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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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EV Sales At 32% - No, Make That 38%! - By 2030 (cleantechnica.com)

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Harvard economists calculate that EV sales will accelerate rapidly in the US, despite last year's sharp U-turn in federal energy policy.

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[–] chahk@beehaw.org 1 points 6 days ago

Hybrids are a completely different animal though. They can run on a traction battery alone, but at very low speeds, and not for long. The main point of it to keep the engine at peak performance at all times, giving much mileage than ICE car ever could. The fact that it can turn off the engine when the car is stopped and power the low-voltage stuff like the light and radio and A/C is just a nice bonus.

Battery packs of plug-in hybrids are more like EVs, but much smaller.