Who Revived the Electric Car?

It was not long ago that the electric car was famously "killed." However, alternatively fueled vehicles are increasing in popularity. In model year 2011, both General Motors and Nissan are introducing fully electric cars into their fleets.

The technologies that power these cars remain more expensive than their gasoline counterparts.

Governments at the state, local and national levels, private corporations and non-profit organizations are working together to make hybrid and electric vehicles more popular and easier to own through a variety of programs ranging from specialized infrastructure to tax breaks.

The hope is that investment in so-called green technologies with both bolster the economy and lead to a cleaner environment.

Doug Ray for the Peninsula Press and the Stanford Graduate Program in Journalism, 2010

www.peninsulapress.com

Certain elements sourced from the Nissan Motors, General Motors, General Electric, Toyota, Honda, The Office of the Governor of California and Kleenspeed Technologies, Inc.

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[tomswiftTTT]

I see the Volt and leaf having no problem in the market. If the US economy starts to pick up next year world oil production will again hit the production wall. With that gas prices in the US will be $ 5.00 a gallon, and you will have to wait six months to get one, very similar to the Prius in 2008.

[DarthNefatious]

Tesla

[yakyakyak69]

Private-Public Partnerships = Corporate Socialism aka Crony-Corporatism.

“The Volt also represents the sum of Washington’s desire for the U.S. auto industry writ large — smaller, greener, more expensive vehicles subsidized by American taxpayers, most of whom probably wouldn’t choose to buy one of them, all things being equal,” - DetroitNews

The Progressive-Socialist Statists want to force all but the rich into public transportation. The "Masses" will be subject to TSA "screening".