Here is a list of 6 electric cars you can buy right now.
Here is a longer list of 30 electric cars either available now or in development for next year.
Electric cars and trucks are great for short distance driving: from your North End home to the bank or the post office or Shaws. These vehicles have a top speed of 20-25 miles per hour (or approximately the fastest a bicycle can go) and last about 30-40 miles on a single battery charge.
If you do a lot of highway driving, you don’t want an electric car. A hybrid would make sense in that situation. But don’t take my word for it; ask City Council President James Shanley who drives a Toyota Prius, one of the most energy efficient vehicles on the market due to its hybrid status.
Once my Subaru Forester dies (it’s eight years old and has over 140,000 miles on it so far), I’ll be going hybrid if not electric.
Why do I bring this up now? I stumbled across this story in Thursday’s Boston Globe about a Durham, New Hampshire family of three who are dishing their cars and keeping to bicycles and buses for the month of May.
It’s a noble concept, and for a Newburyporter it supports the Buy Local movement. But here’s the nub: if the Durham family can get by without cars and without any real hardship, can’t we all?
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Ari Herzog is an online media strategist and Newburyport City Councilor-Elect.
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Great site Ari!
I currently drive a fancy golfcart for all my local travels and everyone wants one. I live a mile away from food suppliers and am retired from the everyday job so this type vehicle works wonderful. My wife , when she drives, drives her ML 350. I really doubt it goes 2500 miles a year.
Electric is the only way to go or perhaps Diesel electric!!??
Jim
Remind me to get a golf cart when I’m retired. Check out that TED Talk about wireless electricity. He talks about having a pad that you can simply drive onto and it charges an electric car’s battery.
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