I thank Wirt for this informative posting. One sentence in particular amused me (below). If you visit one of the colder Canadian cities during the winter you will see cars plugged into electric sockets, and outlets in many parking areas -- this is not because the cars run on electricity, but because they use block heaters. In cities like Calgary nearly all the cars have electric plugs sticking ou of the grills.
In Europe there are already cities where electric power is commonly used for smaller vehicles. In Firenze (Florence) last year I saw power stations in many parking areas where people could plug in their motor scooters. The idea is not that far from catching on. Bill Silvert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wirt Atmar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 7:34 PM Subject: Fuel efficient/zero emissions automobiles > They didn't want people to think about the inconvenience and perceived > unreliability of a plug-in vehicle while first trying to introduce the > concept > of a hybrid.
