An electric car does not use gasoline. So how can those who drive hybrids and other electric vehicles be charged for using the road. do they get a free pass? Or will be all be tagged with GPS monitors and the government will know where we are and what we are doing 100% of the time?

I know the major disadvantage to electric vehicles is that the battery does not last long, but is there a problem with what to do with the old ones that need to be replaced? What happens to it, cant they be recycled?

Im doing a paper on why we should bring back the PEV. (pure electric vehicle) and i dont understand what the major problem is that dont make them an attractive choice today?

Any help is really appreciated and sources are very grateful.

I read that batteries used or planned to be used in electric vehicles have problems on being recycleable. Is it true?

WHEN are we going to have electric vehicles freely available so development on vehicles and batteries can go on, and also when are internal combustion engines going to double or triple their efficiency?
Aren’t the “owners” of the global markets and economies afraid that one day there is no possible carbon dioxide imprisonment? Even now it is no warranty, it’s only but a rising technology that may become an eventual solution!.. :S
You're way out of internal combustion engines practical mechanics Russel. How can you say internal combustion is on the verge of efficiency when, for example, 2 stroke engines use half the steps to perform the combustion cycle? It's not just thermodynamics, all laws set limits. That includes phisics, criminal laws, economics, etc. The human genie tends to overcome them!
Regarding batteries, it's also a matter of development. While there is no interest on it, there will be no investment!

Okay to be fair it's only 2 questions, but there were many responses containing negative and incorrect information about EVs from people who should know better by now.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070901171558AAUul1E&r=w&pa=FZptHWf.BGRX3OFMiTxSV9Co6xRNVin3JTGJsprhDLJzTZg1iwAyvZqDvJlpEdKiOeLVrwhxY_UIX0qnCQ–&paid=answered#RsR4WTC1UGLXAOZlOfd26Pr22G__DAD6hVJeJW5TpX.ayPFJ4ZHX

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmY.kSXthgJqQKvUx.XR2_J0.Bd.?qid=20070902020813AAcHuR7

Granted ideally our power would come purely from renewable energy, which would make EVs emissions-free. However, even with a power grid based purely on coal, electric vehicles would reduce greenhouse gas emissions as compared to gas cars. With the US grid mix, they're a big improvement over hybrids, let alone gas cars

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Am2pWOxnFjdvlJ7qKN05Uwzty6IX?qid=20070827141524AAc0HaA

Does anyone have data to refute this, or shall we accept the benefits of EVs now?

I’m looking for electric vehicles, I have no idea where to get it though.

This is actually a rhetorical question – the answer is that they do. However, I've seen a number of people in the Environment section say that electric vehicles simply move pollution and emissions around (to wherever the power plants are).

While it's certainly true that the greener our power grid is, the greener electric cars are, even with the current US electric grid mix, electric vehicles will produce a significant decrease in total emissions. See this report for further details:

http://www.pluginamerica.com/images/EmissionsSummary.pdf

Considering this information, shouldn't we be pushing for electric vehicle research and development?
ICE = gasoline car (internal combustion engine)
HEV = hybrid gas-electric car (uses gasoline to recharge batteries)
EV = electric vehicle (plugs in to recharge batteries)

"EVs reduce CO2 by 11%-100% compared with ICEs and by 24%-54% compared with HEVs, and significantly reduce all other greenhouse gas emissions, using the U.S. grid mix. If all U.S. cars were EVs, we’d reduce global warming emissions. Using electricity strictly from coal, EVs still would reduce CO2 by 0%-59% compared with ICEs (one analysis found 0% change; six others found reductions of 17%-59%) and might produce 30%-49% more CO2 than HEVs (based on only two analyses). On the other hand, if electricity comes from solar or wind power, EVs eliminate all emissions. Using natural gas to make electricity, emissions fall in between those from coal and renewable power.

The development of hybrid and electric vehicles is evidence that we do indeed have the technology to make our lives better and environment cleaner in the world of transportation….but is there really a chance that alternative powered vehicles have a chance of staying alive against the big business of the oil industry?

The Tesla roadster is going to be introduced later this year, and it has me wondering: how long before we have more production electric vehicles available?

I live in California and I'm sick of paying so much for gas. When will we have an electric sedan, suv, or coupe?

How far away is the future? How much longer do you think we'll have to wait before we can go to the car dealership and buy an electric vehicle that isn't a golf cart?

As you can see not only are we polluting the Earth with these gas-powered cars but were using our natural resources to use them. I understand that what is holding up the development of Electric Vehicles is patents that are held by one of the largest oil companies, but how long till Texaco realizes that we are in an economic recession and the gas powered cars is destroying the Earth. One of the major contributors to Global Warming. I'm Sure that there's SOMETHING that can be dont to stop all the madness. Cant the president do something about it?