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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

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In 2000, “I decided my next car would be an EV when there was really nothing on the market,” White continued. “I I had a Mini Moke from British Motor Works. White installed a solar system in his home by 1992, and when the next Category 5 hurricane struck in 1995, “We had back-up. It was a great island vehicle.

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What weve got to get people used to is the idea that electric cars will become quite normal, quite usual," said Hoon. How the money would be distributed is yet to be decided but Hoon said it would be available only to people buying cars that ran entirely, or for the vast majority of their time, on electricity. My Web del.icio.us