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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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“Electric cars will not save the climate. According to Birol, “IEA analysis shows that about half the reductions to get to net zero emissions in 2050 will need to come from technologies that are not yet ready for market.” It is completely wrong,” Fatih Birol , Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), has stated.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And what we want to do is make sure we launch the car well, that we get the maximum learning from it, that its successful in the market so that when we get to Gen 2, weve got the most cost out of it we can." They leased a few (at a loss) to those that could afford it. Sorry the market killed the EV1. you see that?

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