The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

For 2023, CR reported that EVs had 79 percent more problems than automobiles that use internal combustion. The biggest issues for EVs were reportedly failing electric drive motors, unreliable charging, and trouble with battery packs. Data is accrued primarily on model years from between 2000 and 2023.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. In the early years of the automobile, battery-powered electric cars were competitive with cars fueled by gasoline and other types of propulsion.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. Wang entered the automobile business in 2003 by buying a Chinese state-owned car company that was all but defunct. Equip those cars with electric motors, and fuel costs drop to $400 a year and emissions are reduced to about 1.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Power plants would face an overall cap on emissions that would become more stringent over time; motor fuel may be subject to a carbon tax whose proceeds could help electrify the U.S. For example, automobile firms have an incentive to invest in energy efficiency because consumers value fuel efficiency. The Stringency of the Cap.

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