1046 people were questioned.. love surveys an statistics.. ./endsarcasm surely more than 1000 people could have been found.. an not just from the US.
Part of the problems with EV\'s is they are new technology an no one knows whether EV\'s or some other form of engine will become standard. Are they really greener.. this is a question I find myself asking about a lot of new technology. Grid supplied power, doesn\'t seem that green to me. Batteries are not particularly green either. Heck apparently even solar panels produce more of a carbon footprint in production than you would save from the energy produced from the panel compared to coal power plants.
just my random 2cents.

The paradox here is that the more educated consumers become about EVs (at least given current technology), the less attractive this alternative becomes - unless new misconceptions are displacing the old ones.

No one seems to think about the environmental impact of the Batteries. Where are they made? Where does the ore come from? What are the environmental practices in those countries. How about if your in an accident and the LIon batteries are ruptured, it requires a Hazmat team to deal with the toxic elements.
As far as the environmental impact the current electric and many hybrid cars will likely do more damage before they leave a show room floor than my 78 Mercedes 300D that gets 29MPG hwy and with simple care will continue to do for easily 500k miles ever will.

there is a huge potential for city dwellers for these cars (like myself) but one BIG hurdle is that a large number of us must use \"street parking\" rather than garages. There is no way to plug in and charge up for us. random parking spots on the street won\'t allow for simple \"plug it in and charge\". For this group, a far more efficient hybrid is still the solution both for miles per gallon and reducing pollution footprint. Unless you\'re going to put public outlets at avery out door parking spot............ not.

@ Facebook user - time to update your knowledge - the anti solar lobby have been pedalling that payback garbage for years. A US government report has shown that the energy or carbon payback for a solar panel is somewhere between one and two and a half years depending on the type and construction of the panels (and that report is a few years old, so probably shorter again).

Yeah the CURRENT issues of conversion effiency - coal - fire - steam - generator - transmission lines - transformers - battery charging - electric drive system.
Vs.
Air Fuel - piston - drive train.
I\'d like to see a joule bomb energy value to match each fuel - and then see a defined units of energy in at the start of each energy conversion process - to units of energy being put into the rubber contact patch of the tyre.
I\'d also like to see 100% plus renewable national grid supplies up and running.
This is the world\'s \"Going to the moon\" challenge.

All the advancement in EV technologies will be a waste of time and money.....as long as EV\'s continue to be butt ugly.

@Facebook user, @Dory You\'d better do some research before throwing out those myths randomly (that OPEC would love to hear loud). First of all, \"solar panel as dirty as coal power plant\" is one of the silliest thing I\'ve ever heard. Secondly, rare earth that we use (that chinese use:) in batteries are not rare at all (nor more hazardous, dirtier than oil), quantities used insignificant compared to total weight of the batteries, nevertheless 97% of the production belongs to chinese because some smart guy 10 years ago said \"this IS what we should do!\". Today we (you included) consume all those batteries made in china. Next step EV batteries and EVs themselves. Unless we wake up of course, and, compete with some thing significant (not yet another petrol car that we baptize EV because the name is VOLT or AMPER:) As for the mileage you get from an EV (for equal quantity of energy put in to the batteries or into the tank) is 5 times the ICE car. I spare you the figures but if you are willing to know it\'s just a google away.

Since we\'re mentioning plug in hybrids in this article, the Chevy Volt designers missed a golden opportunity. The Volt is a primary electric drive car. The engine doesn\'t drive the wheels. All it does is recharge the battery. So the designers COULD HAVE put in an engine that would be much more fuel efficient even if it wasn\'t so good at driving the wheels such as a Stirling external combustion engine or a small Tesla turbine engine. But they missed the opportunity and put in a plain old four stroke gasoline engine. Normally, I try not to make fun of the business plan of a company that\'s doing well, but since the taxpayers had to bail out GM recently, I feel like that frees me up to bother them about missing a golden opportunity to actually make a true innovation.

What I do not understand is why no one discusses the strategic impact. Using electricity would free us from send all our cash overseas. Electricity would turn energy into more of a resource that could be controlled from inside the USA. It is easier to clean up a few thousand power plants than try to clean up a few hundred million cars. We could use nuclear, coal, wind or other technologies interchangeably if cars are electric. As it is we are bleeding hundreds of billions of dollars and making our country weaker because we are slaves to oil. We fight wars because of oil.