10 Steps to Buying a Car
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I didn’t think I could come up with another reason why battery-electric cars make no sense for the foreseeable future, but try this.
The only way that unaffordable, impractical, battery-only cars will sell is because of huge government subsidies, and a few early-adopter zealots with too much money who don’t mind being stranded every couple of weeks. Germany, Britain and the rest of Europe are involved in planning massive, painful and unprecedented spending cuts to their welfare, pension and public health schemes. Guess which government budgets will survive the cull; money for rich people who already have ,000 to buy a second car, or funds for the poor (Sony Vaio VGN-FZ battery)?
So as the launch of the first battery-only electric cars approaches, the evidence is building. They cost too much. They have limited and unpredictable range. Claims that they emit zero carbon dioxide are erroneous, unless you live in nuclear-powered France, or hydroelectric Switzerland. Plans to have a store of charged batteries ready to replace spent ones might make sense in small countries like Israel and Denmark (as planned by Renault of France and Better Place), but the economics of the scheme don’t look compelling (Sony VGP-BPS8 battery).
Later this year, Peugeot and Citroen of France will launch their C-Zero and Peugeot iOn battery-only cars on the market. Both vehicles are based on the Mitsubishi iMiEV, which is already on sale here (Sony VGP-BPL9 battery).
According to Automotive News Europe, these cars, about the same size as a Honda Fit, will cost ,300 after tax but before government subsidies. The slightly bigger Nissan Leaf will be on sale later this year in Europe and next year in the United States. Here, the price is said to be under ,000 after taxes but including incentives. Next year, Renault will see the first fruits of its battery car scheme when the Fluence appears (Sony VGP-BPL11 battery).
Volt helped by gas engine
At about the same time, Chevrolet should be on the market with its extended range electric Volt (battery-only power, but augmented by gasoline engine; range 300 miles), followed by the Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid in 2012 (gasoline engine, electric motor used together or separately; range 300 miles (Sony VGP-BPL15 battery).
How can battery-only cars that run for 60 miles if you’re lucky compete with electric vehicles that can use gasoline engines to extend their range, unless a government forces their sale? Battery-only vehicles are simply not yet ready for prime time and await some significant technical breakthrough (ASUS Eee PC 1000HE Battery).
Most independent automotive experts share this doubt about battery-only cars. Renault and its Nissan affiliate reckon that by 2020, 10 percent of global car sales will be battery only. This is a much higher forecast than HSBC bank’s 4.5 percent estimate. Germany’s VW is believed to project around 1.5 percent (Dell Inspiron 6400 battery).
2 percent by 2020
Professor Stefan Bratzel, director of the Center of Automotive Management at the University of Applied Sciences in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, reckons about 2 percent of the global market in 2020 will be battery only, with 14 percent “alternative” powertrains, including hybrids, plug-in hybrids, or extended range electric vehicles (SONY VAIO VGN-FZ4000 Battery).
Even by 2025, Bratzel expects battery-only to reach 5 percent, with 20 percent “alternative” — and variations on the conventional still accounting for 75 percent of global sales (Toshiba PA3399U-2BAS Battery).
“We believe pure electric vehicles will be mostly in cities and metropolitan areas and as a second car,” Bratzel said. “Also we believe there will be a lot of financial incentives — we just saw from China the other day that they will invest a lot of money to boost electric vehicles in cities (IBM ThinkPad
