BIG IDEAS FOR A SMALL PLANET: Drive 2

[DEKAROHHO]

Seeing the new ad dreaming only means that the big players are yer to come on line.. Toyota and Nissen are coming out wiwth electric cars and hybrid cars. they are each investing in battery production. Do you think that is because they want to save us money? Not on your life, the new technologies are the new oil and like mining coal they intend to mine our pockets.

[Libervurto]

@DEKAROHHO

I think the Japanese are more aware of the need for sustainability in business.

Of course they want to save you money, if they do that you will do business with them. Of course they want to make money, they are doing so by being innovative and offering quality products, what's so bad about that? Just because a company is successful doesn't make them evil.

[Anothercoilgun]

Not interested.

[lewisian]

Hmmm - I dunno - if you're looking for a sports car with some real zam check this little baby out - looks like it was built on the same frame as the Atom. (YouTube reference) watch?v=BqqtJpfZElQ

[ujdo]

It's funny they didn't mention that this Tesla will cost around $100,000. When it gets down to around $30,000, that's when the masses could really get their hands on one. BTW, where will all the extra electricity come from??

[lewisian]

I wondered the same until I watched "Who Killed the Electric Car?" (which is a totally different film to what I expected). There are increasing numbers of cheap electric vehicles appearing now: from the 4 seater suburban models in the States (PlugIn America) to little personal transit models like this one (YouTube link): watch?v=a399fIxp9-E

[lewisian]

And if *personal* transit is your thing, see the velomobile: (YouTube links)

1. watch?v=gdyV6cZ4ZMg

2. watch?v=BmmWUzsnbhk

3. And for the family: watch?v=XngMScBBymE (although we'd need a few extra seats and pedals)

[lewisian]

Electric cars help solve "petrol problems"; but they still have a big transport footprint i.e. traffic jams remain - just quieter and with no smog.

The area used by a person walking is the ideal footprint. Let's see better mass transit options (trains, buses, trams); not more tax dollars on huge expanses of road surface that could be used for houses & parks.

[terrorist420x]

Amen.

[bunnybooties]

We're all doomed!

[PrincetonFilms]

all you ppl are genius

[Michalgsxr]

Yes how much?

[mulkuth]

its never gona be easy findin a solution to global warming....hydrogens, and biofuel is the way to go!

[nbwinn]

Electric cars don't stop global warming. Where do you get electricity from? Power stations that burn fossil fuels.

[peanutbrittle12]

Two reasons why it does help

1.yes the plants will create emissions BUT the car wont so your still cutting down on emissions

2.If the power plant is using hydro,solar,wind,biomass or any of the other ones then it really is cutting down on the emissions!

[nbwinn]

You're forgetting about other problems with electic cars. They cost more to produce than the petrol equivielent and when you get rid of them you have to do it in a controlled mannor because the battery contains harmful acids. If an electric car crashes it's also a danger because of the chemicals. So overall they don't look like a good long term idea to me. mulkuth has got it right. Biofuel and hydrogen fueled cars are the way forward.

[Zigmann09]

Agreed, It would be ideal to see a better form of public transport crop up. Tokyo, and Germany are proving that that could be the best quick solution. The thought that maybe someday we won't have to use gas to power our cars is really quite thrilling; and right now this seems to be the first step toward that. I agree totally on the hydrogen, not so much on the biofuels, those seem to be the step in between gas and hydrogen.

[bronxboyXXX]

Furthermore when you charge the batteries they contribute to global warming just like cell phones but worse.

[chaosphobia]

Yes but they are still cleaner than gas...besides as the grid gets cleaner that won't be an issue

[terrorist420x]

The only reason they cost more to produce is because they are currently produced in much lower volume. This makes labor costs, and per unit non-recurring engineering costs go way up.

An electric car is even less hazardous than a gasoline one in a crash. LiIon batteries are safe compared to all the fluids in a gasoline car and the explosion risk is greatly reduced. Hydrogen isn't yet viable due to cost, but biodiesel works very well.

[kewayzey]

ah, it's the same thing here. a house is always the first investment. how much does the car cost anyway?

[aeris211]

Electric car has a sweet sound!

[andybchapman]

I would love one of these. I generate more electricity than I use from solar panels on the roof and I work from home so I could charge it during the day and cruise at night. Unfortunately, even though it's made by Lotus in the UK, you can't buy one here.

[ekuwa69]

you have solar panals on your roof, where did you get those?

[andybchapman]

For solar roof tiles, just google "c21e solar tiles". These are not the most efficient solar tiles, but they are pretty as well as making power (so the other half likes them)

[wonderwoman598]

ya duh! lol i am soooooooo rich i could afford lyk 50 jillion of those lol

[mantraXmerkaba]

this car wont hit US markets successfully, we need to make em cheaper! so people can make the switch, personally I would love to have one now, if I could afford it

[zaftpilot]

fuck u

[CrazyDave650]

that is why i ride a motorcycle eficint,fun, cool

[sonath13]

re ti malakes pou eiste eseis oi aggloi!!!!!!!!!!!fuck u

[joeyoseppijoe]

I can only dream for the day when I can simply purchase an electric car. 90% of Americans could drive one for their mundane daily use, and never miss a beat from their gasoline cars. They could use a gasiline powered car for extended trips over 200 miles. Up to 200 miles per day without gasoline, even charging for FREE using solar panels. What American couldn't live with that?

[minear85]

the greedy mofos that push products like this out of the market because they control the fossil fuels

[anotherusersucks]

Not everyone's electricity is made by coal and very soon less and less will be coal made. All my electric is made by the sun, water and wind right now and it only costs a little more then the dirty sources. try green mountain energy or one of the others that are around or will be in your area soon.

[anotherusersucks]

This is the tesla roadster. The wait list is ridiculous and this version has long sold out. There will be a new one around $50,000 soon. It does 0 to 60 in about 4 sec and has a 200 mile range. Avg distance driven by Amaericans per day is around 20 miles. teslamotors(dot)com

[ussknighthawk]

its not by chevy stupid. GM isnt making electric cars ever again.

[wbdubay]

Great!

[Abidobian]

i think its 100k, its by chevy i think, and it starts with a t....umm idk....i gotta think about it.

[Abidobian]

Tesla

[emoholocost]

ok.....whats it cost?

[SEAMUS123456]

Ok you guys don't understand this but electric cars are much less environmentally friendly than a gasoline car. Where do you think the energy to charge the batteries comes from? That's right... coal power plants, so in effect an "electric" car is really a coal-powered car.

[hairyhairy2x4]

youre a dirty whore and you know it.

[terrorist420x]

This comment by SEAMUS is incorrect. There are studies that have verified a coal fired plant if used to run an electric car would still produce less CO, NOx, CO2, HCs, and other emissions over comparable gas cars. Nevermind that only half of U.S. electricity comes from coal, and the rest is from natural gas, hydroelectric, nuclear, and other sources. From hydroelectric, solar, and wind, air pollution is effectively zero.

[jodog31]

hopefully i can get one used in 10 years for 5k.

[dallaspolo]

Very Nice Car,, Wish you would told us more about in it your next video . Im interested

[dalenapham]

that's so cool i want one

[doimetri]

like it!

[JVic1992]

thats pretty slick for an electric car

[BlazeEviL]

this is more like it so when fuel is over i'll get one of those

[sekkushiijohnny]

the only env friendly car that i would ever consider owning

[x6080]

True story,I saw all the other shitty looking enviormentally friendly cars.

[cool99bomb]

Unless you live in an area with solar or wind power you might as well use gas...

[tsport100]

cool99bomb: Only about 15% of the energy from the fuel you put in your tank gets used to move your car down the road or run useful accessories, such as air conditioning. The rest of the energy is lost to engine and driveline inefficiencies and idling. Therefore, the potential to improve fuel efficiency with advanced technologies is enormous. With an Electric Car it costs just $2.00 per 100kms with MUCH more performance than with petrol at $20.00 per 100kms.

[TheBishopSSR]

cool99bomb-gas car engines are only about 15% on average in turning fuel into energy, while even "dirty" coal power stations are about 3 times as efficient. Thus, driving an electric car (even charged ONLY from "dirty" power) is AT LEAST 3x as efficient as the cleanest gasoline car. Now, Tesla Roadster comes with a solar option (they install solar panels on your rooftop), and thus becomes COMPLETELY clean. You see, with electricity you have a CHOICE where to get it from. With gas- it is only oil

[imprezaowner]

thats the only electric car ill drive...

[sandman611]

finally a fast electric car o to 60 in 4 seconds and a top sped of 120 mph

[imprezaowner]

hey. i heard it goes 130 when i watched a them do a special on this car.

mabye im worng..

[sagarajack]

eh....of course it is a sport car, electric motor has higher torque than internal combustion engine, this is a fact. But when your 5 thousand dollar li-ion battery dies, you can not jump your car or do push start. Yeah, let's see how sporty that gets. You can not drive that thing outside of the city...therefore no real roadster feeling like the class xke or the new miata or s2000.

[Zobeid]

Can't drive it outside of a city? Why not? It's got a range of more than 200 miles on a charge! Plus there is a portable charger, so you can top it off from 220v outlets, RV hookups, etc. I dunno why you think there is no "roadster feeling" when the design grew out of the Lotus Elise.

[stopcrazypp]

Ha,ha the battery is guarantee for 100k, and even then it hasn't lost all charge. How many cars can last that long w/o a hiccup? And an EV has virtually no maintenance besides tires. I don't even get your Jump start comment, the car has a 56kW battey, why would it need a jumpstart? As zobeid said, 200+mile range is more than enough for outside city. & the roadster comment? ha!

[rjohnso01]

i like phil

[pachayking]

that asian guy looks cool

[lil0egy0kid]

finally somebodys starting to save our enviornment thank god

[biffskin]

i think that everyone should have their own dodgem/bumper car and all roads should be covered by electified steel mesh. Hitchers can jump on the back and hold your pole just like the carnies do.

[sweetcrude]

Where does electricity come from again?

[BrokenTwilight]

One easy way are those big wind blade looking towers, they use wind to power the terbines inside to create cheap limitless electricity... like they tried to put some on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, but dumb rich people with money won't let them.. it'll be 20 miles offshore... they say it blocks their view.. how many people can see 20 miles across water? honestly...

[registerkirja]

The wing span on those towers can be anything form 5m up. So you can see them from quite a distance.

Theoretically they are great. I'd love to see more of them, but ppl have this Not in my backyard principle that prevents them from being built.

[drivin98]

Electricity comes from the planet Kashyyyk. duh.

No, wait a sec...that's wookies....

[Zobeid]

Electricity can be made from a lot of different sources, that's what's great about it. You can generate it from burning coal or natural gas, nuclear power, hydro power, geothermal power, wind, solar, biomass. . . . Gasoline cars can't give us that kind of flexibility.

[stephenswickedcool]

freeze it at 1:10 there is still a fuel tank in it.

[Samrixs]

thats where you charge it at.

[bottlecap33]

that is the rear difuser, LOL

[stephenswickedcool]

sweet bottlecap, i was just saying. theres no need to go LOL like a little bitch. if you noticed samrixs already explained that so shut your huge fucking mouth and get a life. the only reason i am replying to this is not because i log on youtube everyday. its because i got an email

[BrokenTwilight]

Do some research before you comment because it just makes you look dumb and other people will laugh at you.

[colourblindchameleon]

thats not a fuel tank, thats where you plug the electricity in.

[Samrixs]

yes, thats a tesla roadster. if they made electric cars look like ACTUAL cars instead of something that resembles my ass, they would have no problem selling them.

[rickyeglacias]

speaking of ur ass, im in there right now. anything u want me 2 get u while im in there? a tshirt?

[dalesalsa]

That car is fucking awesome.

It is from the company Tesla Motors (teslamotors.c=m)

It costs $92-98,000 dollars.

It accelarates faster than a Porshe 0-60 in 4.2 to 4.3 seconds

200+miles per charge

135miles per gallon equivalent

ultra reliable

Little to not maintainace because electrical motors don't require air filters and many other things.

Very lightweight

Pure Fun and power -- No Guilt that you are supporting the people that planned 9/11 and contributing a lot of C02

[Xenif911]

NATO Bombing of Serbia = killing many Teslas!!!

God Help America (with it's own cancer)

[dalesalsa]

Dude what the hell are you talking about?! The car is called Tesla after Nikola Tesla the electrical engineer genius from the early 20th century not something about Eastern European Teslas.

We all know United States Foreign Policy is fucked up and corrupt but take that discussion to a video about that - not an electrically powered sports car.

[gratex]

in soviet russia, tesla cars drive you

[wankenstien]

Im happy someone remembers his horible jokes

[Xenif911]

Exactly...and that genius was born Serb, and in 19th century he built car with batteries charged wirelessly.

He gave his knowledge to USA because he believed that USA would not be RUN BY CREAZY BRAINLESS FARTS.

USA you screwed up and you were GIVEN A BEAUTIFUL GIFT!

All the newest wheapons are developed accordings to TESLAS drowings, and USA BOMBED HIS WILLAGE AND HIS RELATIVES.

Suckers, and, yes, everything has to do with his name, when some american company uses his name!!!

[saglek]

Ignore the ranting and discover Tesla's true place in history. Edison was wrong, but got all the glory; just goes to show that fame and money don't always equate with what we mere pions should value.

Can one imagine where Studebaker would be now if they had continued developing their electric cars rather than switching to internal combustion in 1913?

[SecrecySensor]

Actuualy, Tesla did get the glory. If you have alternating current in your house, then you are using the kind of current that Tesla supported.

[saglek]

Ri-i-i-ght... and to whom would the average pion-in-the-street attribute our electrical lifestyle... hmmmm? Let's guess: Edison? Watt? Franklin? Bell? Westinghouse? Marconi?... um.................Tesla...who the **** is THAT?

Fortunately, his persona is growing thanks to several documentaries in the past few years. Now, if only we could live up to his visions... or not as he did claim to be able to break the world in two!

[Crazymofo3813]

Edison got the glory. Tesla died poor and relatively unknown. But its his inventions that were better and contributed more.

When Edison was a very old man and close to death, he said, in looking back, that the biggest mistake he had made was that he never respected Tesla or his work.

[saglek]

Yeah; fired his ass, ripped off his ideas and made millions, but never respected the source... how often does THAT happen in life, eh?

[dalesalsa]

Oh.. Yea thats right. My bad. I see what you mean now. I misunderstood you before but you are right on the U.S. and its corruption and fetish with war has been fucking up the U.S. and many other countries since as long as there was a U.S. Military.

[lugia3]

Rofl...this is not news AT ALL. Electric cars were invented long time ago but the pressure from the gas companies literally destroyed the electric cars. Now that people have more say in matters and individuals have more power now, electric cars can finally make a come bak. Hurray

[adamustein]

too little too late this planets fuct  ,th clok iz tikking,,,

[hanchiho]

i think that's the one made by tesla motors

[kdwormy]

wow thats one sexy looking car. Sounds like a turbine engine too. damn!

[yosheeut88]

the electric car only has 1 gear. i think that if u make it a 4 speed automatic, then it would take less electricity, therefore the batteries would last longer. or have like a 6 speed manual.

[AlexPiti5]

petro...i don't think china needs too many of these; they all use bikes!

nice vid, really like the car.

[intelsilver]

Thats just a modified Lotus Elise, and that "tweeeeeeeee" sound is so gay lol...

[sobe128]

wow nice car what is the name type and all that stuff?

[drivin98]

It's a Telsa roadster. Google it. They have a great website.

[drivin98]

er... Make that Tesla....

[chompy44]

whats google?

[usman2hype92]

u dont know what google is!?!?!? lmao... its a search engine.. just go to w w w(dot)google(dot)ca

[drivin98]

hehe... he's watched over 12,000 videos on youtube. He probably knows what google is. I'd say he probably knows what a refresher is too.

[chompy44]

how do I get there

[sobe128]

thanks man, i will do that

[petro1986]

it's all very good that celebrities can drive these electric cars, but WE normal people should have electric cars as we are the only people who can make the difference... China needs this for sure

[ffenest]

Yes but we dont have to use gas or coal fired power stations to create electricity, There are plenty of alernatives such as wind, hydro, solar power generators. By the way I'm not a tree hugging hippy, I'm in the UK and drive a petrol Toyota MRS, but I'm open to any new ideas about living in a cleaner environment. Peace X

[mustangwner2003V6]

yeah seriouly screw oil companys, we need to get more electric cars out on the road and non gas power cars.. i mean yeah i love sport cars but for the weekends come on..

[luckeycat]

YA SCREW U TOO HIPPEY

[neoeros]

but seriously in 50 years will there even be enough oil for these companies to exist?

[TheBishopSSR]

Yes there will. By the estimates, there are still trillions (!) of dollars worth of oil to exploit and shove down our throats.

[graffitypsycho]

I don't get it...its just a car...I guess this is for idiots who like to throw money for luxury. I mean seriously...you don't get to drive fast on the road. OH well...

Laters!~

[clouclouchan]

Pretty little car! Wonder how it would hold up in an accident? Looks like it would crumple up like a tin can... :/

[Zobeid]

They have already put it through crash testing, it did pretty well. (Tesla even have photos on their website of the crash testing.) Its design grew out of the Lotus Elise. . . The Elise is tiny, but I have seen photos of wrecked ones -- the cars were seriously messed up but the drivers walked away in one piece, which is what matters.

[andreiclawhammer]

weird vid O____o

[gdeli]

the oil companies will fight to kill this car. Get it out on the market before they do!

[bc71766]

i agree ... stupid oil companies lol fucken gas cost so much here man ... can aford gas ;[

[PissSniffer]

holy shit the second guy at the beginning looks like dee snider :|

[jamie762000]

0 to 60mph in 4 seconds, instant and constant torque that is better then any gas powered engine.

[ilivedevili]

sweet ride, saves money....BUT I BET IT AINT CHEAP!

[wastertodestroy]

100,000 dollars for the car doesn't save money. the cost of gas and the amount of miles you'd drive just doesnt add up. give it a couple decades for it to finally be affordable. we'll just have to watch mr. million dollar man strut his stuff in the meantime.

[drivin98]

They will have a much cheaper sedan in a couple years. And, there are other, cheaper electric cars out there as well.

[wastertodestroy]

is there a place or source to back that up?

[drivin98]

en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Tesla_WhiteStar Whitestar is the Tesla sedan name so far.

phoenixmotorcars. com has a truck. There are a few more. I found lots of cool stuff out there with google. Not much practical, but cool. Lots of vaporware as well.

[wastertodestroy]

thanks for the links :)

[QuantikPhil]

Me want this car!

Finally electric cars. I won't drive a car unless its electric.

[ANarayan]

what car is it?

[Redivivus]

a tesla roadster, look it up on google, they have a site.

[ANarayan]

*Sweet*. Thanks!

[DannyTx]

how much for one ?

lol

dani

[Redivivus]

~$100,000

[C1OFFI]

cant u see the extension leed running behind it lol

[bobsalas]

what happens up stream - how was the electricity made to fule the vehicle. If by wind, solar or non fossil fules, then perhaps this makes sense.

[jamie762000]

the car plugs into aconvertor that comes with it and overall they say it uses about as much power as a TV to charge up.

[andreiclawhammer]

hand how much do you have to let it pluged in order to fully charge from 0 to max?

[bobsalas]

Do you realize in some states the power plants generate electricity using fossil fules (coal). While the car produces no exhaust, the power plans produce significant air pollutants...hence, the up steam expense to the environment is significant.

[saucy05]

true, but not all electricity is generated that way and it's a small step towards pollutanat free cars.

[TheBishopSSR]

Look, one thing people have to understand is that even if you charge from fossil power stations- large power stations are MANY times more efficient in turning fuel into useful energy than individual car engines! So, by switching to electricity NOW, with all the coal being burned and stuff, we'd still cut the emissions by a factor of 3-4! And we have a CHOICE to switch to cleaner sources even now, with the solar option that Tesla offers. 0 emissions!

[drivin98]

Even when electricity is produced by fossil fuel a lot less pollution is created vs. powering by i.c.e.

[gogoyojimbo]

that car is SOOO sweet it makes me happy to be a hippy