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Electric cars are the future. Support it: #ecnmag

People simply don’t think of electric cars as long-distance vehicles. It’s a car to run down the street and grab some groceries, make the 15 miles commute to work or—like one of my friends—if you live in Hawaii and can’t really drive that far. It’s not an option most people think about for a regular car. In essence, half the battle is overcoming mental prejudice against electric vehicles. Tesla Motors—a company started in 2003 with the sole purpose of creating awesome (expensive) electric cars—has decided to change that mindset. The company recently implemented a system of six solar-powered super charge stations in California. The hope is that the super-chargers will entice consumers into thinking of the Tesla cars as all around vehicles—not just tooling around the neighborhood vehicles. These aren’t just your average industrial chargers. These are 90 kW super-charged sola...

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