Last summer, my father-in-law bought a new "car". This car is special because it never has to visit a gas station. This car can plug in to any standard outlet and will get you about 40 miles on a charge. It will travel at about 40 miles an hour, faster if you're on a good hill. This seems really ahead of its time right now because so few people have ever seen an all electric car. People have been told that electric cars have a limited range, take a long time to charge, aren't durable, and will never work.
Last night, I saw a film entitled "Who Killed the Electric Car?" I recommend everyone check out this movie because it introduces the EV-1. This car, released and recalled by GM during the late 1990s could go 80 miles an hour, had amazing pickup, could travel 100 miles on a charge, charged in about 1 hour, and was really sexy to boot!
This film was one of the saddest movies I have ever seen. I suppose it made me look forward to the future of plug-in hybrids, but it makes me very angry that no one got the chance to buy these vehicles.
Well, that's enough of a diatribe for now, but you might want to check out this website for more information:
http://www.pluginamerica.org
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