Comments on: The Race For The Electric Car

Competition To Build A Viable Electric Car Heats Up, As Silicon Valley Gets Into The Game

[nycomari]

The most interesting 60 Minutes program long time. You just cannot help yourselves, however.

It is presumptuous to say that the only view on global warming is that it is real, it is caused by humans, and that the conservation efforts we are all trying will really have any significant effect. All of these are questionable at best, but Leslie Stahl just had to hit Lutz with that presumption.

Why not ask the Tesla CEO about HIS carbon footprint? With $55 million to invest, I am guessing that he is driving his Tesla to his helicopter pad or to the airport to board his private jet. Or... how about Leslie''s personal carbon footprint? I am willing to bet that she isn''t all that evergy efficient either.

Just report the interesting stories and leave the libberal claptrap editorializing and sermonizing out.

[rmdfire]

Ms. Stahl in Oregon there is a company building a car called the ECO-FUELER that runs on COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS that is going to sell for $19,000.00. The ECOFUELER will get 70 miles to the gallon and will have a 400 mile range. Why don''t you do a story on ECOFUELER. Check it out at www.ecofueler.com.

[mwdl8a]

What a terrible story on electric cars. No mention of Shai Agassi''s company (Better Place) that is partnering with Nissan to transfer all of Israel and Denmark to electric cars. No mention of the fact that even if you produce electricity from coal to run electric cars, it still produces less carbon emissions. No mention that the battery on an electric car could be used to store energy and sell it back to the grid at peak prices. What''s missing from this story could fill a book.
And another thing-Bob Lutz had better watch his mouth. Bigger companies than General Motors have gone out of business. Every major car company on the planet is going to have an electric car for sale at the same time the Volt comes out. If anything, he''s late.

[milkman_01]

well you just proved why the BIG 3 needs to give the american public an honest reduction in price on cars , they need to do what we advised our public officials to do if they cant make the budget work instead of taxing , if he can afford to helicoptors to jets and just how many houses cut his pay in half and they could sell the electric car for under 20,000 , thats scarey in only about 8 years car prices have more then tripled // hahahahha give us a break

[mwdl8a]

What a terrible story on electric cars. No mention of Shai Agassi''s company (Better Place) that is partnering with Nissan to transfer all of Israel and Denmark to electric cars. No mention of the fact that even if you produce electricity from coal to run electric cars, it still produces less carbon emissions. No mention that the battery on an electric car could be used to store energy and sell it back to the grid at peak prices. What''s missing from this story could fill a book.
And another thing-Bob Lutz had better watch his mouth. Bigger companies than General Motors have gone out of business. Every major car company on the planet is going to have an electric car for sale at the same time the Volt comes out. If anything, he''s late.

[rnathans00]

I wonder how it is that CBS can do a piece on electric cars and not mention the Better Place project currently underway in Israel. Working with Renault-Nissan and with government support, they''re taking a radical *systemic* approach to supporting electrics, including charging stations and fast battery swaps to solve the "range" problem.

[della12]

I''m sorry my links did not work. Type in: Air Car You Tube videos. One of them is from CNN and another is from Discovery program "Beyond Tomorrow".

Also search for: Evington man can%u2019t wait to get hands on %u2018air car%u2019

Thank you for your patience. It is well worth looking at.

[bfatman]

First, I care about our environment and do things in my power to take care of it. I also have the sense to realize that Global Warming is a theory. Is Lesley insinuating with this "report" that people who don''t buy into the Global Warming movement that we don''t care about the environment? How about reporting the facts, just the facts mam? P.S. Why didn''t Lesley ask the Tesla guy how many helicopters and jets he owns?

[ccphoenix123]

Surprised to see the GM man so apologetic about the cost of this new electric car. In fact, GM created an affordable and sustainable electric car in the 1990''2 when Californai made it mandatory for the car companies to sell a percentage of electric cars if they wanted to continue to sell cars at all there - in a bid to cut down on pollution. Their car was called the EV-1. In fact, all of the car makers did so: Honda EV Plus, Ford Think, Toyota RAV4 EV, Ford Ranger EV, Nissan Altra EV. When the car proved not to make GM as much money as they wanted - they took the cars off the road and crushed every last car to hide the technology. The documentary ''Who Killed the Electric Car'' has the proof of this.
The bottom line is that all of the car companies already have the technology - so what is holding them back? Could it be governments in thrall to large controlling oil companies? It''s about time we cut the umbilical cord filled with oil, and forced our governments to pass legislation to make a percentage of these cars mandatory for the entire country!

[haesteve88]

Coal was the only source to get electricity from this story. CBS showed an smoke old coal plant%u2026 I wonder if CBS has stock in oil or gas companies. They do know wind, nuclear, water power, solar power produce electricity.

WHY the negatively in a electric car CBS

[della12]

Here is a video for the Air Car. YES, IT RUNS ON COMPRESSED AIR. Stop waiting for Detroit to get on the ball to free us from Middle East oil. Make a difference and find a way to bring alternative and INEXPENSIVE vehicles to the U.S.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFDG6KUJ9N8

Follow the lead of this man and contact your city and state leaders. America does need jobs. Have your leaders bring this technology manufactured here in the U.S.:
http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/business/local/article/evington_man_cant_wait_to_get_hands_on_air_car/6177/

[rfustero]

I live on the second floor in a condo building. We have street parking. Where do I plug in my electric car?

I do not think a 200 foot extension cord is practical.

[cduncan82]

I would of liked to hear some about the history of the electic car. Would of been a nice intro to where we are now. Made it sound like a new creation, even newer then hydrogen. An electric car with a 200 mile range was built some 130 years ago. Other reasons this was not completely viable but shows where technology should be by now. However oil companies along with government have shut down atleast 3 different attempts at the electric car for profit purposes. I know this wasnt the purpose of the story, it was just to show us where we are now with developement. Just horrible that it took a money issue to finally realize the production of alternative fuel vehicles.

[dld4321]

For 60 minutes,
Tell Lesley Stahl to show me an electric car without a drop of oil and I will sell her Ocean front property in Michigan.

[bonezmalone-2009]

Do you know what put CBS down tonight? When the ladie asking the VP for General Moters questions she mentioned the word "***" in a raging comment about his company. It really made me look at a different side of them.

[political66]

Goodbye GM. Farewell Ford. Ciao Chrysler. You big, lumbering, oil-company collusionists. You made a big business in cars and squeezing other American competitors out. You''ve created another big nightmare, the UAW. Can''t imagine why an American-made car costs so much when they''re so NOT appealing.

Get lost. And, welcome the future of people with the interest and intent to make a clean & safe car for a fair price with a reasonable wage & benefit package for their employees ... w/o the US Gov''t telling they "have to."

You''ve outlived your worth. Do something positive ... donate your factories to those like Tesla who can hire your ex-employees.

[bonezmalone-2009]

Do you know what put CBS down tonight? When the ladie asking the VP for General Moters questions she mentioned the word "***" in a raging comment about his company. It really made me look at a different side of them.