Electric Vehicles
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Electric Vehicles
Better Place stations, similar in concept to gas stations, offer drivers with electric vehicles an automated system that swaps out exhausted lithium ion car batteries for fully-charged ones. The swapping system is intended to be convenient for both drivers and local electric companies, since Better Place can recharge the exhausted batteries with excess electricity generated from renewable sources during off-peak electricity hours. Lingle said the project is an example of Hawaii's efforts to gain independence from foreign oil, and to stimulate its economy through investment in energy technology." CNET News
The Tesla Roadster is named Best Green Exotic for 2009. The Big Island could produce enough electricity with renewable energy rather than relying on carbon based fuel and use electric cars instead. We need to move ahead using wind, geothermal, sun and hydroelectric renewable sources for electricity and move away from reliance on carbon based fuels. Tesla Motors will be producing an all-electric, four-door, five-seat sedan, the Model S, that gets in excess of 240 miles per charge and accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in under six seconds according to this report and will be built in what the company is calling the "greenest auto manufacturing plant in the world" on the outskirts of San Jose, California.
If the auto industry moves into the electric car production such as the Chevy Volt the Big Island will be ready with ample supplies of renewable energy producing enough electricity for all these electric cars if the Big Island uses renewable energy sources to make electricity and reduces its dependence on fossil fuel to almost zero. This can be done if we Dream Green.
