Friday, January 07, 2011

Charged for Battle


The first serious contenders for a mass-scale electric car are on the road. They've already changed GM and Nissan; will they change the world?

Most of the drivers on the 101 Freeway in Marin County, Calif., on this foggy December morning are oblivious to the black snub-nosed car gliding along beside them. Every so often, however, someone does a double take, gives a thumbs-up, or snaps a cell phone picture, because the car in the next lane is one they've never seen before: a Nissan Leaf, the world's first affordable, mass-produced electric vehicle, or EV.

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