70% of all petroleum goes into transportation fuels
and 99% of all transportation fuel is petroleum.

Electric Cars - a solution in our midst

PROS: • Existing technology • Existing infrastructure • Pollution-free

CONS: • Electricity requires fuel • Less driving range than gasoline

Electric cars aren't a hope for some distant future: They're a proven reality now (rent or buy the documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car" - see left). Use the links on the right of the picture below to learn the frustrating story of California's program to lessen petroleum dependence with electric cars; and how the program's success - especially with GM's EV1 prototype - spelled the doom not only of the California initiative, but of the EV1 itself. GM's EV1 - A victim of its own success The EV1 club website The EV1.ORG website The EV1 summarized on Wikipedia 1998 FAQ on the EV1 Stanford Ovshinsky and his wife Iris improved the NiMH battery, contributing to the EV1's success. GM bought their company, and then sold it to Texaco-Chevron when the California experiment was shut down. The 2008 Tesla Electric Roadster (click image for website)