Quote Originally Posted by circmand View Post
Now as to the gas vs electric cost if everyone switches electricity demand goes through the roof and cost expands to cover the new needed electrical demands. You cant build power plants for free. Following the law of supply and demand the kw goes up. Plus your car sits out all day unplugged and all the little devices sap the power. Are you going to pull over and charge your car for 10 hours before getting home? uld the government take more tax dollars than they already do to support these vehicles and build charging stations for them? .
I agree with your point about the unfair math comparison, but this supply and demand argument is missing some critical aspects and I think arrives at a false conclusion. Electricity production costs are closely tied to fossil fuel prices. If everyone switches to electric cars per your scenario, then a major user of fossil fuel goes away, which vastly increases the supply of avialable fuels to the elecric plant purchases, which then lowers electricy prices. This would be a greater impact on price than the demand increase from the new electricity users because of the previously mentioned greater unit efficiency of electric cars vs gas cars.

As for the 10 hour charge after work concern: this is just nonsense. Its almost as if you think all the electric car engineers are morons that will be astounded to learn of this fatal flaw you have discovered. The electric car batteries are very big, and compared to the miniscule trickle demand of the car's electronics when not in use duriung the course of a day, it will have a very tiny effect on the power reserve avaiable when you come out of work to drive home. This is simply a non issue.

The lifestyle choices argument I get, as well as the range concerns, which is why I think we will be increasing hybrid market for a long time while pure electrics will continue to languish in a very niche market.