Comments on: Subaru to double the battery range on its electric car concept

By: nevin

nevin — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:59:19 +0000

Ya,coal power station is the real problem.

By: daniel

daniel — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:54:50 +0000

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By: daniel

daniel — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:45:04 +0000

Curly is dumb or has a vested interest in oil. Huge coal fired power stations cannot be switched off like a light so they run at about 80% at night even though nobody needs that power. I’ve heard reliable report that 3 million cars could be charged overnight in California without adding 1 pound more CO2 to the atmosphere.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 18 May 2008 17:47:22 +0000

I drive over 150 miles per day. It would be great if they had a car I could purchase that would make sense. The gas prices is putting me out of business. Gas

By: Matt Caldwell

Matt Caldwell — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:22:11 +0000

Most people will drive their cars less than 50 or so miles a day. How many people REALLY drive more than that? This car would be perfect for many people. If you really can’t live without the ability to drive more than 200 KM a day, then it could be a second car.
As for polluting the environment because the electricity comes from coal fired power plants… this would cause less pollution than if you simply drove a gas guzzling car. Besides that, who amongst you want to keep filling the pockets of those rich middle eastern oil nations??? Or the oil companies who keep having more and more record profits at OUR expense?
Think about it.

By: The Cost of Energy » Blog Archive » The EV X-factor

The Cost of Energy » Blog Archive » The EV X-factor — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:38:32 +0000

[...] Subaru to double the battery range on its electric car concept: Subaru recently released a vastly improved second cut at a plug-in battery-electric commuter car. It seems that the 65-kilowatt, 5-seater G4e’s new high energy-density lithium-ion batteries gives it a 200km range from a charge and with the help of a quick-charger it can reach up to 80% in just 15 minutes. [...]

By: ken moreau

ken moreau — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:32:14 +0000

When is Subaru going to manufacture a convertible for sale in the USA?

By: kent beuchert

kent beuchert — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:09:55 +0000

Unfortunately, charging at high rate will make the expensive batteries deteriorate much faster,
and fast recharging to get another measley 160 km
won’t make trips much more convenient. You’ll have to stop at least every 140 km or so to ensure finding a recharge station – that’s about once every hour or so. Stopping 10 times for a 700 mile day trip seems painfully excessive.