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Potential Environmental and Social impact of ELECTRIC CARS A wise person once said that: “The only thing that we know about the future is its uncertainty”. This uncertainty opens the world of opportunity to us, allowing progress to pave the road to tomorrow. Over the past fifty years, the automobile has become our primary way of transportation and not only for leisure, but a necessity for most people. With the convenience and the increasing number …

…use of small, electric vehicles, as an alternative to the gasoline powered automobile, promises a way out of the existing crisis of polluted and congested cities. However, major problems confront these vehicles. Many critics perceive them to be dangerous, impractical and costly. They are justified in their concerns, but have based their conclusions on only a few pre-production vehicles and a physical environment, which is hostile to the needs of these vehicles and their drivers