German Electric Cars? Perhaps.

July 24, 2008 – 8:37 am – No Comment

After watching plenty of auto makers make more energy efficient cars, German auto makers have finally decided to start rolling out electric cars. VW is said to start in 2010, and BMW said just last week that they would start testing "several hundred" electric models of the Mini. I guess this is ok, except I thought the point of electric cars was to limit emissions and reduce energy costs on the average consumer. Consider the rising cost of heating and cooling our homes, this doesn’t seem like a great alternative. Not to mention that while an electric car may not produce any or a lot of emissions, coal does. In most locations in the U.S. coal is still the only provider of electricity. Ugh.

However, I have to say, it is about time for VW to make a more efficient car…or alternate energy car at least. When looking for a car last year, the best they could do is a diesel car. However, the better mileage with the diesel fuel was offset by the extremely high cost of diesel. boo.

Sometimes I still wonder if we’ll ever see hydrogen fuel cell cars. I know that right now the technology isn’t in place, but maybe one day.