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On National Golf Cart Day (seriously), here’s 10 ways they beat cars

Baua Electric

Golf carts are no longer just for cruising the country club. These smaller, more efficient alternatives to traditional cars might just be a good choice for your ‘second car’, believe it or not. Here are 10 compelling reasons why golf carts might just be the better choice for your local transportation needs.

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IIHS awards Chevrolet Volt & Nissan Leaf top ratings in 1st US crash tests of mainstream electric cars

Green Car Congress

The Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf earned the highest safety ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the first US crash test evaluations of plug-in electric cars. IIHS says that the result demonstrates that automakers are using the same safety engineering in new electric cars as they do in gasoline-powered vehicles.

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China is testing more driverless cars than any other country – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Many Chinese makers of electric cars are introducing advanced assisted driving features on their mass-production cars. The world’s largest experiment in driverless cars is underway on the busy streets of Wuhan, a city in central China with 11 million people, 4.5 No one was injured. The testing resumed in March.

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Electric Cars Are Real Cars: 2011 Chevy Volt Climbs Pike's Peak

Green Car Reports

We've written before about some of the misconceptions around high-mileage and electric cars, among them that they're essentially glorified golf carts.

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Feature: Are Electric Fire Trucks in the Near Future?

Clean Fleet Report

Another Niche Filled by an Electric Version. Electric cars, trucks and buses are slowly making their way onto roads. million electric vehicle sales to date. Hybrid and fully electric vehicles are already available for a variety of commercial and personal uses. How Do Electric Engines Compare?

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Don’t stop the EV music

Electric Auto Association

He was promoting the benefits of EVs and how they compare with ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicles and talking about living off the grid. Additionally, Rickard hosted several EV Conversion Conventions (EVCCON), where “He gave out shirts which read ‘Kickin' gas one car at a time,’ Garver explained. “The Jack Rikard on EVTV.

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Reducing Carbon Emissions Quickly Is the Goal – Not Quarter-Mile Times (Commentary)

EV Adoption

If you want to take your car – whatever type (I’m not limiting my comments to the Tesla Model S Plaid) – to a race track and have fun, be my guest. But cars with race-car type performance should probably be limited when driving on public streets. Would that approach be big brother entering another part of our lives?

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