What's Next, Electric Cars with Dirt-Based Batteries or Ethanol?

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May 2, 2009 at 11:27PM by Brian Clark Howard

Driving toward the future of clean cars.

"This is a very exciting and important time in the auto industry, more important than the launch of hybrids. It's like being back in 1900, when gas, steam and electric propulsions were battling it out," TDG car blogger Jim Motavalli told the audience of the alternative vehicle panel at New York City's recent Go Green Expo.

"The Big 3 [GM, Ford and Chrysler] are going to get smaller, and all these startups like Tesla are going to take their place," continued Motavalli, who also wrote the book Forward Drive back in 2001. "The EPA has announced that greenhouse gases can be regulated as a pollutiant, which is going to have major implications. The future is so bright we should wear shades."

During the panel talk swung from boosting efficiency of battery technology to debating the merits of biofuels, hydrogen, military spending and more. It was moderated by Seth Leitman, who blogs as Green Living Guy, edits McGraw-Hill's "Green Guru Series" and is the best-selling author of Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, Second Edition and Build Your Own Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle.

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