McCain proposes electric car contest, with $300M prize Options

[chook]

GM took back all their volts and smushed them. something that pissed off the entire world. now GM is having to own up for their actions and is re-releasing their Volt. due partially to high demand and need. i know people that are trying to already put down deposits for the car that hasnt even shown in autoshows yet
how much does the average person know about EV? should be waaaaaaaaay higher
way of the future!

Tucson was one of the places the volt came out. It had a problem with batteries leaking and chance of explosion. A Ford Fiesta explosion is worse than stopping a good car production for PR.

[impala454]

because its related to EVs and you made a misinformed statement about existing EVs.

and which "misinformed" statement was that?

EVs are related to his proposal because it is concerning EV
(electric vehicles = EVs)

what you said still made zero sense

McCain: I'll give $300M to the first person to increase current battery based vehicles efficiency by 30%.
Cat: But we already have battery based vehicles!

[nickluto]

i know what it says... i dont see what your point is.

my original post still stands

im not making fun of this just because its mccain. im making fun of it because there are already super small, super efficient/powerful hybrid/electric batteries for cars that are years before their time. hey its nice he wants to see even better ones i guess, but like inferia said - its all gimicky.

but as far as pacifying the environmentalists. if that was part of this PR shindig it wasnt that smartest. most environmentalists are probably well versed in EVs and know where the industry is going

Wow. Someone actually watched "Who Killed The Electric Car" Sweet. I thought it was only me.

She's right, folks. Sorry to say it, but people who demand the EV1 can drive nearly 100 miles per charge (/day) and be okay. We already have the technology and have had it since the 1990's.


The problem? The infrastructure. Is this bullshit? Hell yes, it is. We need the infrastructure to even start the electric car revolution (which would be awesome).

Shifting our coal-powered electric production to nuclear power would do a shitload more than offering $300M for technology that already exists..... pathetic.

And this is coming from a McCain supporter. I will definitely vote for McCain. No questions asked.

Is this a reach in the dark? Not really. It will get those unshaved liberal hippies on board, yet he will never actually pay the bounty that he promised because it is a "contest". This is ridiculous for the mere fact that no one is going to put their balls to the grindstone to ensure that their technology wins unless they are promised the money ahead of time. No one is going to take a chance on their technology winning because the costs are so high that to even attempt to fulfill half of his promise is going to require hundreds of millions of dollars of R&D. Sorry, that's how it all works. But nice try, though.


Maybe McCain thinks there is a free lunch out there after all.

[Dogmeat]

both canidates have gimmick energy program ideas.

they have to, a real solution to the problem would piss off the greenies who would make a huge stink about the sky falling.

[nickluto]

both canidates have gimmick energy program ideas.

they have to, a real solution to the problem would piss off the greenies who would make a huge stink about the sky falling.

These "greenies" as it will turn out, will have more of a negative effect on this country than the "NEOCONS" that everyone is so quick to label. They are unseen, unnoticed, and undetected members of our society (ok, they're democrats). The energy "crisis' can already be adequately solved. The unfortunate part is that the faggots in control will not allow us to seek means to satisfy our energy requirements due to the fact that they cannot endorse the belief that you can simultaneously drill for oil and also search for alternative fuel sources in the meantime.

[Dogmeat]

These "greenies" as it will turn out, will have more of a negative effect on this country than the "NEOCONS" that everyone is so quick to label. They are unseen, unnoticed, and undetected members of our society (ok, they're democrats). The energy "crisis' can already be adequately solved. The unfortunate part is that the faggots in control will not allow us to seek means to satisfy our energy requirements due to the fact that they cannot endorse the belief that you can simultaneously drill for oil and also search for alternative fuel sources in the meantime.

Yessir, we have a winner!

[impala454]

I'm going to laugh when oil prices plummet in a couple years. Just like I'll laugh when we're in an ice age and I'm explaining to my grandchildren how the hippies were worried about glaciers back in ought-eight.

[chook]

I'm going to laugh when oil prices plummet in a couple years. Just like I'll laugh when we're in an ice age and I'm explaining to my grandchildren how the hippies were worried about glaciers back in ought-eight.

In 20 years i'll either be glad i'm wrong or moving up north.