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Default More on electric cars.

On Sep 15, 4:16*pm, "Doctor Drivel"
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"Alan Braggins" wrote in message

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In article o.uk, Dave
Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:42:30 +0100, Doctor *Drivel wrote:


Well it sez a 93 mile range which I suppose would suit me a lot of
the time ...


My round trip working tommorow will be 110 miles. Monday's is around
240.


Then buy an Ampera


That only makes 25 to 50 miles on battery. The *up to* 310 miles comes
from an on board petrol generator.


Plenty of people have a regular commute less than 25 miles, but need
more range often enough that a pure electric car isn't enough.
But at around £30000, you could buy a cheaper ordinary car and a lot
of petrol.


Prices will come down for sure as the competition hot up. *What you save on
petrol over a year will go a *hell of lot towards the cost. It is NOT £30K
to buy.

Ordinary *cars are complex, and prone to breakdowns, while the Ampera is
simple


Electric cars/hybrids are extremely complex.