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Electric Vehicles (EVs) are here, to stay? Nissan delivered the first Leaf to a San Francisco Bay Area resident in December. The first one in Texas arrived in January. Chevrolet delivered the first Volt to a New Jersey resident in December and to the SF Bay Area later that same month.
I remember the Chevy EV1 and the claims GM “killed” the electric car. I think the world was not ready back in the early 90s. Gas was cheaper, tax loopholes subsidized car purchases for small businesses, the economy was better. Infrastructure: we have gas stations at every corner, but how do we charge our cars away from home? Lots of changes have come since then: gas costs more, tougher economy, better batteries, better charging technology, more experience with industrial EVs, and now the smart grid.
