Electric Cars Are Inevitable ... and Essential


	Electric Cars Are Inevitable ... and Essential

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/07585f6c-ab48-4574-bd52-d61aa9809da9/072E1AA1-A892-4297-A560-706677A3456B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/electric-cars-a.html" href="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/electric-cars-a.html" style="font-size: 11px;">blog.wired.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/electric-cars-a.html"><H1 id="articlehed">Plug-In 2008: Electric Cars Are Inevitable ... and Essential</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/electric-cars-a.html"><DIV class="date_time">
		<SPAN><SPAN class="c cs" id="contributor">By Chuck Squatriglia</SPAN> <A href="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/mailto:chuck_squatriglia@wired.com"><IMG alt="Email" src="http://blog.wired.com/images/icon_email.gif" /></A></SPAN><SPAN>July 22, 2008 | 3:27:25 PM</SPAN>Categories: <A href="http://blog.wired.com/cars/electric_vehicles/index.html" linkindex="41">Electric Vehicles</A>, <A href="http://blog.wired.com/cars/plugin_2008/index.html" linkindex="42">Plug-In 2008</A>, <A href="http://blog.wired.com/cars/plugin_hybrids/index.html" linkindex="43">Plug-In Hybrids</A>  
	</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/electric-cars-a.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blog.wired.com/img/E0EAAFF4-74BA-4DD8-AFA8-59DC460FA4A8" alt="Escapeplugin_hybrid" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/electric-cars-a.html"><P>SAN JOSE, Calif. - The electrification of the automobile is not only inevitable, advocates and experts say, it is essential because plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles offer our best chance to address global warming, achieve energy security and move us beyond oil.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/electric-cars-a.html"><P>That isn't to say we'll all be plugging our cars into electrical sockets by the end of this decade, or even the next. But many experts agree plug-ins and EVs will only become more prevalent and could comprise <A href="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/youre-buying-a.html" linkindex="45">half of all cars sold in America by 2050</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/electric-cars-a.html">"We can no longer rely on oil to provide the bulk of our transportation fuel. It's just that simple and that obvious," Jon Lauckner, head of global vehicle development for General Motors, said during the opening of the <A href="http://www.wired.com/cars/futuretransport/news/2008/07/plugins" linkindex="46" set="yes">Plug-In 2008 conference</A> in San Jose.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/072E1AA1-A892-4297-A560-706677A3456B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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