Electric cars have not gained popularity even though they existed before gasoline powered cars. It was not until the seventies when oil prices were high that electric cars even became considered as an alternative. The main reasons the public perceives electric cars to be impractical are because of their high cost and limited versatility. It was true in the early developmental stages of electric cars that they were extremely costly, impractical, and so crude that …
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…the costs of replacing their equipment initially will eventually be recovered in the long run. We will definitely see electric cars in California in less than four years, but to make them more common the government, oil companies, utility companies, and auto makers must work together to offer enough incentives for consumers to buy electric cars. With all the benefits electric cars have to offer, we need to consider them as alternatives to gasoline cars.