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White House Wants 1M Electric Cars By 2015

Posted by Soulskill on from the way-too-many-and-yet-way-too-few dept.

coondoggie writes "The White House has outlined a wide-ranging plan for putting one million of what it calls 'advanced technology vehicles' on the road by 2015. Most observers would say that is a good start, but is it reasonably doable? The next White House budget will include a number of investments and enticements to make the goal achievable in theory. Of course, not all of the provisions are likely to make the cut."

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  1. Sign me up... maybe. by Jethro · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'd love an all-electric vehicle.

    Except for a couple of things (I think).

    I drive a hybrid car now, and in the LOVELY Minnesota winter, the batteries just DIE. I'm not kidding, they've had to be replaced. Even when they work my mileage almost halves in the winter. This makes me a it worried about an all-electric vehicle. A surprise "Hey your vehicle's range just dropped form 100 miles to 50 miles with no notice!!!!" is NOT a good thing.

    Second, I want to be able to plug the thing into a regular ol' outlet.

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