So Israel is going Electric....cars that is!

[Naldo]

I thought this was a really cool story.

They are addressing the largest problem that this country (U.S.) faces, especially with regards to Fuel Cell vehicles, and that's Infrastructure.

Chevrolet and Honda both have NGV's that take maybe 5 minutes to fill up, cost less than gasoline and have zero emissions. Currently I believe the Chevrolet NGV SUV is being tested in major metropolitan areas.

Wouldn't it be nice to drive across the country leaving a trail of nothing but water vapor behind?

Bring more consumers on board, create the market, finance the R&D and eventually go all electric.

It will be interesting to see what fruit the Israeli experiment bears

LINK (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/21/world/middleeast/21israel.html?_r=1&ex=1358658000&en=c95e7d23f4f52183&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin)

[StoneGold]

It helps that you can crisscross the country on a single charge. Even on non-magical future batteries.

[Thanos_6383]

Interesting.....

[Alex]

What happens if an electric car blows up?
That's gotta be at least a secondary thought for israel, and i would guess it would be a smaller explosion.

[cactusmaac]

Still need to generate the electricity....

[Drew Van T.]

America doesn't need new technologies to make a huge difference right here in the present. They'll be a big help eventually, but everything starts with fuel standards and fuel taxes.

The current target for fuel standards in the US is 35 miles per gallon by 2020. In Europe we're already at 40 miles per gallon, required by law, and we will soon push up to 49 miles per gallon. Japan is expected to reach 47 miles per gallon by 2015.

All it takes is new laws and people willing to pass them.