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jake is right. the electric cars were consumer flops. most were underpowered, all had very limited range, and the charge times were way too long. not to mention they were outragiously expensive.
there is a lot of research going back into electric vehicles, but most of it is more along the lines of how most modern submarines and large ships run. that is with an engine of some sort basically rolling a little above idle to turn a generator, sending power to the props.
hybrid/generator side technology should be the next great step in enviromental awareness and fuel economy. if only we coudl get the hippy's to back off this ******** ethonol fad maybe we would get to see it in our lifetimes.
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