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It's electric!

It's been a long, powerful trip, oh mighty internal combustion engine, but your days are numbered. Nobody thought you'd make it this long, and you'll probably still sputter on longer than we think, but the electric motor is coming into its own. Helped by continual advancements in battery and recharging tech, along with bountiful government incentives and greater consumer awareness, electric vehicles are poised for a massive takeoff. Here are our favorites.
Schwinn's Tailwind electric bike -- which has been available for just a few months -- has been sitting in our apartment since post CES, waiting for the New York weather to shape up enough for us to give it a fair spin. Well, it's been beautiful recently, so the pedal-assist bike has been taken for several...
Donald Melanson
Volkswagen's E-Up! concept vehicle has been making the rounds for a little while now, but it looks like the automaker has really stepped up its game (and hype machine) for its appearance at the Frankfurt Motor Show, where it also took the opportunity to announce a launch date. That will apparently happen...
Vlad Savov
48 percent of respondents to a recent Pike Research survey have classified themselves as very or extremely intrested in buying a plug-in hybrid vee-hee-cle, and 65 percent of them were willing to pay a premium price relative to a regular old petrol puffer. This enthusiasm stretched to an average premium...
Nissan's gotten into a bit of a bragging contest on Twitter -- possibly fueled by Chevrolet's recent, shaky claim that the Volt will get 230 miles per gallon. The company is now saying that its new electric car, the Leaf, will get an astonishing 367 miles per gallon... even though it's a 100 percent...
It's electric! -- Engadget

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