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

Freakonomics Radio

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Electric Cars - The Future Isn't Here

The e v one has a sort of icolic role in the history of electric cars. G m leased around a thousand ev ones to drivers in california. The project was considered a success, but not long after, g m pulled the plug. What brought the electric vehicle back from the dead, and just how disruptive willa electric future is? We be one coming up after the break.

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