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498. In the 1890s, the Best-Selling Car Was … Electric

Freakonomics Radio

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The Electric Car Revolution Is Coming to an End

Time standarde points to three areas of potential disruption in an electric car future. Electric vehicles are still su antially more expensive than gas vehicles, although the overall cost of ownership can be lower and maintenance is likely cheaper. Time standarde: What about the impact of millions of electric vehicles? Maybe billions? Some day an the power grid. In any case, it would seem that the electric car revolution, after roughly a hundred years of waiting, is finally coming to pass.

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