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Another new electric car supposedly coming on the market in 2010 is a Zap sedan (www.zapworld.com). A friend was an engineer on GM's past electric car production and he says besides the few thousand electric cars that were smashed after their leases expired (see Who Killed the Electric Car), there were also production ready designs for electric cars (EVs) that would hold up to five passengers, go 250 miles on a charge and speeds over 75 mph. If US citizens would plug in electric cars about 10 pm at night it would actually help the electric power storage/production situation in the US. Electric cars would cause a symbiotic relationship allowing our electric power to flow more sustainably. Power plants have to produce a lot of power during the day and since they can't cut back at night, power is wasted. EVs would act as sort of a storage facility at each person's home. It's more complicated, but the gist is that EVs would greatly benefit our nation. The technology is there and has been there. It's time to demand it.
By Bill
