Good read on Electric Cars from Popular Mechanics

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Part of the article below.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/a ... ?series=19

While auto engineers continue tweaking designs for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and squabbling over the battery technology to power them, researchers today confirmed that the cars can, indeed, significantly cut our contributions to global warming. By 2050, a new study says, broad acceptance of PHEVs could cut up to 6.12 billion tons of greenhouse gases each year—approximately 2.5 times the amount currently emitted by power plants.

As detailed in our special report on the race for companies to develop a reliable battery for the electric car—one that will last eight to 10 years, produce sufficient range and not go up in flames–it may still be three years before concepts such as the Chevy Volt hit dealerships. But today’s report, co-authored by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), considers a future where 42 percent of the total U.S. auto fleet consists of PHEVs by 2030—and nearly doubles that by 2050.