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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

This is not to imply in any way that electric vehicles are worthless. As electricity increasingly comes from renewables, total electric vehicle GHG emissions will continue downward, but that will take at least a decade or more to happen everywhere across the U.S. For instance, recent U.S.

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Fat Cars: Report Reveals What We Already Know About Vehicle Weight

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Whereas combustion vehicles have porked up due to an overall increase in sizing and standard features, electric vehicles currently weigh a lot primarily due to battery implementation. Creeping automotive pricing has resulted in regular people turning away from the new vehicle market as the economy worsens.

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

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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." Posted by: Michael | Apr 13, 2009 5:03:10 PM Battery and technology in the EV1 could not have made it in the market.

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