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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

Drive Electric

The nickel-metal hydride used in EV batteries is in maintenance-free sealed cells, so nothing gets in or out. There isn’t an electric car for sale in New Zealand today that has scored less than a total five-star ANCAP rating. The simple presence of gasoline in an ICE makes them principally more dangerous.

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"Spirit of DC" Taking on Las Vegas EVA, Monday Eve, 24 November 2008

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

By not employing the gasoline engine to recharge the lead-acid pack, the “electric-only” range of the Nickel-Metal Hydride battery pack is extended from one mile to about 10 miles. An extension cable just needs to be connected to an external port located on the rear bumper of the Plug-In Hybrid Electric Prius.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Company says its focusing on gasoline and hydrogen. We believe such production models could be available for sale in three years."Furia USA Today ) 10/25/06 DaimlerChrysler is downright reluctant, even though it has built four test models, commercial-size vans that run on gasoline and electricity. No announced plans.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) Gasoline is burnt up and gone forever into the atmosphere and into our lungs. So why has Oregon become a hotbed of activity for electric vehicles all of a sudden? In the U.S.

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