With Subsidies, Electric Cars Gaining Foothold in Texas
By the end of this year, Austinites should be able to buy the new electric car from Chevrolet, called the Volt. By next February, hundreds of Leafs, Nissan's plug-in car, will be on the roads around Houston, which also announced on Thursday that it would allow purchasers of the Volt to charge their cars for free. Already, at least 30 Texans own Teslas, a high-end plug-in roadster.
The numbers aren't exactly earth-shattering — there are 21 million-plus cars on Texas roads. But the new influx should more than double the number of plug-in vehicles in the state, estimated to ...
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Michael Cosper via Texas Tribune on Facebook
If you can afford to have two cars these might be a viable LOCAL transportation option for Texas.
Jack Suggs via Texas Tribune on Facebook
They're intended for daily commuters.
Sam Souhami via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I'll stick to my bike for now
Michael Cosper via Texas Tribune on Facebook
My twenty year old bike I bought used for 350 is a much better "green" deal and does everything a commuter in a city would need to do. Did it with several different bikes for twenty five years. Batteries have a life span and are very expensive to replace. 90,000 miles for a Prius I think.
Paw Paw Native GoneSouth via Texas Tribune on Facebook
ill continue to fill the state with greenhouse gas emissions with my V8 !!!
motobeej
Regarding owning two cars, most families already own two or more cars. And if a one-car household needs a vehicle for longer distances once a week or less, I would suggest renting a vehicle as an option. For instance, if you spend every other weekend in Houston or Dallas (or wherever) it is way more cost effective to rent a car for those weekends than owning, insuring, and maintaining an additional vehicle. (I'm willing to bet that it is more cost effective even if you did that every weekend, but obviously there are a lot of factors involved.)