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celticeagle @celticeagle (189944) • Boise, Idaho 16 Nov 24

At the turn of the 20th century, the gas engines hadn't taken off yet. Gas, steam-powered, and electric vehicles held about 1/3 of the automobile market. The electric car was a big favorite because it produced no bad pollution and...

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Just a thought

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169538) • United States 3 Mar 24

I saw an article about new sources for lithium, which I presume is news because it is used in batteries for electric cars. My brain immediately asked, "What are all the mechanics going to do for work, when we switch away from...

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Electric Cars Disadvantages

askme123 @askme123 (6223) 18 Feb 23

There is now a new focus to encourage everyone to purchase Electric Cars. However there are a few disadvantages. There are not many charging ports around. It is also time consuming to charge your car when you do find a charging...

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Electric cars only by 2035 in the U.K?

Winterishere @thedevilinme (5216) • Northampton, England 4 Feb 20

A surprise announcement today by PM Boris! To kick off the build up to COP26, the big global climate change meeting in Glasgow in November,our PM proposed a ban on all new polluting petrol, diesel and hybrid cars by 2035 as we...

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Nice Parking, Mr Oil!

Norman Darlington @NormanDarlo (1071) • Ireland 7 Nov 18

Electric cars are the way of the future. Or maybe it'll be donkey and cart, but let's try to remain optimistic! The Irish government has tried many schemes to try to encourage drivers to exchange their petrol- and...

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Why I Love My Plug-In Hybrid Car

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40850) • Laguna Woods, California 29 Mar 18

April is the one-year anniversary of the purchase of my Ford C-Max plug-in hybrid car. Because I never before have owned an electric car of any kind, other than a golf cart, I admit I was nervous about how I would like it. The...

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The growing number of Electric vehicles

MasterFreelancer @maximaoliveros (224) • Philippines 6 Sep 17

hello friends. I am always seeing news about electric vehicles and how many governments around the world are pushing for the use of this type of vehicles over the gas powered ones. in fact, there are a growing number of countries...

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Is the UK right in banning fossil fuel cars by 2040?

Martin Foskett @knelstrom (16) • Harlow, England 30 Jul 17

As recently announced the UK government is to ban all fossil fuel cars and vans from the UK highways from 2040, to be replaced by electric alternatives. What impact will this have and how well will the energy supply cope with the...

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What experience do you have with electric cars?

Pat Z Anthony @PatZAnthony (14749) • Charlotte, North Carolina 4 Jan 17

Many are interested in saving money when it comes to buying or using a car. Would buying an electric car be the best way to go to save money on fuel costs? Those who do not have to travel far to get to work might night be...

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Thirty Grand for 107 Miles

Four Walls @FourWalls (86829) • United States 13 Mar 16

One of the ads (that isn't that lousy .gif click bait loop of some talk show diva crying) that popped up here was for a Nissan Leaf. Curiosity got the better of me and I clicked. WOW!!! You can go up to 107 miles...

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John Stossel's Newest Book "No They Can't" is Turning Out to be an Interesting

Adoniah @Adoniah (7512) • United States 17 Dec 12

Read...It is the first book that makes reference to the actual NON-Green energy impact that electric cars have on the world. The powers that be seem to want us to think that electric cars are in a little bubble of their own and...

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Has anyone else in the USA noticed this?

scorpiobabes @scorpiobabes (7225) • United States 27 Feb 11

Prior to the near-collapse of the car industry, automobiles that were from Ford, Chevy and Chrysler (the Big Three) were largely unaffordable? And suddenly (well, 2-3 years later), we are seeing car prices that don't require a...

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Whats the Better Car? The Nissan Leaf or the GM Volt.

elmiko @elmiko (6630) • United States 21 Jun 10

I know the Nissan Leaf runs on nothing but electricity and you plug it in for recharge when needed. I'm not sure of the miles it gets per charge. I do know the GM Volt gets more miles on it than the Leaf. The thing about the GM...

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Do You Think Green Jobs or Enviromentally Friendly Jobs Help Create More Jobs?

elmiko @elmiko (6630) • United States 6 Nov 09

The jobs I'm talking about are jobs in solar panels,wind jobs, or anything that involves renewable energy. I think it helps the environment but creating more jobs is a different story. I just don't see it creating more jobs as...

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Can electric cars save the environment?

jojorv @jojorv (201) • Philippines 26 Jul 09

electric cars are being developed here and there. car manufacturers believe this is their way of saving the environment. do you agree with this? its true that using electric cars will lessen smoke emission and will help lower...

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Free Parking!!!

lisa0351 @lisa0351 (303) • United States 1 Jun 09

I just saw on the news that in Cincinnati, Ohio you can park anywhere for free if you have an electric car. However, so far there are only 8 electric cars known in the entire city. I think its a pretty cool idea, and a way to...

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Does Anybody On Mylot Have the New Nano Car?

elmiko @elmiko (6630) • United States 27 Apr 09

If you have the new Nano Car what is it like. I know it runs on electricity and does not need gas but what are its strengths and weaknesses from your experience.

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Would you buy an electric car with this incentive?

MichaelJay @MichaelJay (1100) 9 Apr 09

Uk Prime Minister Gordon Brown is making 'green' issues part of his agenda for economic recovery and is set to announce in his Budget a bounty of £2000 for scrapping old cars and buying a new electric model. See the whole story...

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Electric cars - recharge the batteries

coffeebreak @coffeebreak (17797) • United States 23 Jan 09

I have been watching the electric car issue and have yet to hear anything about the recharging of the battery. I just watched the news about converting a Pirus to electric. They said it'd cost about $10,000 for the conversion kit,...

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Solar Energy

Arkie69 @Arkie69 (2156) • United States 15 Jan 09

I was just watching Fox news and they showed a huge solar project that was just finished out in the Nevada desert. They built it in a way it cost about $6,000 for enough to supply electricity for the average home. This will cost...

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