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Old 07-20-2006, 10:31 AM   #11
Ironhorse
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Originally Posted by nfotiu
Don't know who to believe, but here is this companies answer to this question:

Also, an electric car is far more efficient than a gasoline car, so the amount of pollution generated by producing the electricity to drive an EV a given distance is much less than the pollution from the gasoline to drive an internal combustion car the same distance.
Efficient yes, but from what I've heard and read, it cost a lot more energy to create the car and maintain the batteries on a an electric / hybrid car than it costs for a comparable size internal combustion car.
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