Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Have your cake and eat it too!

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Mike Fleischer <themightytoe [at] gmail.com> wrote:

Now if I am driving out to Road America and my Tesla's batteries stop holding a charge while I am sleeping at the Osthoff?  I imagine I am entirely F'ed.  This is why Electric cars won't take off, not only are they expensive and less efficient than gasoline vehicles, but the lack of standardization out of the gate will turn it into another unholy Beta vs. VHS fight.  Wait for all the Prius owners to start footing the bill to replace the hybrid battery packs...  Not to mention if it becomes mainstream, dealing with the heavy metals in spent batteries...  China would probably be happy to make children's toys out of  it but shipping it over there might cost more than its worth.

Honestly I really like the Hydrogen fuel cell technology the best out of all the "alternative" sources.

Sorry for the rant, wanted to go flying today and didn't get a chance...  And hey man, stop with all the bicycles already.

The solution to everyone's problem is to do as Rodney said...get both, but in a certain way.

I love electric motor hybrids that serve as additional torque, not so much the ones that are used to save gas.

I remember driving a Highlander V6 hybrid that had the grunt of a bigger V8 when you got on it.

100% approve and would like to see in more performance cars.

FG