Electric cars cost less per mile to operate

It is like one forth the cost of a comparable conventional gas car. Electrics are the future as gas prices will continue to go up in the coming years due to oil depletion.

how much is batterys and how long do they last no one seams to know

$35,000... for a car with a 75 mile range (less with the heat or A/C on)... $43,000 for the Volt, that price does not include the $6,000 charging station (Does the Leaf Price include that?)... and we have the $7,000 tax incentive (that all of us pay for).

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How many 35 mile one way trips do I have to make every day to make this a wise financial decision, .vs. a $15K car that gets 35 mpg.... hmmm

If they would use Nickel-iron Edison cell battery technology they could just flush the cells every 4 or 5 years instead of replacing a whole battery, plus the Edison batteries have far fewer toxic components than other more exotic lithium, cadmium, and similar rare-earth based batteries. This could bring Hybrid-Electric tech costs down greatly, as also could using higher-efficiency charging engines instead of staying with Otto or Diesel reciprocating systems.

I recently watched a talk on Ted.com...great for geek stuff, where they are conceiving the idea of selling the car separate from the battery to bring the cost down and swapping out the battery at service stations. This would solve the problem of distance concerns, cost issues and provide ready access to power. The new Tesla gets 300 miles and still uses computer batteries which they can charge in an hour so the technology is improving.

None of the articles I've read lately about electric cars mentions what it's like to drive electric. Electric cars are the smoothest and quietest cars built. All you hear is wind and tire noise. I've driven one over 3,000 miles and let me tell you, silence is golden.

My BIGGES electric bill in the middle of winter was $26.00 ,my city has 4 generaters on a DAM !!! They only use 2 of the generaters most of the time ... Thank God for water flow !!! CLEAN ENERGY ! ! !

This technology has a long way to go. much like the days when cell phones cost a dollar per minute to use and were the size of a backpack. However, every gallon that isnt pumped into a vehicle helps reduce money leaving our country and subsequently used against us, possibly killing young soldiers. We must focus on the big picture and stop depending on other countries even if that includes using our own resources to accomplish that.

I'm all for electric cars though it's silly to think that electric rates won't rise just like gas prices. Besides, the power plants to create the electricity require fuel at some point too. If you keep telling people that it's cheaper when it might not be significant, it's not as convincing an argument. If your goal is to tell people that we can pay the same or less than we currently do, and do it independently, it will be more believable and more likely to be a successful campaign.

Supposedly we have trillions of cubic feet of natural gas coming because of the new extraction technology or maybe the oil companies will ship this out of the U.S.? Our Alaskan sweet crude is EXPORTED to Japan and our number one export 2011 (REFINED OIL PRODUCTS).
We can power our cars and electric companies with our own natural gas and in the mean time use Hybrid cars.
It would be great to dump the oil cartels and the Middle East for cleaner air and trade Al Gore’s Carbon Credits to China paying down our national debt.

Hey, you left out the Tesla!

electric vehicles would make us energy independent because are utility companies are powered by all american fuels nuclear,nat.gas,and coal.how about ev's w/cng engines.

Electric cars do not pay highway tax-YET. As soon as they become popular electric cars will pay hefty road taxes just like gas powered cars do, when fuel taxes are added to fuel costs.

The nissan leaf is not the only electric car out there. Zapcar and Tesslar ? are also electric cars that get up to 300 mile per charge.check out the internet. Low maintenance no oil and all the problems .What dose it cost to wage a war and support countries that are not our allies? and create so much environmental problems.

I would rather pay more for an electric car that creates jobs here than pay for imported oil. Only 1 or 2 percent of our electricity comes from oil. Additionally as one of the worlds top oil producers perhaps if we cut back on our consumption we could join OPEC bringing a positive trade balance and ending our military ops in the mid East.

The future is electric. Nuclear Power Plants and Solar/ Wind are realistic to the US Energy demands of the 23rd Century.

Many Americans complain that our country isn't moving fast enough to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, yet many of those same people mock hybrid and electric vehicles. As Europe and Asia continue to promote alternative energy to power cars, homes and businesses, America continues to lag and will lose jobs unless we invest in & promote our abilities. Mocking Al Gore and the Chevy Volt (or is it a Dolt?) will not move us forward.

EV cheaper than gas?? Please go sign up for a course called "Engineering Economy." It asks: Which alternative is cheaper? Over the life of the vehicle, what does it cost to operate? Calculate the present value of an EV's expenses: purchase price, financing costs, taxes, insurance, electricity used, maintenance, and value when disposed of, vs. that of a similar sized gasoline powered automobile. The nasty truth is that gasoline has to be higher than $7 or $8 per gallon for an EV to be the more economical choice. Notice, I didn't bring up the fact that electric automobiles haven't much better range or performance than they did in 1908.

yes it makes sense to drive an electric car but the delima i have is what and how are you going to charge this car and or vehicle on the road and at home and if all of us get a car were are we going to get this electricity,wouldn't that increase the amount of electrical power so that means building bigger coal fire plants,more minning for coal, and more neuclear power plants great more jobs more coal use and more coal polution into our air, is that what we are changing and one more thing were are we going to despose of the spent batteries mmmmmmm can we say what have we done.

It is funny to me that electric cars have been made for well over 100 years, and Detroit has not made in progress in bringing this to the public. With Unemployment so high 20% realistically it time to re-do mass transit infrastructure and build charging post to extend these car driveability, I mean a good day 6 stops and you can make 300 miles with a couple of stretching and enjoying life OK a few extra minute to do that compute of 300 miles, but saved my LUNGS and cost you $3.00. Let me see any fuel car beat that.