Eco Car

So cost to recharge a Electric Car? Cost to replace battery's and how often?

Is this realy cheaper than gas?

until the costs come down and the battery technology gets better the only advantage is that Electric Cars create less pollution than gasoline-powered cars, so they are an environmentally friendly alternative.

but remember some pollution is ultimately created in the making of that electricity unless your using solar or wind power to create it.

Right now, the weak link in any electric car is the batteries. There are at least six significant problems with current lead-acid battery technology:

* They are heavy (a typical lead-acid battery pack weighs 1,000 pounds or more).
* They are bulky (the car we are examining here has 50 lead-acid batteries, each measuring roughly 6" x 8" by 6").
* They have a limited capacity (a typical lead-acid battery pack might hold 12 to 15 kilowatt-hours of electricity, giving a car a limited range).
* They are slow to charge (typical recharge times for a lead-acid pack range between four to 10 hours for full charge, depending on the battery technology and the charger).
* They have a short life (three to four years, perhaps 200 full charge/discharge cycles).
* They are expensive (perhaps $2,000 for the battery pack

A normal household 120-volt outlet typically has a 15-amp circuit breaker, meaning that the maximum amount of energy that the car can consume is approximately 1,500 watts, or 1.5 kilowatt-hours per hour. Since the battery pack normally needs 12 to 15 kilowatt-hours for a full recharge, it can take 10 to 12 hours to fully charge the vehicle using this technique.

By using a 240-volt circuit (such as the outlet for an electric dryer), the car might be able to receive 240 volts at 30 amps, or 6.6 kilowatt-hours per hour. This arrangement allows significantly faster charging, and can fully recharge the battery pack in four to five hours. ).

want to build your own?
A typical conversion, if it is using all new parts, costs between $5,000 and $10,000 (not counting the cost of the donor vehicle or labor). The costs break down like this:

* Batteries - $1,000 to $2,000
* Motor - $1,000 to $2,000
* Controller - $1,000 to $2,000
* Adapter plate - $500 to $1,000
* Other (motors, wiring, switches, etc.) - $500 to $1,000

http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/02/07/the-top-ten-electric-vehicles-you-can-buy-today-for-the-most-pa/

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/electric-car.htm

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