why ev
well why not?
people always seem surprised when i tell them i'm converting a car to run on electricity. my neighbour laughed, thinking i was joking!
i guess many of them see it as unnecessary, and that could very well be true - if it was still 1986.
there's no point in listing all the pros and cons of an electric car compared to a gas car as neither motor will suit everyone perfectly.
even if global warming, sorry, "climate change" (it's certainly not getting warmer down here) is a myth, it's about time we started clearing the air anyway.
it still shocks me that new zealand, with it's clean & green image, is doing nothing noticeable to keep it that way.
too often i've read about tourists saying how nz's natural beauty is ruined when you're stuck in a sea of smoke on the nation's roads. it's easy to fix too. frustrating!
i'm not a green-freak, i don't wear sandals and i have no beard. i just like looking out the window and seeing nz as it should always be; naturally beautiful.
oh, don't let this put you off. nz really is a stunning country, especially the south island. within just one day you can be driving through snow-capped mountains, sub tropical rainforest, untamed western coastline and geothermal fields of natural hot springs. it's well worth the visit, i just want to help keep it that way.
carbon and pollution reduction is one reason, but economics is the other (and perhaps the biggest) draw card to converting an ev for me!
here in nz, petrol (gas) is quite expensive. not just because of the petrol companies, but also because our fuel is heavily taxed, hitting the nation's wallets at around $1.58 per litre at present. for those of us in the usa it means that $20 us gets you 4.65 gallons. not nice huh?
i've wanted an electric car for around ten years and i've became more determined to convert one every year.
the recent experience of waiting in a nearby bp service station one day for 15 minutes was the final straw.
i know it was a saturday, but having to wait for fifteen long minutes for $30 worth of something i didn't want in the first place? ugh, give me strength!
obviously we'll need a car if we want to drive to other citys but that's been taken care of. a friend has already offered his car for long trips- as long as i give it a wash each time.
sounds like a good deal to me!
even though this was written in the early stages of the ev process, the amount of support and information i've been given is amazing.
there are a wealth of great people out there that have their own web pages built up and are more than happy to offer advice.
join an ev discussion group, or do what i do, hover around the net googling everything til i find an answer.
there are many more reasons for wanting to convert a car to run on simple clean electricity, but don't get too caught up in the why's and why-not's, just find an old car, have a go and see what happens.
i can't wait to be liberated from the high petrol prices, petrol tax and the oil industry. it just sounds right.
ok, that's enough of the deep & meaningful stuff, let's get back to the ev!
