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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4814528" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>As C.R. pointed out the electric car you choose if you live in cold weather areas should be rated to drive much further than what you typically drive because the demands of cold weather brings its range way down.&nbsp; So people buying a Nissan Leaf for example may find their winter month driving greatly inhibited unless they have access to charging stations at work.&nbsp; This also limits long drives away from home no matter the time of year.&nbsp; Most people in my opinion don&#039;t want to spend long periods charging on a road trip.&nbsp; I&#039;ve read that Teslas are great cars but pretty expensive.&nbsp; When electric cars solve the issues and bring the costs down they&#039;ll go mainstream.&nbsp; Until then I would be happy with a hybrid.&nbsp; One thing that makes a Prius attractive to me is it can be 100 degrees outside and you can sit in air conditioned comfort with the car kicking on for a few minutes every so often to recharge the big battery, using little gas to do so.&nbsp; Owners even use that feature to run things with an inverter while camping.&nbsp; A fully electric vehicle in similar circumstances is just going to drain its battery.&nbsp; From everything I&#039;ve read hydrogen may be the ultimate answer.&nbsp; India is getting into hydrogen cars now so maybe they&#039;ll be able to demonstrate some advantages.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 4814528, member: 24302"] As C.R. pointed out the electric car you choose if you live in cold weather areas should be rated to drive much further than what you typically drive because the demands of cold weather brings its range way down. So people buying a Nissan Leaf for example may find their winter month driving greatly inhibited unless they have access to charging stations at work. This also limits long drives away from home no matter the time of year. Most people in my opinion don't want to spend long periods charging on a road trip. I've read that Teslas are great cars but pretty expensive. When electric cars solve the issues and bring the costs down they'll go mainstream. Until then I would be happy with a hybrid. One thing that makes a Prius attractive to me is it can be 100 degrees outside and you can sit in air conditioned comfort with the car kicking on for a few minutes every so often to recharge the big battery, using little gas to do so. Owners even use that feature to run things with an inverter while camping. A fully electric vehicle in similar circumstances is just going to drain its battery. From everything I've read hydrogen may be the ultimate answer. India is getting into hydrogen cars now so maybe they'll be able to demonstrate some advantages. [/QUOTE]

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