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Dirty Gertie:
I've just seen an item on the BBC news about these electric cars. Personally I'm not keen, they're totally impractical for anyone who has to travel any distance, or carry any load or passengers and with a top speed of only 40 mph, they are only suitable for urban driving. What I would like to know however is; if the 'road fund licence' AKA car tax IS for funding roads, and all associated things; how come these things are tax exempt? They are using the roads like any other vehicle, they are not pre '73 (?) registered, so where is the fairness in allowing the owners of a new vehicle which is unsuitable for most drivers/families, (and lets face it, is probably bought as a 2nd 'commuting car') and, when all is said and done, has created as much pollution in its production as an internal combustion-engined car, to be exempt from paying for the use of the country's roads??
And, excuse me, but where does electricity come from again....? Is it the PowerGen fairy???
 No.....
  Oh yes, big, dirty, polluting power stations, some of which produce dubious nuclear waste, and others which use, oh, goodness.... Fossil fuels with all their associated greenhouse gases!! :(thinkhard): Isn't it strange how little research seems to go into these decisions, or could it be that the marketers of these "clean" cars have friends in high places??? :(bigangry):

datalas:
As you say currently electric vehicles are somewhat imperfect specifically for anything other than town traffic.

Ironically I live in a city and of all things a Gas leak yesterday (and quite possibly today one I leave the house) delayed my journey to work by two hours, and would have put me outside of the range of an electric car...

Anyhow that asside, you did ask what the purpose of an electric car might serve was, especially when you consider that the fuel source itself is most likely fossil at some point.  The basic premise is one of locality.  Regardless of whether it is a realistic opinion or not, nothing apparently happens outside of the cities in this country.  A reduction in vehicular emmissions would most likely lead to a better inner city environment and possibly a reduction of associated health problems...

Granted, it would just be moving the problem to where fewer people see it, but isn't that what government policy is for ?

landyman Ash:
I live in London (right in middel of west end) and I have to say Im a BIG fan of the g-WIZ

Forgetting the implicatiosn of global warming etc these cars do have a grand use in London and I see probably two or three a day

London is WAYYYYYYY over crowded with cars and the G-wiz takes up a very small foot print.  They are silent so now road traffic hum or rattle of diesels.  The G-wiz is free to park, free to charge up, free to tax, No congestion charge and whatever you think, is better for the environment.

They are 100% recylable and G-wiz offer guidlines to the councils on how to do this.  

Allthough they run on elec produced by fossil fuels the elec needed to run on will produce a tiny fraction of green house gases that any little smart car would, let alone a big disco that I drive.

For rural living, forget it.  But for a city as bad as london, I'd like to see a ten fold increase of them.  I think there a great idea and at only £6k, well if I had to travel a little further (I walk to work) I'd be getting one!!!

beast5680:
at least my V8 is safer, you can hear it coming if your a pedestrian so you get out the way unlike an electric car that creeps up on you :lol:  good idea though for town centres i agree but why do the reporters have to compare it with a 4x4?

Dirty Gertie:

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Forgetting the implicatiosn of global warming etc

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Ah, there lies the rub! Why are the powers that be ignoring the source of the fuel, and proclaiming them to be 'clean' ??- they are simply removed from the source of their polluting power; It's still polluting alright, but SOMEBODY ELSE'S ENVIRONMENT!!  - and as for being 100% recyclable; isn't the Land Rover one of the most recycled vehicles ever???

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