Comments on: 2013 Fiat 500e Recharges The Electric Vehicle

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:59:00 +0000

We need to quit burning fossil fuels as soon as possible. Adding a carbon tax would make renewable generation and storage more profitable and speed up the process.

By: Dom

Dom — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:55:00 +0000

There is no need to burn coal, now we can use solar panels and wind mills, another reason to believe that carbon tax is a scam to benefit the banks.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 15:16:00 +0000

Josh – I had my Pilots License before my drivers license – if that is a direction you might want to consider! But – if you live in a City – any city – Not ‘Getting Cars’ (or trucks) is probably OK – just take ‘Public Transit’ – but if you live 20 miles from a Grocery Store, and don’t Grow Every thing you eat at home – Cars & Trucks or Maybe Motorcycles – are pretty much better still now – than a Horse & A Buggy – unless you have a whole day in your life to go get food!

By: bite me liberal

bite me liberal — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:18:00 +0000

carbon. the most common element in the universe. screw you tree huggers. im getting a V8.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:36:00 +0000

Right, which is why we have trillions of dollars (literally) in health costs from burning fossil fuels.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:36:00 +0000

i think i’d agree.

By: Dom

Dom — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 14:26:00 +0000

Carbon tax is a scam, we already pay too much for energy.

By: SecularAnimist

SecularAnimist — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 19:29:00 +0000

I’m glad to see smaller city-car EVs like this one and the Smart EV, and compact utilitarian workhorses like Honda Fit EV, coming to market. I think that’s a sweet spot for marketing EVs, actually, and these cars could get VERY popular. Most of the EVs so far (Tesla, the Volt and the Leaf) are more expensive and more performance / sports-car / luxury-car oriented. I can see why the car companies would start out with that market segment. For one thing the first round of EVs were bound to be very expensive (as is always the case with consumer technology, e.g. VCRs, PCs, cell phones, LED TVs, tablets) so they needed “early adopters” who are used to paying lots of money for fancy cars. But low-cost, compact, practical EVs for short-haul urban/suburban commuting and errands could be the HUGE growth market.

By: Daniel D Martin

Daniel D Martin — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:53:00 +0000

i love this new FIAT500 EV
any word of the price in USA?

By: Driver1

Driver1 — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 14:18:00 +0000

No need to make this article about you and about how you “don’t get cars, man”… Until they rollout teleportation, people still need to get from Yuma to Laredo or whatever, and they’ll need cars to do it. Give us more specs and less ‘me me me’ please.

By: Ronald Brak

Ronald Brak — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:31:00 +0000

For Australia a no carbon price might be as low as $35 per tonne of CO2, which is about 50% higher than our current carbon price. We’d need legislation to quickly cut carbon emissions from transport, but as that would reduce fuel and operating costs for transport it pretty much pays for itself. In other words, economically we would hardly notice going carbon neutral.

By: wattleberry

wattleberry — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:15:00 +0000

Let’s enjoy it while we can until governments realise they have to impose a NO carbon tax.