to the needs of the vehicle, versus a vehicle that's going to meet your needs."
(Yeah Dave - your current marketing strategy dictates that everyone "needs" a 3/4-ton Silverado to go two blocks for a loaf of bread.)
Never. will there be another GM product in my garage.
USAon3 1 year ago 3
LOL! Did Linda NIchols get her hairdo from plugging her electric car in wrong? **BZZZZZZZZT**
USAon3 1 year ago
Yayyyyy. More one sided bullshit.
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dharmastipulate 1 year ago
BADASS DATSUNS!
MrApadirect 1 year ago
Because GM was so in godamn touch with the public's needs.
MrApadirect 1 year ago
the boot of big oil on our throats
DINGLEtheBERRY 1 year ago
i still like supras only gas motored car id want to have xD
bowy101 1 year ago
Oil Companies Rule the World & the US Gov.
affordabletime 1 year ago
money power destruction..
Nikolai1951 1 year ago
money power destruction.... my bullshit meters going off
Nikolai1951 1 year ago
I wanted an electric car/truck since the 70s no gas and gas lines, that really stunk. But no car maker is going to make them when gas goes for 65 to 95 cents a gallon. Now days its way more and us little people are not going to have our kids die for oil, so now you will see them start coming out. Just be sure not to buy a oil burner to help things move along faster, power to the little people. Calif.
DBSpy1 1 year ago
GM made all those engineers sign the lives for GM only. If they are fired or quit, they can't work for cars anymore. Can govt ban this kind of job contracts? This is bad and all car companies are doing this in other countries as well. If US can ban this, everybody else can do it. wikileakers need to escalate this issue up as social issue of occupation exploitation against humanity.
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thorntongifts 1 year ago
This is BS..They are only pacifying the public...they will never stop using oil because it is too lucrative....and, they have total control over the governement. Anyone that thinks differently has not done their homework.
Janet6961 1 year ago
that's so stupid, instead of destroying the electric competetors, why not make your own electric cars?
zombieslayer411 1 year ago
I liked the lady that used solar power to charge her electric car. That's the only way to really do it with zero emissions. How she get to keep her car when everyone else had to give theirs back?
danusa417 1 year ago
GM dug their own grave but the hummer as the ultimate suv there are far better 4x4's than a hummer such as a fiat panda 4x4, diathsu terios and kia sportage, and the land rover. A hummer was an expensive thing to by and run which was built cheaply and broke down a lot while off roading and chrash test results were 3 stars. A toyota IQ has 5 stars
toyotaprius79 1 year ago
Boycott the Chevy Volt for Chevy's Evil ways. Buy a Nissan Leaf.
clownalien 1 year ago
Okay if anyone wants to do more than talk about it our research lab in the Philippines has developed CREG Compact Regenerating Energy Generator. This CREG unit will keep a batter recharged and regenerate its own power to keep itself running. You will not have to recharge, no infrastructure; the size of the electric car is no longer a factor, and it does not depend on future battery
This is too big for us to handle and we need help to bring it to the world. Contact me at creg_energy@yahoo.com
whatifpeace 1 year ago
@whatifpeace Sure, just send money right. What is it with you monkeys and your magical power generators? Not a single person in the Philippines has ever had an original thought in the history of human evolution. You are a scammer trying to scam money from good people. Take your fake CREG unit and jam it up your ass.
ClownFight 1 year ago
It is piece of shit ass holes like you that has kept the world in oil dependency for all these years. To fucking stupid to look before your ignorant mouth spews its shit and holds the progress of the world back. Get on a plane ass hole and come see it work before your unmitigated ignorance infects the world anymore than it already has. Or better yet do us all a favor and take cyanide.
whatifpeace 1 year ago
@whatifpeace on the contrary, it is assholes like YOU that steal investment dollars for legitimate electric cars development by selling shares in these bullshit CREG and ZPE devices that claim to create something from nothing. These scams have pulled millions of dollars away from devices that actually obey the laws of physics and actually do something. Yours is little more than the Nigerian banking scam and well documented on scam-watch sites. I suspect that you're working for an oil company
ClownFight 1 year ago
@ClownFight
You called it, it's BS. Only sites on Google for CREG are in China, not the Philippines.
This doesn't even measure up to the Nigerian Lottery Scam. Shame on you, whatifpeace. You're as bad as those moonbats who say global warming is real.
USAon3 1 year ago
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GamesterX69 1 year ago
Why doesn't another 'non US' car manufacturer make other electric vehicles? Is the GM guy lying? The spare parts argument is dead because there is a minimum order from main supliers. Say Exide providing only 800 new batteries to a world market. They would cost 10,000 a pop if that was the case. Or get the kits to convert your current car.
mik99D 1 year ago
@mik99D
they are not, most of them will come out in 2011 in japan and u.s and 2018.
narutocaprirequest2 1 year ago
@mik99D
the NiMH patent owner, Chevron, demanded minimum guaranteed orders of 100,000 batteries (~12,000 EVs) per year for 3 years.
zingzangwallawalla 1 year ago
GM Grand Murderers.
neephius 1 year ago
i have the mercedes w123 240d and i am inderest to change it and do it electric car but i don t khow how much it cost and where i can do it
tell me if you know
diomidisx 1 year ago
@diomidisx You can get all the info on this here youtube. I joined an electric car club and the people there are very willing to help you out. Whether you have such a club and infrastructure in your country, I don't know, however I met a woman who converted her car with a Bulgarian elevator motor and a controller and bank of thundersky batteries she bought online. The car is amazing (and she's hot) and you can find the whole build diary here on youtube. Search electric starion. Good luck
ClownFight 1 year ago
What happens if the car breaks down, could you take it to the average mechanic ?
illuminatijews 1 year ago
Why GM? WHY?!?!?!
rock3tcat 1 year ago
@rock3tcat You ask why they did this? Because they are a capitalist corporation that was in a cartel with the oil industry? GM and other groups have patented so much good only to never release it or release it as lease so the public could never get ahold with it. But the real problem are patents. That's why all research should be done by private or public institutions for the benifit of mankind WITHOUT any patents, financed by taxes.
omfg4000 1 year ago
i will never by a car with low torque. that's why i hate electric cars. how will you get up a steep hill.
goford90 1 year ago
@goford90 Electric Engines are High torque and they still use a gear box its electric and the torque curve in the motor doesnot loose torque.
neephius 1 year ago
@goford90 Yup @neephius is correct. Electric motors have the highest torque of any ner cell. Especially DC motors of 200 V as used in cars. They can out accelerate any NA car motor of the same power. Indeed there is no real need for a gearbox.
mik99D 1 year ago
@goford90 Electric motors have a lot more torque than gasoline engines. In fact ALL the torque is available from 1 rpm. Torque is one thing that electric motors have plenty of.
ClownFight 1 year ago
What this guy doesn't realize about fossil fuels is that it is STIL used to power his home as well as the rest of the world. The problem with electric cars are their range and fueling time. Traditional gas engine vehicles when they run out of fuel can instantly be filled up and good to go another couple hundred miles. This is where the electric car fails. the internal combustion engine will stay with us for a long time because of this.
EpiDemic117 1 year ago
the presidents of gm had dinner with the guy who invented the electric car and diliberately poisoned his food
najee20001 1 year ago
GM was worried about being so good that it dumped the EV1?! That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
Yeah, I failed that math test because I didn't want to be too successful in the future. I aspire to file for bankruptcy in the future. Yay.
UCin30 1 year ago
this woman is annoying and just sounds like a maniac
NAWFMATIC 1 year ago
This video is another piece of evidence who little fact and science the majority of people have when people talk about the EV. Fact is that EVs are still not wanted by Mr. Smith and Miller for driving the car day-in-day-out, because batteries are too heavy. The best Li-batteries have a energy density of 200 Wh/kg while gasoline has around 18 kWh/kg. Factor is around 1:100. Then there is the price of batteries. The Tesla roadster costs EUR 100.000, not because of the car engineering, but of t bat
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
I hope more people take this seriously especially in the U.S.
MasterMike44 1 year ago
It's definitely growing. I'm one who was very hesitant, but ever since I saw a video of the white zombie, I'm planning to make an electric car out of a 4th generation Firebird Trans Am.
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago 2
I hope you do, if it works, build me one too;)
MasterMike44 1 year ago
There are enough EVs in the market. So why don't idiots like you buy one???? ... Ahh, I forgot. your fat Billy Bob ass doesn't fit in these tiny cars, ah, you don't want to adept ur lifestyle, when ur ev has a range of max 100 miles, ah, u want performance, safety and comfort in ur car? Ah, u don't want to pay almost double as much as for a comparable normal car (if there is any comparable).
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
Fact is that EVs do not provide the same performance, safety, practicability (i.e. range and recharging time). So they use light material (which u also can use for normal cars!). The batteries make EVs much more expensive so that the normal Billy Bob does not buy some. Car companies's business is to provide mobility systems to customers. If it goes without oil, this would be even better.
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
I'm sorry, but your "facts" seem to be dated back in 1995. Let's take one of today's production electric cars. Performance: Can go up to speeds of 120mph and 0-60 in less than 5 seconds. Safety: Meets all standard crash requirements as tested by Federal Motor Vehicle Safety experts, airbags, structural integrity and everything a gas vehicle is expected to endure. Practicability: Can run up to 300 miles (more depending on driving habit).
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
@TakayaFreeman " I'm sorry, but your "facts" seem to be dated back in 1995." Bullshit! There are plenty of electric cars available in the market, but only a few people actually buy them because they are either too small, too little powerful, too slow or less practicable. So there no "big oil" or stupid goivernment trying to kill the electric car. The Tesla roadster the one is u probably refer to is also for sale. In a real life test the range was a mere 59 miles., charging time 16 hourse.
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
@joaquinveyron How long ago were they made? You talked about the Roadster, so you are well aware that the electric car has become "practical." Your 59 miles citation is wrong. Someone in Australia has already proven that. If you're going extremely fast, then yes, 59 miles is what you're looking at. It's the same idea as a gas-powered car. If you jam your foot on the pedal and go as fast as you can, then you'll be reducing the mileage of the vehicle from its standard range to its minimum range
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
@TakayaFreeman I admit that Top Gear is really not an objective test either, but the actual range of the Tesla is significantly below the range indicated by Tesla. My facts are not outdated In particular, the physical value for the energy/weight ratio for batteries (that's why the Tesla's batteries weight 500 kg!!).
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
@joaquinveyron Is that why someone in Australia was able to go 321 miles on a full charge? Like I said, it's all about driving habit. For example, when I drive my C300 in a leisurely manner, I can go beyond the quoted mpg. But, if I drive it hurriedly or I decide to race some idiot down a highway, I can knock the mileage to 10-15 less than its quoted mpg. Same idea goes for electric cars, but instead of gas, you're expending electricity.
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
@TakayaFreeman I don't know what a C300 is. Neither am I interested in what an Australian sheep shagger had done or not, what matters is how a car is driven by an average person under an average condition. I also can drive an Audi A4 TDI for 1400 km with one tank, if I drive very carefully. If I drive my BMW 330d at an average speed of 200 km/h the consumption is 8 l/100 km . Thats ca. 29 mpg.
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
@joaquinveyron C300 = V6, twin turbo-ed Mercedes Benz. European car. That said, I'll repeat myself again; It's all dependent upon how a person drives. Some have a lead foot, consuming more gas/electricity, and some really know how to get as many miles out of a gallon/kilowatt.
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
@joaquinveyron Oh, and for the record, I was referring to the Model S that's due out next year.
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
@TakayaFreeman Well, let's wait when the Model S comes out, and which values it really achieves. I otherwise admire the Tesla company for showing that more progress can be achieved, but yet it is a HUGE diffewrence if you just build a couple of 1000 cars for selected customers or if you are mass manufacturer like GM or VW that produce cars for Mr. Miller and Mr. Smith that must not have malfunctions and have to work under real everyday conditions.
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
I would trust VW over GM, considering that most American cars tend to have frequent mechanical failures... As for the Model S, indeed I look forward to see it in action on the streets. What makes it amazing isn't the range, but a combination of the range and carrying capacity.
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
@TakayaFreeman It is up to the customer not the government or any corporation to decide whether a range of 80 miles is acceptable or not. This is the main reason why EVs are not accepted by customers. And not any stupid government or any speculated conspiracy of "big oil". And there is no EV that has a range of 300 miles, at least not in the Tesla Roadster was tested by Top Gear and had an effective range of 59 (!!) miles. and had to be charged for 12 hours(!!).
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
@joaquinveyron Top Gear has also been proven wrong many times. I love the show. Richard, James and Jeremy are quite entertaining. But, it's a TV show. They're not infallible, though they try their best to give good reviews. It doesn't prevent them from having classing reviews from Top Gear of Australia.
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
The average miles a person uses in a day is 40 miles. Of course, for some, it's more than that, and for others, less than that. In either case, people don't normally reach 300 miles in one day. So, if the car is plugged in during times of when it's just sitting around, you would end up just topping it off, lessening the recharge time. Even if you don't plug it in at all all day, you can always plug it in when you get home for the night.
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
@TakayaFreeman Regarding the average miles a person uses a car, thyat you indicated with 40 miles a day, is not at all applicable in my case, for instance. For daily commuting I use public means of transportation. (I know this must be an unknown word in the US :-) ). For inter-city trips I use the car (200 miles upwards).
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
@joaquinveyron are you kidding... USA has some of the largest public transit systems in the world
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joaquinveyron 1 year ago
Also, not to answer for others, but you forget that a coal plant can fully charge up 3 electric cars before emitting the same amount of pollutants as one gas-powered car. A coal plant can also be filtered to render most of the molecules either inert or recycled back through, meaning it would power even more electric cars before emitting the same amount of pollutants as one gas-powered car. So, I would say it is "cleaner."
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
@TakayaFreeman : " So, I would say it is "cleaner."" WHat you say is not very relevant here. What matter a facts. Any European diesel or other ICE car has better or at least the same emission quality as coal-fired power plants. Sorry, but in Europe we are very strict with car emissions. Fact is that power plants have a degree of efficiency of around 35-40 %, the smae of the ICE.
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
@joaquinveyron I never said anything about the government, though the statistics did come from one of their departments. As for your coal plants having the same amount of emissions, then it's sad to hear that. We don't suffer the same problem. Here in the US, we are strict with emissions as well. In fact, any vehicle imported from other countries MUST pass our tests, but unfortunately, most of them do not.
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
Oh, and also, you are again assuming that solar panels were never upgraded to today's technological capabilities. If this was the case, then it makes one wonder how the US Mars Rover managed to live off of solar power for as long as it did in its size and with the small amounts of solar energy reaching the planet. Besides that, there are other natural forms of power people can harness anyways; wind, hydro, geothermal, etc.
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
@TakayaFreeman "wind, hydro, geothermal" Oh, really??? Don't say shit. Please as American do not lecture me, as European, what rfenewables are, as Europe is leading in this matter. Germany and Denmark are leading in wind energy, for example. But still, the facts remain the gross share of electricicity is produced via coal or fossil fuels.
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
@joaquinveyron lol. Pompous, aren't we? Since you've said it yourself, then you are well aware how much nicer it is to start relying on renewable energy.
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
@TakayaFreeman Of course, I am pompous, and very righteously. :-). No, just kidding. But I find it very funny that people think that electric or hydrogen cars are completely new inventions. BMW, for instance, already produced in the 90s a hydrogen powered 7 series BMW that had a top speed of 242 km/h. But this didn't save the world either, as H2 has to be produced by using lots of energy in the first place.
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
@joaquinveyron Whoever said electric or hydrogen cars are new obviously have not done their research either. Electric cars have been around a very long time. About around the same time as the gas-powered cars. It's the advancements that matters. Just because the technology failed due to unmeetable demands last time doesn't mean it can't be revisited when the demands can be satisfied.
As for hydrogen, I don't like the idea. Replacing gasoline with hydrogen is like replacing dynamite with C4
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
@TakayaFreeman Nothing is easier than fitting an electric engine into a car instead of an ICE. You also save a lot of complex mechanical components such as gearboxes, differentials, transmission systems, etc. but at the risk of repeating myself. The concept of EVs stands and falls with the battery. The point is, they can make a lot of advancements by 100 %, by 200, 300, 400 percent, but then still gasoline will have an advantage of a factor of 50, 30, or 20. compared to batteries.
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
@TakayaFreeman Who said car companies do not do their research on alternative technologies. Diamler, Honda (who else) did research already in the 80s on fuel cells. (and fuel cells are, of course, no new thing either, as they are now advertised to ignorant customers).
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
And finally, the price of an electric car isn't always double that of a gas-powered car. For example, the Model S is a 5-person sedan with luggage room in the trunk and it's US$49,000. And you're right nothing is comparable to electric cars because the torque output of an electric car is 10 to 30 times more than a gas-powered car. If you're factoring in battery replacement as part of the financial draw, keep in mind that the prices are not always going to be "$5,000-$10,000."
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
@TakayaFreeman I am not an enemy of the electric car, but I hate people babbling about this topic without knowledge or any facts. It is not the government or the oil industry that probihite or faciltate the upcoming of electric cars, bubut the car industry and ultimately its customers who decide about a bundle of factors, such as price, looks, consumption, performance, safety, etc.
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
@joaquinveyron I hope you're telling the truth regarding not being against the electric car. I also dislike the fact that people talk about topics without knowledge, especially when it's obvious the research they're basing their discussion on is from the '90s. I also agree that the car and oil industries are responsible for hindering the advancements of car technology, as well as customers being the decision makers.
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
@TakayaFreeman , And if the Model S is really coming with the advertised features then I indeed say that this will be a real competitor to normal cars. but I still have doubts regarding the indicated range of it. After all a Li-ion-battery has a energy/weight density of ca. 160-180 Wh/kg, whereas gasoline has a density of 18 kWh/kg. Combined with the current high price of batteries, this is the real reasons why it is so difficult to power a mobile electric system.
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
@joaquinveyron That's the plan. Tesla Motors has also expressed the desire to build another electric car that's even cheaper, making it more competitive to a gasoline-powered car.
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
@TakayaFreeman By the way, if you really want to make the electric car happen, then you have to emigrate to China, where the world's largest battery manufacturer is located (BYD). The whole concept stands and falls with the battteriesThe rest is pretty simple. It is much easier to develop and produce an electric car than a normal gas-powered car with all its complex mechanical components.
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
@joaquinveyron I'm actually located near China, so importing the batteries from those areas is not as costly. And I do agree that it's a lot easier to produce an electric car. Or in my case, convert to one. Not to mention that you no longer have to worry about leaks and frequent maintenance.
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
As more people make the switch, prices will go down and better batteries (more power at a smaller scale, increasing the range and lessening the weight of the car) will be put in the market. On top of that, who's to say that we're all going to just buy a production electric car? Some of us enjoy the aspect of converting our own cars to electric, not to mention that it slashes the costs to at least half. So please do some more research. Your information is out of date.
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
This video is another piece of evidence who little fact and science the majority of people have when people talk about the EV. Fact is that EVs are still not wanted by Mr. Smith and Miller for driving the car day-in-day-out, because batteries are too heavy. The best Li-batteries have a energy density of 200 Wh/kg while gasoline has around 18 kWh/kg. Factor is around 1:100. Then there is the price of batteries. The Tesla roadster costs EUR 100.000, not because of the car engineering, but of t bat
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
Oh Big deal, so the electric car blows away a Mustang. My Granny in here wagon could do the same to a over-rated, under powered Ford product.
dikhurtz 1 year ago
Aaaaand you completely missed the point. Score one for idiots.
TakayaFreeman 1 year ago
america is addicted to oil? Or is it that bush is addicted to oil.....
MrCoolguy6273 1 year ago
Fact is that EVs are not cleaner at all than normal cars. The only good point is that electric motors have a high degree of efficiency, but this doesn't help you, as most of the electricity is generated by fossil fuels. Ok, a dickhead like you will say, use solar power, but solar power is enough to power the cigarette lighter. Fact is that even in advanced countries like Denmark and Germany, the renewables make up 10 % of the total elec. production. The rest is fossil fuels, incl. gas and coal.
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
That woman at the beginning of the video has exactly what I want. Solar panels on the roof that power the car and the house. So cool!!
yourwifecalledagain 1 year ago
what about Maglev Trains (Magnetic levitation Trains) who killed that...
USA stop its Maglev in 1970s
imagine how much innocent people would have been saved if Electric Cars and Magnetic Cars and Trains were on the road since 1980s
can people stop been "another Brick in the Wall"
think individually, out of the box.
watup2154 1 year ago
MagLev train is built by Siemens-ThyssenKrupp and it is used in Shanghai, fuckhead.
Before "thinking out of the box", why not think straight, hm? With the one half of brain that is left to you.
joaquinveyron 1 year ago
BULLSHIT. 100miles a day is MORE then enough for my daily needs. KILL GM FAGS
mi16t 2 years ago
go GMC volt!
Hummers222 2 years ago
I think more people need to be a little more aware of the range of these cars. I ran errands all day a couple of days ago, in two cities, and I didn't even drive 60 miles! 100 miles is more than enough range for most people.
idontcare80 2 years ago
13:25 is bs. I hate when PR guys have to lie for their establishments government and corporations..
Zmanoo6 2 years ago
their evil efforts to thwart the electric technology is bad karma. very very bad.
tenrazo215 2 years ago
what's next? will they ban lithium battery technology, so we have to depend on oil?
tenrazo215 2 years ago
hello,, how r u there. i am from malta (europe) how i can change my car to eletric
loftinu 2 years ago
GM should be ashamed of themselves for such a tangible display of industrial evil. U.S. citizens will pay the price for their corruption.
TimKGrimes 2 years ago 20
@TimKGrimes ..if only GM would realize they could rise out of the ashes by manufacturing all-electrics. they are afraid. and i think the oil cartel owns them.
tenrazo215 2 years ago
Dave Barthmoss manager of public relations at GM said "You could only go 100 miles or so before you had to recharge it and then it took roughly 4 to 8 hours to recharge"
I drive a total of 40 miles to work and back each day then sleep 8 hours a night, like almost everybody else. That range excuse is just hogwash.
Screw you oil guys, I'm making my own EV
ClownFight 2 years ago 19
even so if u need to travel larger distances i dont think it would be impossible to make a larger battery or some sort right? I hate the system.....
MasterMike44 1 year ago
@ClownFight Hey man good point, am not trying to be a dick but... Doesn't he say 48 hours and not 4 to 8 hours. I might be wrong.
Znitso 1 year ago
@Znitso No, it only takes a few hours depending on your charger and your battery type. In some countries you can get high amperage electrical plugs, we call 'em 3 phase here, and it only takes an hour to get a 90% charge.
ClownFight 1 year ago
@ClownFight Hey thanks for the reply. Wow that's fast.
Znitso 1 year ago
Okay if anyone wants to do more than talk about it our research lab in the Philippines has developed CREG Compact Regenerating Energy Generator. This CREG unit will keep a batter recharged and regenerate its own power to keep itself running. You will not have to recharge, no infrastructure; the size of the electric car is no longer a factor, and it does not depend on future battery
This is too big for us to handle and we need help to bring it to the world. Contact me at creg_energy@yahoo.com
whatifpeace 1 year ago
I seriously hope gm would soon go bankrupt.
otterboxiphone 2 years ago
well actually they killed their own future, but Karma
FAXBEAT 2 years ago
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fack USA
americans sons of a bitch
26fret 2 years ago
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26fret
We have a terrorist here!!
He is disguised as a Jew.
CandelarioGaIvan 2 years ago
You can't carry a family in an EV1.
WaltGe 2 years ago
@WaltGe Once they became more popular, there's no limit to what could be conceptualized and manufactured. There's NO reason an electric car couldn't be large or extremely fast. Some of the fastest cars in the world are electric.
Pull your head out of your ass.
legalyzefreed0m 2 years ago 2
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WaltGe 2 years ago
Sorry we have to disagree, by the way, you're blocked.
WaltGe 2 years ago
Another thing is that I stated was that the EV1 could not carry a family. This is true. I was not being crude about it. The EV1 holds 2 people. Get over yourself.
WaltGe 2 years ago
@WaltGe Sorry, I thought you were being the typical naysayer. When people make a "bad" argument without taking into consideration the benefits.
legalyzefreed0m 2 years ago
It never hurts to ask in clarifying a viewpoint. It'll save misunderstanding. For one thing, I'm all for electric cars and have seen the EV1 up close and personal. They were made in my hometown, Lansing MI, at the Craft Center. GM closed and razed that plant late last year. What a shame, because this car was a winner. You're unblocked now.
WaltGe 2 years ago
@WaltGe text can be confusing. a lot of meaning is lost through type. anyways, good to know. I think I may buy a car with a blown engine and do a conversion on it. (b/c at the moment i have NO car)
legalyzefreed0m 2 years ago
If you want an electric car, this is by far the best way to go. Hobbyists are much better at building a better EV than any big car company. The reason is the company has to consider their balance sheet and economies of scale when building a vehicle. A hobbyist or enthusiast can budge his or her needs and use creativity to solve problems. As a management consultant, I know that teaching a committee to be creative is very difficult. Not to mention all the time and money invested in the ICE.
WaltGe 2 years ago
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FUCK Israel and the Zionists
I am PRO JUDAISM but ANTI ZIONIST.
The real terrorsist are US and Israel = ZIONIST whom believe in a superior race /the jews) exactly as the nazis did only opposit.. Who do u think funded the Nazis... the Zionists did.. In the "REAL" jews mind those European jews are not real jews but GOJJIM.. Non jews.. cattle....
DayOfTheZen 2 years ago
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cheekkiller 2 years ago
yes they are listening!! but the fact is that they realized if we produce this car: no gas, no oil,no tune-up spark plugs or wires distributors ,expensive sensors no muffler or cat ,radiator water pump and the list goes on and on. Think of all the companies, chains, jiffy lubs, exactly you would make a lot of millioners unhappy wich have all the influence in big decisions. In a society the ones with the biggest club control the rest.
miguelangeldelga 2 years ago 2