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What is the sweet spot to make me buy an electric car?

6 July, 2008 (11:31) | Electric Car Talk | By: Kevin

I keep going over in my head what would it take for me to purchase an electric car?  What is that sweet spot where I pull the trigger and ditch my gas cars or at least one of them?

What would make me purchase an Electric Car list:

  1. If the money I spend monthly for gas starts to cost the same as a monthly payment for an Electric Car.
  2. It would have to cost below $25,000.00
  3. On a single charge it would have to go 200+ miles.
  4. The electric car would have to look like the gas cars currently being sold.  You know NORMAL looking.  I do not want to drive a three wheeled bubble.  Nor do I want to drive a four wheel bubble that I look like some abnormal hunched over giant inside of.
  5. It would need to be reliable.
  6. Maintenance cost would need to be on par with its big evil brother.
  7. This is a stretch but I would like there to be charging stations between cities that get frequent vacationers.  For example if I live in Alabama and want to travel to Florida’s Disney World it would be great to have charging stations with food places around it to charge for the next 200+ miles.
  8. Number seven brings me to the next thing.  I understand that charging a battery will take some time but a nice to have would be a 1HR 30MIN charge time at these charging stations.  As long as it was a stopping point with food, movie theater, or something to do while charging I am good.  I see this as an opportunity for many businesses actually.

So that is the list so far.  I may come back and add to it as I do more research.  The big ones really are price, looks, and miles per charge.  Currently it looks like the normal looking electric cars cost to damn much and the cheaper ones just look ridiculous.  Many of them are getting really close to the miles per charge though which is fantastic.

What would you add or change to this list?  I would really like to hear what would make you buy an electric car.

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