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The electric vehicle builder Fisker already has the lithium-ion powered Karma sedan and soon to be Karma Sunset convertible. But for 2010 the Tesla Motors competitor would like to offer something different, a more compact plug-in vehicle. "We’re first doing the four-door and then we’re doing the convertible and then we’re planning some third derivative off the Karma platform. Then we’re planning a high-volume vehicle for a lower price. We’ve applied for a Department of Energy grant. If that loan comes through, we’ll have this vehicle on the road in 29 months" said Fisker himself. .
19 comments: Fisker will add smaller electric car in 2010 The EV concern is really alarming for one reason that most powerplant runs in coal and coal emit more CO2 plus we know electric companies ready to forge higher cost to electric consumption anytime
 EV or a combination of EV and Alternative Fuel, Fisker will come out with a new line up and hopefully it would work great like their sports cars
 This is not to put down EV, as such that it will be part of car developments but the auto industry must also develop power plant with renewable resources otherwise things might get worst than our environmental condition today.
 I read that WWF study and it says an electric car with a lithium ion battery powered by electricity from an old coal power plant could emit more than 200g of carbon dioxide per km, compared with current average gasoline car of 160g of carbon dioxide per km in Europe, according to the study. The European Union goal for 2020 is 95g of carbon dioxide per km. I am a bit surprised.
 Coal emmits more carbon that gasoline and the irony is that you don’t need a lot more electricity for electric cars but the problem is that if they cause these peaks ( prices based on demand and the C02 emission from coal powerplants, we would have to have power plants that would be ready to start as the massive charging starts. So I am not ourely supportive of EV cars as all alternative to fuel gas
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11.7.2010 @ 23:23