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	<title>Comments on: Future for EVs not all doom and gloom</title>
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		<title>By: Torontoworker</title>
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		<dc:creator>Torontoworker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Almost everyone who drives pure EVs loves them. &quot;

Yes, almost everyone who owns them in that *perfect temperature range* located somewhere most people don&#039;t live! You see, this is the major issue with electric vehicles that are primarily using batteries that are re-charged either by regenerative braking, plug in or are gasoline engine hybrid. The major problem is the battery pack. Try keeping the car alive in Cochrane Ontario at -30C - the battery packs have to have their own heaters - which draw energy from the total charge. Do not stop anywhere for more then an 3 hours without an electrical plug in for these temperatures. Great car for hunting in winter huh? (smirk) The flip side is that drive one of these in Kingman Arizona at 101F with the air conditioning on. See how far you go on all electric output. Hear the gasoline engine come on and never shut off until your back at the hotel. A great car for driving around LA looking green to your friends or delivering pizza inter-city - less so in the real world. Buy a VW diesel, (I have no connection to VW)  get a better resale value, get near 55mpg (or better), have less maintenance issues (and costs) and have a true four season vehicle and a higher performance vehicle to boot.  Sit back and watch as your friends who bought Volts worry about replacement costs of the battery packs after six years (out of warranty) and then their jaws drop when told what the value of these cars are after a few years when they think of trading in. If we lived in a perfect world (year round 21C and the commute to work is 40kms return) - these would be the perfect cars. I don&#039;t live in this world.</description>
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<p>Yes, almost everyone who owns them in that *perfect temperature range* located somewhere most people don&#8217;t live! You see, this is the major issue with electric vehicles that are primarily using batteries that are re-charged either by regenerative braking, plug in or are gasoline engine hybrid. The major problem is the battery pack. Try keeping the car alive in Cochrane Ontario at -30C &#8211; the battery packs have to have their own heaters &#8211; which draw energy from the total charge. Do not stop anywhere for more then an 3 hours without an electrical plug in for these temperatures. Great car for hunting in winter huh? (smirk) The flip side is that drive one of these in Kingman Arizona at 101F with the air conditioning on. See how far you go on all electric output. Hear the gasoline engine come on and never shut off until your back at the hotel. A great car for driving around LA looking green to your friends or delivering pizza inter-city &#8211; less so in the real world. Buy a VW diesel, (I have no connection to VW)  get a better resale value, get near 55mpg (or better), have less maintenance issues (and costs) and have a true four season vehicle and a higher performance vehicle to boot.  Sit back and watch as your friends who bought Volts worry about replacement costs of the battery packs after six years (out of warranty) and then their jaws drop when told what the value of these cars are after a few years when they think of trading in. If we lived in a perfect world (year round 21C and the commute to work is 40kms return) &#8211; these would be the perfect cars. I don&#8217;t live in this world.</p>
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