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Sparks fly over electric cars

Journal Article · · Battery Man
OSTI ID:54488

While the US automobile industry scrambles to meet 1998 deadlines to put electric vehicles on the market, controversy about the environmental benefits and commercial viability of battery-operated cars is mounting. Circumstances in the US increasingly favor the electric car. Air quality laws in California and Massachusetts now demand that {open_quotes}zero-emission{close_quotes} vehicles comprise 2 percent of total sales in the car market by 1998. Electric cars are the only vehicles to meet such standards so far. Other states are considering similar laws. This article examines the pros and cons of electric vehicle use.

OSTI ID:
54488
Journal Information:
Battery Man, Journal Name: Battery Man Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 36; ISSN BAMAB6; ISSN 0005-6359
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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