Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Electric Cars

I found an interesting article on the BBC news about the UK plan to boost electric cars.
This article identifies some negative aspects of the electric and hybrid vehicles. They include the autonomy of the battery, the charging battery time and the size of the car (two seats).
The figure shows a comparison of autonomies and battery charge time.


The article also points out that investment in public transportation and places to recharge the vehicles is also needed, as well as guaranteeing that electricity is produced with the least environmental impacts possible (high share of renewable energy).

The article is available here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8001254.stm

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