Should I buy an electric car now?

[RachelHowarsen]

My management in the Sollca company, where I’m working for two years, suggested me to purchase this summer an electric car for 30% from its real cost in the market of electrocars.
Who uses currently electric cars? What problems should I expect from it? Who knows?

[Yurika]

Cool idea

[blueeyetea]

I've never had one, but one of my neighbors did. The main problem he had was the battery didn't hold its' charge all that long and if he was travelling for more than an hour, the car would switch to the back-up gas system. As well, there aren't any facilities yet for charging cars. His only option was charging his battery at home. Gas companies still control the market and aren't interested in providing alternative fuels like electricity, so you won't find them selling electricity any time soon.

Lastly, and I'm just putting it out there because I don't know if it's true, if concern for the environment is one of the reason why you want to buy an electric car, there's the argument that buying a hybrid car that's twice as expensive as the cheapest car powered by gas isn't as environmentally friendly as we may think. The extra resources required to buy and run a hybrid car may negate their reduced impact on the environment.

[electric_viking]

Electricity is produced by burning fossil fuels or damming up rivers which also harms the natural environment. It's a catch 22. Also, what happens when those big batteries used to power the electric cars are spent? How are they disposed? Good idea to have electric cars but really I don't see it being the be all and end all. I say, lets go back to horse and buggy.