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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

Another expectation is that homeowners and businesses will become “ fully electrified ” by replacing oil, propane and gas furnaces with heat pumps along with gas fired stoves as well as installing solar power and battery systems. The San Diego backlash over a mileage tax may be just the beginning. For instance, recent U.S.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Newly installed CEO Fritz Henderson argues that pioneering projects like the Volt typically lose money until the technology catches on. It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. Why grant them the privledge to spend our money in the first place?

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