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The Case for Electric Vehicles

New technological developments have put practical electric cars within reach, but politics may slow the shift away from internal-combustion engines

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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Founding Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis.

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 275 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “The Case for Electric Vehicles” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 275 No. 5 (), p. 54
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1196-54