Car Sharing Goes Electric »
Posted By cliff99 5 months ago in NewsBaltimore has rolled out an electric car sharing program featuring 10 small city cars that deliver as much as 120 miles per charge, and the people behind the program hope to see it catch on in other cities.
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truthiness5 months ago
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The Maya 300 is a compact sedan with a range of 60 miles from the 12 kilowatt-hour battery. An optional 27 kilowatt-hour pack doubles the range. The battery recharges in 6 to 8 hours when plugged into a 110-volt line and needs half that time when plugged into a 220. Electrovaya says driving 50 miles will cost a dollar.
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Sankar Das Gupta, CEO of Electrovaya, said the Maya 300 features the amenities you’d expect in a conventional car. It weighs about 2,000 pounds, has a 15 kilowatt (20 horsepower) permanent magnet motor and is limited to a top speed of 35 mph because it is classified as a neighborhood electric car. That isn’t much, but Reiner said it’s sufficient for city driving.
turn that into a hybrid and you have yourself viable alternative vehicle. if we never used gasoline in the cities, how much foreign fuel would we really need to buy? -
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Gransater5 months ago
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The days of combustion powered cars are numbered.
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Electric cars are comming onto the market in a trickle right now. How long before it turns into a flood?
Notice that even oil companies are getting in on the act. That alone speaks volumes, for those of you insisting we can once again become independent from foreign oil cartels, by drilling more. You are right, this will be the way, just not the way you imagined.
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