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• You're missing one important point
  An EV that can smoke a Porsche or Vet in the quarter mile helps smash the stereotype of the EV as a weak overgrown golf cart. Sure, most of us don't want or need a Tesla, just the same as we don't need a 400,000 dollar internal compustion speed street legal dragster. However, we do need to show that going green does not = sacrificing the ability to pass or merge on a busy interstate. Once people realize that their acceleration actually improves with EV's that will remove one of the barriers to their widespread acceptance.

  July 11, 2006

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• Toyota, GM, Ford, Honda etc. All chose AC for their EV's
  There are many reasons that AC is superior to DC for the serious EV. For homemade conversions on a tight budget DC is probably the way to go, but for serious highway capable long range EV's everyone is going with AC. For a partial list of reasons that AC is superior in this context go to
  
  http://www.metricmind.com/qa.htm

  July 11, 2006

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• The Tesla uses an AC motor.
  All highway capable long range EV's currently in design or production use AC motors.

  July 11, 2006

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• Electric Smart Cars are being produced
  Hybrid Technologies is making an electric version of the Smart Car and so is some company in Europe. However, you're right they should not be confusing it with the Tesla. It is like comparing a Beetle with A Porsche. Both fine cars in their own right, but not to be confused with each other.

  July 11, 2006

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• Lithium Batteries Work fine in extreme Temps
  Lithium Ion batteries, which is what the Tesla and other highway EV's are switching to, can work very well from well below zero to over 200 degrees. I just read an article on some new Lithium Ion Nano-tech batteries that Altair battery company is selling, I can't remember the exact range off the top of my head, but I think it was something like 30 below to 275 without any significant loss in performance.

  July 11, 2006

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