Electric Cars

[Matheous]

How long now before we see battery powered vehicles on the road?

Check this !

http://www.teslamotors.com/

[ChuckFickens]

about minus 18 years

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5

[ChuckFickens]

spot the maths mistake :)

minus 13 years even

[sara3]

well they'll need to go a lot faster and look a lot better before I consider having one!

[Matheous]

http://www.teslamotors.com/

Is that fast enough? (sara3)

I do know they've been around for a while but I mean commonly found or popular on the road.....

[sara3]

is this the car I saw at the Motor Show yesterday? costs around �70k?

[Matheous]

Didn't see that sara3 but it could be.....
Rather on the expensive side- but quite a performer ! 0-60 in 3.9secs and pretty silent...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vqK3TyNy7oRE&NR=1

The Tesla

[sara3]

well yeah, I'd have one... if it's your shout ;o)

[Matheous]

Haven't checked the Lottery yet!

[sara3]

I know it's not very green.. but if your numbers come up I'd rather have this.......

http://www.alfa8c.co.uk/index2.html

much appreciated, thank you :o)

[Matheous]

V8 guzzler..! Sorry sara3 too expensive to run & when you get to my age-it's also toooooo noisy! ;) I just want peace & quiet.....even when I'm driving ;)

[Toureman]

Battery powered cars are already on the road but at �60,000 you won't see many teslas.

Not environmentally friendly as batteries are a very costly and inefficient way of powering anything.

[Matheous]

The Tesla company claim the car should get 100.000 mls life from theirs AND it does the equivilant of 225mls per gal. to petrol. Cost = 3cts per gal......All sounds pretty efficient to me, but I'm not an expert.