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Electric Cars for 2010: Shift from Foreign Oil to Riding on Local Renewable Energy

Be very careful with ZAP--it's a horribly run company that has basically been an ATM machine for its execs as they are allowed to issue themselves shares at will. Do your DD on this one and run for the doors.

In general PHEVs will NOT be completely battery dependent but simple possess deeper packs; in most cases there will still be a gas motor kicking in at times to recharge the battery pack and extend range. All electric vehicles remain very limited in their near-midterm potential due to battery costs and speed/range
limitations, and IMO the next 10 years will belong to PHEVs like the Volt and
new Prius, along with the dozens of others you'll see coming on line from 2010 on.

And I wouldn't underestimate Ghosn's influence here. He is a recent convert to EVs and appears fully committed. Project Better place has not only signed up Israel, but now Belgium to become first adopters/beta testers of the concept, which I find brilliant. There are something like 40,000 battery swap stations already contracted to be built, and in smaller countries this may well make the concept of a pure battery run vehicle feasible.