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Junkyard Find: Nissan Leafpocalypse in California

The Truth About Cars

I've been documenting electric cars in junkyards for about a decade. Then some of the early golf-cart-esque electric LSVs that sold in California during the mid-to-late 2000s began showing up in the Pick-n-Pulls of the Golden State. Good replacement batteries for these cars aren't cheap.

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Reva: A little company with big ambitions. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

However, while competition mounts in the industry with big name manufacturers finally jumping on the electric car bandwagon, REVA is determined not to be left behind and is building what will be the biggest factory making battery-powered city commuter cars, in the world. Leaders of the pack.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is a City only car, not suitable for most Americans who dont spend all of their time in Manhattan or downtown LA. Electric cars a still a joke. They are either glorified golf cart city cars like this one or they are only for the very wealthy like the Tesla.