Archive for March, 2009
What’s the big deal with electric cars? Isn’t like 80% of our electricity from coal?
jeffpatterson93 asked: I remember my teacher telling us about alternative energy and how about 80% of all electricity in the U.S. is coal power. And I remember hearing somewhere that coal is worse for the environment than gas, so wouldn’t electric cars just hurt the environment?
Electric cars?
lew asked: I live in the UK, where there is a lot of talk about introducing new electric cars in place of petrol/diesel fueled cars. I recently read about an electric Range rover and was wondering, do these electric cars offer less performance than petrol/diesel models?
What are the hidden fees when buying a new car?
Cure for your blonde addiction asked: I know they have bull sh!* fees that they sneak in the contract like the “cleaning fee” or car preparation and so on. What are some more fees that car dealerships sneak in??
How will this exactly work for buying my used car?
msbinky5 asked: So I went to the bank and they approved me for a loan towards my car. The loan officer said that when I find a car, that I had the dealership write up the papers for me to bring into the bank. Now I forgot what the exact name was of the papers [...]
Did GM make a critical error when scrapping electric cars over 10 years ago?
Bird N asked: Electric cars did exist over 10 years ago, but GM decided to scrap all of the cars, even though they worked perfectly. It’s all in a documentary called “Who killed the electric car?”. GM sold the battery technology to an oil company and the electric car was no more. If they would [...]