Mr. Dave Franklin points out that a simple gas tax is better than GPS road taxes. Really, the best path to Electric cars is a simple GAS TAX. Obvious and...
Lithium, properly used, works in Electric cars. The problem is price and longevity: NiMH, even in prototype quantities, is 40% of the cost and lasts 2 or 3...
Note that the capacity of this battery is only 700 Watt-hours (48v times 15 A/H). This would take an EV about .2 miles. It might take a motorcycle 10 miles or...
There is a school of thought, to which I subscribe, that EV-ers and Biofuelers need to pay taxes if they are going to use the roads. If they don't find a way...
Isn't it a bit over-the-top to worry about "zillions of EVs clogging the road" when there are no more than 3000 in the entire country?? Â It's like the fools...
Years ago gasoline cars and electric were competing in a race . the electric has a edge until the electric starter was invented and that is what we call...
I share your concerns about GPS and our rights, but I wanted to make clear that I am not for EVs or other true alt fuel vehicles as a way of getting out of all...
It's a numbers game. 200 million vehicles, and each one needs a $100 device so that the government can send you a bill for your mileage. Now, we need to add to...
Re:Will Lithium work? Or will it provide a convenient disaster? I have feared EXACTLY this. The local media REFUSES to run any more stories on my 2000 Ford...
This is an interesting point. All road users should pay for the roads that they use. It should be evenly charged to all users based on the mass of the...
Hi John, It is a numbers game. We just need to make the numbers add up. In Sydney we pay A$25 up front to obtain an E-Tag. An odometer E-Tag that can track...
Greetings Group, First I would like to thank everyone for the tremendous volumes of writting, comments, information and references regarding vehicle ...
So what would it take to build NiMH at home? Could it be done? (Patents be damned). I do not have much understanding of NiMH innards... I'll rectify that...
ZENN cars are made of steel and have only 2 seats. The rolling chassis, called a glider, is imported from France. At the Canadian factory they install a 72...
I kind of liked the irony of the tax on the fuel. Because it works out for the better. Larger cars used more gas and had to pay more taxes. Since larger...
http://evworld.com/blogs/index.cfm?authorid=51&blogid=692Sunday | March 01, 2009 Will they succeed? Will Chevron and its business partners find a way to stall...
... What's wrong with simple licence fees? It works now for diesels. There could be an extra fee attached to EV licences to account for the fact that they...
It's a two seater. That kills it... Hauling our kids back and forth to school is a requirement. Bussing here is a mess. Luckily first child is 1.4 of a mile...
... Hmmmm, you mean like a flat tax? Nah - too simple. VBG! Yeah if they can't maintain the roads, raise registration fees. Leave gas taxes the same or higher....
On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:25:31 -0000, "randycarter2001" ... Thanks very much for clarifying this about the ZENN and the GEM. ... I have in my notes that a...
With GM going back to the US Government for money, and probably the un-named customer who is propping up Cobasys, is now the time to insist, as a condition for...
Hi Randy? I Think?; Anyhow WHO ever was posting about NEV's and their limitations? Why Bother? You can convert a Rabbit, Jetta or Sentra, older ones, of ...
Moving the taxing point from the wholesaler to the individual would be like....well... Income tax. Think about it. How many people are employed by the IRS?...
On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 20:58:10 -0600, "John Penry at TransTexasTrucks" ... Here's a story about Oregon's alternative-taxation efforts from 3 years ago: ...
Well if they tell chevron to just go pucker up and build away that may put some backbone in some others. It sickens me but I wish them the best of luck and...
GM stands as an example of the failure of outsourcing. All the supposed resources of GM's foreign units, it turns out, don't help it one bit when the chips...
Oregon's gas-tax revenues are currently ENTIRELY devoted, by Constitution, to road uses, so the only reason for putting in a NEW tax on miles driven is that it...
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