Question of the Day: Would you consider buying an electric-car in 2010/2011?

Posted: Mar 01, 2010
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Two of the most anticipated fuel-efficient cars of 2010 will hit showrooms by the end of this year – one being the pure electric Nissan Leaf and the other being Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric-car. While both will be available in limited quantities at first, by mid-to-late 2011, electric-cars and plug-in hybrids will become somewhat widely available.

Yes, we know that the Tesla Roadster is available right now, but many of us don’t have over $109,000 to purchase one.

Either way, we were wondering if you would consider buying a pure, fairly affordable, electric-car or plug-in hybrid within the next 2 years since the technology is still fairly new. Do you have any hesitations or do you think you’ll be able to go green easily without a second thought.

Let us know your answer in the comments section after the jump.

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- By: Omar Rana


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  • watcher68

    nope, not yet. They aren't long enough range yet for my needs nor do they recharge fast enough and finally, recharge stations aren't yet widely available. 4 years from now, yes maybe.

  • Pradeep

    No, I wouldn't.Because Clarkson tells me not to. Also, because they aren't powerful enough, and because they aren't as green as they claim to be. Add to that the fact that they need to be recharged so frequently, and it's a 'full tank' each time. Meh.

  • davidg11

    Yes I would buy it as our second family car. We only use one of our cars for long distance trips in the first place. 100 mile range is everything we need to do around town/work for the other car.

    I just read the comments. An electric car has 100% torque off the line (instant 100% power) , and I don't need more than a top speed of 90mph. As to recharging and range, it really depends on what your needs are. If you want to go on long distance trips, they will have fast charging stations. In 25 minutes you can charge up your battery up to 80% capacity. That's probably impractical for most single people that only own one car for longer distances. But I don't believe Nissan is going after that market. They are most likely going after the 2 car family market. There are A LOT of those.

  • Scott

    It's not really an option if you live in an apartment. Well, atleast most of the ones I have visited in my area don't have outside power outlets, or any method to charge overnight.

  • Pat

    I would not…. i wanna see how the residual values of EVs play out

  • willid3

    the Volt yes, not so sure about the Leaf

  • Louise O'B

    Yes the next car I buy will be an EV plug-in as soon as they come on the market. I believe that BYD will be making EVs and selling them at a good price. GM will most likely not sell EVs at a reasonable price and therefore will lose market share to BYD and other car Asian manufacturers. I believe that EVs are going to be the game changer in the car industry and given that GM is generally too slow to give customers what they want I do not see them as being a market leader in the future.

  • Louise O'B

    Every home, even apartments, in Australia have a garage with a powerpoint so it will be easy for us to use EVs.

  • Louise O'B

    If you live in a metro area like most Aussies, then the current range of EVs will be enough for each day and then just charge at night. EVs will be a lot cheaper to run than cars using crude oil.

  • Louise O'B

    I would be more concerned about the residual value of a car that uses crude oil because EVs are much cheaper to run. No one is going to want to buy a second hand car that uses crude oil in five years time.

  • Louise O'B

    There is enough range and speed in an EV for me as a single person, I never do long distrance driving – I usually fly, or go with someone else who can do part of the driving, we'll just use their car .

  • GMfan87

    since I work for the energy industry, i say the more EV's the better!

    however, i won't be buying one until it goes 0-60 in 4.5 seconds, with a range of 500 miles, and costs less than $40,000

  • joesephw

    I already converted my Prius to a Plug in so I suppose yes? Try selling an electric car that can go on the highway and cost under 40k range of 70 miles and they will be lined up around the block to buy it. Oh, they already did. It was the Toyota Rav4 EV. People are still paying 40k for the 10 year old used little EV suv so that should answer any questions.

  • Steven

    I don't know man… electric cars still sound pretty questionable to me. A used car is always the best alternative. They are cheap, reliable, and if you want to save time and money, check out Carsala because people there will go through the whole car-buying process for you and guarantee you the lowest killer price.