With trends turning towards "green" and "earth friendly", electric cars are more and more becoming the norm. With the Chevy Volt (though a Hybrid, more predominantly an electric car), and others coming out with electric cars, trends are showing that more people are buying electric. The article I found points out that those with electric cars or hybrids only go to the pumps once or twice every 2 months. Also, by next year all the major auto companies are expected to have an electric car of sorts launched, including GM, Toyota, Ford, Nissan and VW.
My problem with electric vehicles is that the charge time for the vehicles are hours long, 6 hours for a fill up for the newer models and the distance is supercar range, or in other words terrible. The other thing is that the batteries use more resources in the end than if you were to use a gasoline engine. Plus, when you fill up electricity, your electric bill with go up as a result so how much money are you saving then, considering the cars cost quite a lot more than a standard car. And how is the electricity for the vehicle being manufactured, at coal plants? Quite possibly, unlike my other infobits, I really hope the electric car doesn't take off as I don't get the appeal at all, and a lot of the problems still exist and people just aren't smart enough to realize what they are.
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