Friday, October 9, 2009

Electric Vehicles May Help Ease State Gas Woes - The Daily Californian

Electric Vehicles May Help Ease State Gas Woes - The Daily Californian: "As California gas prices steadily rise above the national average, UC Berkeley economists, area car dealerships and PG&E are looking towards electricity as an alternative to gas-powered vehicles.

Electric vehicles were not previously feasible due in part to high up-front battery costs and low total mileage per charge. Now that more advanced batteries have been developed, however, electric cars can travel much longer distances on a single battery charge."

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