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Old Dec 03, 2009, 08:10 AM
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My biggest concern with electric cars is safety. They tend to burn a lot more in small accidents. They have so much electrical current in them, the slightest damage causes an arc and flames. A lot of firefighters have been seriously injured due to electic car accidents.
Also the batteries lose capacity in lower temperatures. If they are rated for a 200 mile trip what happens to that at 0 degrees? It becomes a 30 mile trip? There are a lot of things to work out before electric becomes the standard.