Mr. Terrible @ Establishing
Mr. Terrible @ Establishing Statistics Logically Again (TESLA), So when your battery runs out, how long does it take for a fill up? Makes for longer trips just to claim your green? which by the way does not consider the costs to the rest of us taxpayers to give out these freebee tax incentives. Great for the owner, bad for the rest of society as a whole. What do you plan on doing with all those old batteries (Lithium-Ion pollutes, its toxic waste), put them in a land fill? Or some other toxic pit? At least the lead/acid batteries in regular auto's can be recycled, along with all the metal and plastics. Auto Oils can be recycled, or burned. New engine technology has near zero emissions, computer and sensor controlled. (Direct Injection, Turbo charged, High Tech Computers and Sensors/controls, +100K mi Spark plugs, require no tuning for ignition systems, Cats on exhaust, 6 to 8 speed transmission = lower turning RPM boasting the MPG per lb of mass) And all Battery cars need Tax incentives to sell them, because they are an over-priced alternative that can not survive by itself in a free market place (At least with todays technology). If you want a Tesla, you should still have to pay your fair share of taxes. In Tough budget times we can ill afford niceties like this, by funding these extreme tax breaks for the rich ($100K car). This does not even consider all the energy losses in the system to get your battery charged. In Engineering there is something called an efficiency ratio for Energy systems, What is the final ratio from source of power generation to actual performance in terms of work done to move the car?, Compare that to the Auto efficiency models and consider the government incentives (Tax Breaks) vs. levied taxes, you will find that the battery car will lose hands down. By the way, remember you don't pay those pesky little gasoline taxes that keep our roads in good repair. Level the complete playing field and Batteries lose. If the Battery cars gain any significant market share eventually all those tax breaks will go away, because we can't afford to be giving large numbers of the tax paying public these incentives. It will bankrupt our government. So continue with that smart A _ _ smirk driving that appliance. May you constantly be trying to find an open outlet to plug in to and waiting for it to charge up.