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Meet the Roberts electric car. Built in 1896, it gets a solid 40 miles to the charge — exactly the mileage Chevrolet advertises for the Volt — the much-touted $31,645 electric car General Motors CEO Dan Akerson called “not a step forward, but a leap forward.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/14/114-year-old-electric-car-gets-same-40-miles-to-the-charge-as-chevy-volt/#ixzz1an6G3CoZ

"The initial two-month pilot program will allow enrolled members to rent one of 66 Autolib Bluecars for up to 30 minutes at a time for about four to eight euros. Membership fees for the program range from 10 euros a day to 144 euros a year. If the program gains popularity, the 66 currently available vehicles (and their 33 charging stations) could expand out to a total of 3,000 vehicles with an excess of 1,000 stations by the end of 2012, according to Paris' Mayor Bertrand Delanoe." 

Read more at;

http://gizmodo.com/5845683/paris-rolls-out-fleet-of-rentable-electric-runabouts

If they can power these cars with 100% carbon free energy, that would be awsome



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"Please do not turn on A/C as soon as you enter the car

on a HOT day.

Open the windows first upon entering your car to let the car air out for a bit, and then turn on the air-conditioning.
 
Here's why: According to research, the car dashboard, upholstery and air freshener emit Benzene, a cancer-causing toxin, carcinogen. Take time to observe the smell of heated plastic in your car.

In addition to causing cancer, Benzene poisons your bones, causes anemia and reduces white blood cells.. Prolonged exposure may cause Leukemia, increasing the risk of cancer. May also cause miscarriage.
 
Acceptable Benzene level indoors is 50 mg per sq. ft.. A car parked indoors with windows closed will contain 400-800 mg of Benzene. If parked outdoors under the sun at a temperature above 60 degrees F (10 degrees C), the Benzene level goes up to 2000-4000 mg, 40 times the acceptable level.
 
People who get into the car, keeping windows closed will inevitably
inhale, in quick succession, excessive amounts of the toxin.
 
Benzene is a toxin that affects your kidneys and liver.. What's worse, it is extremely difficult for your body to expel this toxic stuff.
 
So friends, please open the windows and door of your car - give time for interior to air out - dispel the deadly stuff - before you enter, and particularly before you turn on the air conditioner to circulate and get a big blast of this stuff!!"

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