1. Is An All Electric Vehicle In My Future

2. In 2003 I was driving a sports car.

3. It was fun and it was flashy.

4. Then my conscious got to me and I mean in
a good way.

5. I knew that every mile that I was driving I
was leaving a carbon footprint and the
carbon footprint that I was leaving by driving
the high performance sports car was larger
than I felt comfortable with.

6. So in 2004 I sold the sports car and bought a
Honda Insight.

7. The Honda Insight is a hybrid and to this day,
eleven years later, it still gets over 50 miles
to the gallon.

8. It makes me happy
that I bought it every
time I fill up at the gas
station, which is not
all that often.

9. EV - Electric Vehicle

10. Now I have turned my sights on the idea of
buying an EV.

11. An EV is an automobile that is powered
completely by electricity.

12. Driving a vehicle that is all electric will help
me to reduce the size of my carbon footprint
even more.

13. So how popular are all electric vehicles you
may ask.

14. Well, in Japan there are now more electric
vehicle charging stations than gas stations.

15. It was recently reported that in Japan there
are now some 40,000 electric vehicle
charging stations, compared to some 34,000
gas stations.

16. Some of these
charging stations
are free to use and
some require users
to pay a fee.

17. The fee structure for the stations that
require a fee vary from a monthly
subscription that allows you to use it as
much as you need, to a pay each time you
use it option.

18. It seems to me that the monthly subscription
option would work best for drivers who have
the same commute several times a week.

19. By paying a monthly subscription they could
stop at the same station whenever the need
arose.

20. Where To Find An Electric Vehicle Charging
Station

21. For those who may be driving in unfamiliar
areas, there are now apps that can be used
to locate charging stations in your current
locale.

22. In addition, some EV's have as part of their
built in navigation systems, mapped data
that allows drivers to identify charging
stations that are close by.

23. Of course a very common charging station is
at ones home.

24. All you do is plug in your vehicle at night and
it is ready to go the next morning.

25. My Honda Insight now has 140,000 miles on
it and it is running great.

26. Naturally, I have not had a car payment in
many years.

27. But I must admit that the idea of owning an
all electric vehicle appeals to me.

28. As a result, I may be visiting an electric
charging station to charge up my electric
vehicle on a regular basis in the near future.