Ed Begley Jr. Quotes

I drive an electric car.

I'm glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That's cool.

By 1990 I went back to no gasoline; I was just riding around on my bike, taking the bus. I had a tiny little electric car that didn't go very far or very fast. People thought I'd lost my mind. Even my own family thought I'd lost my mind.

We designed a car that is for daily commutes and that you charge every day. The less you use the gasoline engine, the better mpg. Essentially, the Karma can achieve dramatic savings and low CO2 output when used as intended, as a daily commuter.

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I'm a part of a new generation of drivers that will only drive electric.

I had never been able to get a car that said how much I cared about the environment until I drove electric.

The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical.

The hydrogen powered car, with its high fuel mileage and zero emission rate, is just one example of the products under development that will help increase our energy independence.

I drive a hybrid, moving into an electric car. I only drink tap water, never consume food that's travelled.

I love driving. I still drive a 1993 Toyota Camry. I do want to get an electric car, but it's less of a carbon footprint if you keep your old, fuel-efficient car on the road than if you say 'build me a whole new car.'

Switching over to a hybrid car is one of those right things, but, unfairly or not, it still has a reputation among car enthusiasts as something you have to pedal really fast when you're on the ramp merging into traffic on the 401.

We still see that people don't really realize that electric cars are here right now. And when we show up with an actual vehicle, and you see it drive away under its own power, it's still kind of a jaw-dropping moment for a lot of people.

It's a pipe dream, but for me, I've always wanted a Tesla. I would never have to go to a gas station.

Electric cars are really very cool. Air-source heat pumps are great.

Electric cars are coal-powered cars. Their carbon emissions can be worse than gasoline-powered cars.

It's fine if you're making 1,000 or 2,000 of an electric car, and I think there is value in that in a lot of ways, but it's not going to have a big dent in oil consumption in the country, or CO2 emissions.

We believe that there are many buyers who want a stylish, sporty car that sends a positive message about their concern for the environment as they drive it down the street.

The reason I bought the Tesla was to help fund the Model S - and because I like things that are fast, sexy and high-tech.

If we were driving pure hydrogen automobiles, that automobile would actually help clean up the air because the air coming out of the exhaust would be cleaner than the air going into the engine intake.

I probably wouldn't be a good spokesman for an electric car, because I'll still get on a private jet, and one flight on a private jet undoes all my electric-car good deeds.

The electric vehicle is much quieter, simpler in construction, and more easily managed [than a gas automobile] however it can only run a limited distance without recharging.

I have refused to buy a car for the reasons of sustainability.

My goal is to never own a gas car.

If you can't buy a hybrid car, your first question should be, 'What is the fuel economy of this car?'