On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Steven Lough <xxx@xxx.xxx>wro=
te:
> Took great issue with a recent TIME article on EV's Sent the following
> Letter to the Editor...
>
> Article read:
> As Electric Cars Arrive, Where Will They Plug In?
>
> Check it out and add your own voice at:
>
> http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1940117,00.html
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Dear TIME:
> Take Great issue with your first LINE. ."There are probably fewer
> than 1,500 plug-in electric vehicles on the road"
>
> In our City alone One of our EV Dealers has sold OVER 300 Road Worthy
> Electric Cars. And this does not count a growing fleet of TESLA
> Roadsters, and dozens of Home Built Converted gas cars to Electric.
>
> Check out the ( www.EV Photo Album ) for a few thousand more.
>
> California's brief experiment with EV's in the mid 90's found that even
> with HUNDREDS of public charging stations, 95% of EV Owners charged AT
> HOME every evening. The so-called =93Infrastructure=94 is already HERE.
>
> The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) calculates that 80% of
> all the motor cars in America could be Electric Tomorrow night, and if
> they charged at home off peak, that there would be no need for any
> further electric generation than what we already have. Please do more
> research before publication=85
>
> Steve Lough
> President
> Seattle EV Association
> Chapter of the National EAA(www.eaaev.org)
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> PS: For those of you who get e-mail from CalCar.org, please take the
> time to read the OpEd which Thomas Friedman recently wrote in the NY
> Times... He's MY kind of guy.....
> --
> Steven S. Lough, Pres.
> Seattle EV Association
> 6021 32nd Ave. N.E.
> Seattle, WA 98115-7230
> Day: 206 524 1351
> Cell: 206 850 8535
> e-mail: xxx@xxx.xxx
> web: http://www.seattleeva.org
>
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To: xxx@xxx.xxx
Dear Sirs;
I must disagree with a few of the points in the article, "As Electric Cars
Arrive, Where Will They Plug In? "
#1, the number of plug-in electric vehicles is closer to 3,000 if you
consider gasoline powered cars converted to electric along with the fleet
vehicles you included and the plug-in hybrids. You only seem to include
vehicles from Major Manufacturers.
#2, Charging an electric plug in vehicle uses no more power than an
electric clothes dryer, most homes are adequately supplied, although the
electric utilities may be seeking grants for unnecessary grid upgrades
anyway, (It's the American Way!)
#3,Terminal locations like shopping malls, and workplaces, and highway
travel intermediate locations for trips over 75 miles will come with demand
and higher gasoline prices. But the most used charging location will always
be at home.
#4, Fast charging is a marketing myth, a five minute recharge would
require a direct line to Niagra Falls or your regional nuclear plant.
-- Regards,
Dennis Miles, (Director)
Electric Vehicle Technical Institute Inc.
Tampa Bay Region, Florida, USA
Phone (863) 289 - 0690
(Like John Hancock said, "So George can read it without his Glasses.")
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