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Originally Posted by Shiraz
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I would 100% buy one if I could afford it, in the US they have "supercharger" stations all over the country where you can fully charge it for free in about an hour. That fact alone gets around the range issues, and they have just started rolling them out here. I even read in the states some people were getting a bit cheeky and reversing the charging station in their house so that the energy they got for free from the supercharger powered their house.
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Originally Posted by Bassnut
Great idea, but unfortunately electric cars generate 30 to 200% more greenhouse gas than internal combustion engines when used in Australia (guess where the electricity comes from), hydrogen cell powered is the worst by far, insanely inefficient.
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It is a good point to bring up the issue of power generation in Australia, but to say that an electric car generates more greenhouse than an ICE is a bit of a stretch. If anything it highlights the need for an alternate energy source. I would like to see nuclear developed, specifically in South Australia because I am of the opinion that providing cheaper power is one hurdle to innovation such as this.