Comments on: How Electric Cars Won Over A Car Hater https://planetsave.com/articles/how-electric-cars-won-over-a-car-hater/ Science, Animals, Planet Earth, & More Mon, 27 May 2013 11:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Zachary Shahan https://planetsave.com/articles/how-electric-cars-won-over-a-car-hater/#comment-19867 Mon, 27 May 2013 11:11:00 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=36189#comment-19867 In reply to Saint.

Awesome. Such an insanely good deal that it’s amazing more people aren’t jumping on this. Awareness….

]]> By: Zachary Shahan https://planetsave.com/articles/how-electric-cars-won-over-a-car-hater/#comment-17386 Mon, 27 May 2013 11:11:00 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=36189#comment-17386 In reply to Saint.

Awesome. Such an insanely good deal that it’s amazing more people aren’t jumping on this. Awareness….

]]> By: Saint https://planetsave.com/articles/how-electric-cars-won-over-a-car-hater/#comment-19862 Mon, 27 May 2013 02:09:00 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=36189#comment-19862 I get 5 miles per kilowatt with my Leaf and a kilowatt cost me 13 cents in Florida. My lease is only a few $ more than I was paying for gas each month. Plus it drives like my 67 barracuda commando did in the good old days.

]]> By: Saint https://planetsave.com/articles/how-electric-cars-won-over-a-car-hater/#comment-17385 Mon, 27 May 2013 02:09:00 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=36189#comment-17385 I get 5 miles per kilowatt with my Leaf and a kilowatt cost me 13 cents in Florida. My lease is only a few $ more than I was paying for gas each month. Plus it drives like my 67 barracuda commando did in the good old days.

]]> By: Zachary Shahan https://planetsave.com/articles/how-electric-cars-won-over-a-car-hater/#comment-19847 Sat, 25 May 2013 16:22:00 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=36189#comment-19847 In reply to Kerry Knoll.

haha, great story on the Tesla vs BMW. would love to drive one someday. congrats on the great buy!

and plenty of other good notes. thanks for chiming in! 😀

]]> By: Zachary Shahan https://planetsave.com/articles/how-electric-cars-won-over-a-car-hater/#comment-17384 Sat, 25 May 2013 16:22:00 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=36189#comment-17384 In reply to Kerry Knoll.

haha, great story on the Tesla vs BMW. would love to drive one someday. congrats on the great buy!

and plenty of other good notes. thanks for chiming in! 😀

]]> By: Kerry Knoll https://planetsave.com/articles/how-electric-cars-won-over-a-car-hater/#comment-17382 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:55:00 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=36189#comment-17382 In 1985 I bought a Lada (in Canada where I live). It ran on propane which was costing about 40 cents a gallon, or on gasoline if propane wasn’t available. I thought it would be a huge hit but shortly after the Russians shot down a South Korean passenger jet and my car windows all got kicked in. I’m richer now, and involved in the lithium business, so I started following electric cars about four years ago. They are going to be our future, just not now. I don’t understand why the Fox News types hate them so much. If they don’t like them, they don’t have to buy them. My Tesla arrives on Tuesday, 18 months after I ordered it. When I test drove it a while ago, getting back into my BMW was like getting into a KIA, it was that superior, at the same price point. It won Motor Trend’s Car of the Year, same for Automotive News. Consumer Reports, which trashed the Fisker and probably contributed to it’s demise, gave the Tesla it’s highest ever car rating.

]]> By: Kerry Knoll https://planetsave.com/articles/how-electric-cars-won-over-a-car-hater/#comment-19844 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:55:00 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=36189#comment-19844 In 1985 I bought a Lada (in Canada where I live). It ran on propane which was costing about 40 cents a gallon, or on gasoline if propane wasn’t available. I thought it would be a huge hit but shortly after the Russians shot down a South Korean passenger jet and my car windows all got kicked in. I’m richer now, and involved in the lithium business, so I started following electric cars about four years ago. They are going to be our future, just not now. I don’t understand why the Fox News types hate them so much. If they don’t like them, they don’t have to buy them. My Tesla arrives on Tuesday, 18 months after I ordered it. When I test drove it a while ago, getting back into my BMW was like getting into a KIA, it was that superior, at the same price point. It won Motor Trend’s Car of the Year, same for Automotive News. Consumer Reports, which trashed the Fisker and probably contributed to it’s demise, gave the Tesla it’s highest ever car rating.

]]> By: Chris Coza https://planetsave.com/articles/how-electric-cars-won-over-a-car-hater/#comment-19843 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:02:00 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=36189#comment-19843 Why the hangup on the electricity needed to power EV’s. They use roughly the same amount of electricity as is used to refine gasoline. No extra electricity generation is required to go electric. Our home air conditioners draw more power than EV’s.

]]> By: Chris Coza https://planetsave.com/articles/how-electric-cars-won-over-a-car-hater/#comment-17381 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:02:00 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=36189#comment-17381 Why the hangup on the electricity needed to power EV’s. They use roughly the same amount of electricity as is used to refine gasoline. No extra electricity generation is required to go electric. Our home air conditioners draw more power than EV’s.

]]> By: Zachary Shahan https://planetsave.com/articles/how-electric-cars-won-over-a-car-hater/#comment-17380 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:10:00 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=36189#comment-17380 In reply to Zackb.

That’s awesome! 😀 Believe it or not, I’m yet to drive one. Tried to get one as a rental on my last trip to the States, but couldn’t. Have had offers for test drives, but all in the US while I’m over here in Europe.

]]> By: Zachary Shahan https://planetsave.com/articles/how-electric-cars-won-over-a-car-hater/#comment-19840 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:10:00 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=36189#comment-19840 In reply to Zackb.

That’s awesome! 😀 Believe it or not, I’m yet to drive one. Tried to get one as a rental on my last trip to the States, but couldn’t. Have had offers for test drives, but all in the US while I’m over here in Europe.

]]> By: Zackb https://planetsave.com/articles/how-electric-cars-won-over-a-car-hater/#comment-19836 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:18:00 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=36189#comment-19836 I am in love with the pure driving experience. The first time I drove my Nissan Leaf I experienced the future as never before. The acceleration was effortless and the car wafted down the road like a magic carpet. Now when I have to drive an old fashioned gasoline car I cannot help but imagine the Rube Goldberg contraption under the hood with its belts, pulleys, valves, pistons, filters, pumps, gears, and fluids all to harness and control multiple explosions just to propel the car down the road.

I took the Nissan home the same day. I never dreamed that being environmentally responsible could be so much fun.

]]> By: Zackb https://planetsave.com/articles/how-electric-cars-won-over-a-car-hater/#comment-17378 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:18:00 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=36189#comment-17378 I am in love with the pure driving experience. The first time I drove my Nissan Leaf I experienced the future as never before. The acceleration was effortless and the car wafted down the road like a magic carpet. Now when I have to drive an old fashioned gasoline car I cannot help but imagine the Rube Goldberg contraption under the hood with its belts, pulleys, valves, pistons, filters, pumps, gears, and fluids all to harness and control multiple explosions just to propel the car down the road.

I took the Nissan home the same day. I never dreamed that being environmentally responsible could be so much fun.

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