The United States Federal Government has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 28% by 2020. In Europe, renewable energy should account for 20 percent of energy consumption by 2020. Germany alone has more than quadrupled the amount of renewable energy feeding its grid in less than a decade. Over the past five years, United States electricity generation from renewables has increased while coal decreased. As this shift happens, electric vehicles become even cleaner. In California, renewables (13%) contribute more to the grid than coal (12%).
http://www.teslamotors.com/goelectric/environment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En9vejQ-Xzw
The Tesla Roadster costs about 100,000 dollars. Are there any affordable alternative electrical cars that the average American would be able to purchase?
ReplyDeleteI would also like to know if there are cheaper alternative electric cars. Average middle class Americans will not be able to afford a car like this. Are they working on making more affordable cars if there aren't any alternatives?
ReplyDeleteAre they working to produce more types of alternative electrical cars? Cheaper ones?
ReplyDeleteThe 2011 Chevy Volt is an electric car that cost 32,780
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great new way to begin using renewable energy, but are they working to make full size vehicles that cam transport more than one or two people?
ReplyDeleteI do remember hearing about the chevy volt, $33,000 is a lot better than $100,000. I also agree with Durgan that they need to make vehicles like trucks or SUV's that use renewable energy.
ReplyDeleteCan we afford to make these cars? even if they will help they economy,price is something we have to think about. A lot of the country is in debt and cant afford cars, so what makes them think that it is going to be easy to make the more effiecent cars?
ReplyDeleteEven 32,000 bucks for a car is pretty expensive for most people today. And like Durgan said about these cars only hold 1 or 2 people comfortably. It just doesn't seem worth the money.
ReplyDeleteWill the electric cars have the same amount of power as the gas or are they going to have less, And if they plug in to a house outlet how much will it charge to your electric bill?
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