Electric car pilot for UK roads - Democratic Underground

dipsydoodle

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Sun Oct-26-08 12:41 PM
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Electric car pilot for UK roads

The government is set to announce a pilot scheme to test electric cars on Britain's roads in three cities.

includes 7 minute video.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7691807.stm

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rainydaywomyn69

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Mon Oct-27-08 03:52 PM
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1. The technology is there

I don't know why America is taking another two years to roll out their version. Our planet cannot wait.

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CRF450

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Tue Oct-28-08 12:48 AM
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2. They just announced the Volt "concept" in January of last year.

No car maker can just put a production car on the dealer lots so soon just after its initial concept is shown.

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