95% of U.S. Trips Could be Made by EV, Study Finds

January 20th, 2012 by Zachary Shahan

More evidence that the electric vehicle (EV) really is ready for prime time, and that range anxiety is primarily a manufactured or irrational psychological issue that we should all forget about (well, except for those of us working to show that it’s something we should forget about). Anyway, here’s the recent news you probably clicked into this post to get more details on, courtesy sister site Gas2 (via its handy little ‘repost button’):

Study: 95% Of All Trips Could Be Made By EV’s (via Gas 2.0)

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Electric cars are great and I’d love to do my bit for the environment but at the moment, it’s just financially impossible because they are so expensive.
- http://cleantechnica.com/ Zachary Shahan
  
  Hmm, for a lot of people, in the long term, they are cheaper. Check out this post, for example: http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/09/electric-vehicle-cost-of-electricity/