First Name | John |
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Last Name | Howland |
Email Address | jbhowl@aol.com |
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Subject | PHEV |
Comment | I am a former motor vehicle professional. I was a Director of Fleet Operations initially for NJ Bell and later for other Bell Operating companies from 1978 to 1991. I served on the Mayor's Private Sector Task Force in the City of Philadelphia in 1992 and remodeled the city's motor vehicle operations from 1992-1995. A bit of history which may be of interest to you: in 1910 electric taxicabs were operating every day in the city of New York. When I was a kid in the 40's bakery goods were delivered by electric trucks in NYC(Queens, actually). The technology could have advanced in the 100 years since electric vehicles were as common as hydrocarbon-driven vehicles. And it has, but not quite enough. Foreign oil is destroying our economy, polluting our air and funding our enemies. To be free of dependence on foreign oil we need a hybrid plug-in electric car that will do 45mph over a range of 150 miles on an overnight charge. That will sell to the Anerican public, in my judgment. But conversion to electric has to start somewhere, even with vehicles that don't quite meet the criteria stated above. Corn-based ethanol is a fake, costing more energy to produce than it is worth. Ditto for hydrogen. Let's start with the battery technology as it exists today and work to improve it. Let's put PHEV's on the road now. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-03-20 07:43:33 |
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