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Electric Cars to Park for Free?
Submitted by Friedman on September 27, 2007 - 2:14pm.
A Philadelphia City Councilman would like to make it so; check out this a link for more. »
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Presently, it's the range.
Presently, it's the range. It simply isn't convenient for any thing but very short commutes.
The manufacturing entails many toxic materials and heavy metals - so there is both a manufacturing and a disposal concern with the environment.
The high current needed to propel the vehicle is a very real hazard for rescue workers and first responders to an accident scene.
The vehicles are only pollution free if the electricity source is pollution free.
They're necessarily built as light and small as possible - and that's no match for an SUV or even a conventional vehicle in a collision.
There is much research ongoing presently, and a new generation of battery as well as other new technologies may solve some of these concerns.
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