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On today’s show we welcome Electric Car advocate Chelsea Sexton. Chelsea was instrumental in the work on the GM EV-1 and was heavily featured in the movie ‘Who Killed the Electric Car?’. She is the founder of the Lighting Rod Foundation. She runs a a very sporadic blog at evchels.wordpress.com, can be found at green.autoblog.com/ and can be found on Twitter as EVChels.
Questions for Chelsea:
A: What is your ‘Geek Cred’?
1. How did you get into cars?
2. What were your initial thoughts about the EV-1?
3. What do you think about the Nissan Leaf and Better Place?
4. Your thoughts on an electric delorean?
5. How did you get involved in ‘Who Killed..’? Tell us about the sequel.
6. Tell us about Plug-in America and the Lightning Rod Foundation?
Allen’s Questions
1. Based on your history with GM and the events that occurred regarding the EV-1, would you consider buying another GM car, such as the Volt or another if it was a “killer” car?
2. Even though the gasoline that we now obtain is from other countries, my concern with electric vehicles is that once 50% of America is using them (let’s say in 20 years), wouldn’t that damage our electrical grid infrastructure? We saw what happened in the Northeast in 2003 (blackout). My feeling is that our country is in no position to offer “unlimited” electricity.
3. Why are electric cars so rounded in shape? I understand it’s for aerodynamic purposes, but if EV’s were the same size as modern-day cars, wouldn’t we have more space for battery, thus allowing further range? This would of course cater to more “mainstream” Americans.
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