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Permalink Reply by intrepid on September 27, 2009 at 15:40

Or just run an extesion cord out to he road in front of your house and offer the electric car drivers a place to sit and wait until their car charges back up?

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Permalink Reply by sesport on September 27, 2009 at 16:18

Which kind of cord should we get? The bright orange, yella, black or dark green?

Plan C: Keep the Hemi, invest in a sturdy stock trailer. We'll be able to load a couple of those light & little "cans" in one pass on the Interstate. More efficient.

Plan D: In extremely cold northern states, electrical outlets are provided in parking lots at work so folks can plug in engine warmers. I say we start building infrastructure like that ... oh, wait ... we're already having trouble getting ng refueling infrastructure.

Okay, Plan E: (under research & development at this time, check back later)

:0)

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Permalink Reply by The_Baron on September 28, 2009 at 4:07

Electric cars have been taking off in Israel. They have stations where the batteries are swaped out. Also, there are cars on the market now that can go about 60 miles on a charge, they are intended for commuters.

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Permalink Reply by The_Baron on September 28, 2009 at 4:08

The tesla roadster has a range of 244 miles on a charge. it is a little pricey though.

http://www.teslamotors.com/

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Permalink Reply by adubu on September 28, 2009 at 8:07

Baron---what if you do not make it to the swap station because battery goes dead?

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Permalink Reply by jffree1 on September 28, 2009 at 8:17

Call sesport. See Plan C above.

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Permalink Reply by sesport on September 28, 2009 at 16:18

psssttt ... jffree ... you got a Hemi I can borrow? I'e got a nice Bath contract we can sign to agree to terms. lol

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Permalink Reply by Rosebud on September 28, 2009 at 4:53

Tow trucks and extension cords? Think big, people! I'm opening a new dealership in Shreveport - I'll be selling nothing except $90,000 hybrid sportscars made in Finland. I'm starting a waiting list if anyone wants to get in line.

http://haynesvilleshale.ning.com/group/politics/forum/topics/can-we...

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Permalink Reply by Pipeliner on September 28, 2009 at 10:06

Once electric cars become common place, will thieves steal your battery if you don't lock your car up in your garage at night? If you leave it in your driveway, at a motel, in a parking garage, at your business overnight, at the airport, etc. will your battery disappear like your hubcaps used to?

Thieves, nowadays go to the effort to steal catalytic converters off of normal vehicles at night, which takes a lot of time and effort.

Thieves with roll-back wreckers, would have a good time harvesting abandoned electric vehicles left after the batteries ran down, then take the whole cars to a "chop shop".

Where can I get on the waiting list to buy an electric-powered Kenworth or Peterbuilt pulling unit? I bet there is a big market out there for one of those. Bet they would really roll pulling a lowboy with a D-9 ripper dozer on it.

In the U.K., over the years, the milkmen have used full sized electric milk trucks. You could easily steal one while the milkman was taking the glass bottles of milk to the door. Problem is it is hard to make a quite get-away, with all the full and empty milk bottles climking and clanking together. Also the body lines of a milk truck is not too cool, and has a low resale value, even if stolen, due to the limited numbers of buyers in the narket for a "hot" milk truck. It is hard to pass one off as a sports car or family sedan.

Talk about"Black Outs" or "Rolling Brown Outs" when the millions of electric cars are plugged in at night, each depending on solar and windmills to provide uninterupted power. Bet the coal-fired power plants will be belching and blowing bad stuff out their smoke stacks every night.

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Permalink Reply by intrepid on September 28, 2009 at 15:36

OK, looks like it's shaping up this way: we use our NG powered truck to make the service calls to swap out the batteries on the elect. cars when they run down out on the road. Sell a 'service plan' with every one of those cars you sell, Rosebud. we'll make you a great deal!

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Permalink Reply by sesport on September 28, 2009 at 16:20

Do I still get to use that stock trailer? I've been working all day on getting the, ahem, "debris" cleaned out of the floor. :0)

I've really got to find some extra work to save for that "Stallion" trike-cycle I've got my eye on (in Black Cherry). I promised Skip the first ride, he's laid claim to the "rumble seat." (I know, I know, there is no rumble seat, it's the trunk, but I couldn't convince him that I'm not trying to put one over on him. He insists it's a rumble seat.) lol

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Permalink Reply by Pipeliner on September 29, 2009 at 2:46

intepid,

Now you have a good business idea. By using a full sized or even a small, CNG-powered pickup (or pickups) with a CNG- powered generator in back, you could run a service like a road side breakdown service. You could go out and put enough charge in the batteries to get the driver back to his home or whereever he normally charges his vehicle. This would be cleaner and less labor intensive than changing the batteries out.

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