Electric Cars are overall better than Gas Cars

Price Even though the government might give you tax credit you're still paying a lot for your electric car. Electric cars run for about $40,000 to over $100,000 dollars, a decent gasoline car can cost as little as $10,000 dollars saving you a lot of money. Also the availability with gas cars is much higher than electric cars because you can go to a gas car dealership and leave with the car the same day. When you buy an electric car there can be a wait for up to 2 years to receive it because many are still only prototypes. In this article I listed below, this guy ordered his car online and didn't receive it till 2 ï¿½ years later. http://www.moneytalksnews.com... A Free Pass The problem with the HOV lanes is that not every highway has one. Many people with electric cars are still forced to sit through traffic using up their cars energy. To even be allowed on those lanes you have to have at least two or more occupants in the car with you. If you're coming home from work most likely you'll be the only one in the car so that lane would be off limits to you. Don't get me wrong the HOV lanes are definitely great for saving the energy in your car but there just aren't enough of those lanes around the United States to apply to all the electric car users. You mentioned that these lanes are for electric cars only and that is false, theses lanes are also available to Motorcycles, public transportation, vanpools and carpool services. http://www.mhd.state.ma.us... At least with gas cars you don't have to worry about running out of gas as often if you can average your gas mileage correctly. If you full up your tank enough at the right times you don't have to worry about running out of gas while you are driving somewhere. Even if you were in traffic and you had a gas car and you ran out of gas, you could pull over to the side of highway and somebody should be able to help you by giving you some of their gas from their car. Unlike with electric cars you can't have somebody transfer energy from their car to yours and even if you could do that it will be harder to find electric cars because there isn't that many of them on the roads today. Safety Also since electric cars are naturally smaller making it harder for larger trucks and cars to see them especially at night resulting in a higher chance of getting hit. Subsequently, electric cars are more dangerous to drive more and more people won't buy them till they have been on the market for a longer amount of time. Once they have been out longer then they can be assured that they are safter to drive because they have be upgraded and been tested on longer. Insurance Another problem with electric cars is that they are more expensive to insure than a regular gas power car. Since, the technology in electric cars is a lot more expensive the sticker price and repairing cost are a lot higher. Insurance will be higher for electric cars because the people buying electric cars are typically trying to save money by not spending any on gas because they have longer commutes to work. That means that these people who spend more time on the road are at higher risk of being in a car accident and that leads to higher premiums.