Electric Cars are the voice of the tree huggers as the cars have zero emission and their impact on the greeneries of this planet are minimal, at least very much lesser than the gas guzzling sports cars. Apart from being earth friendly, they are your pocket friendly too. If you use these cars for your daily commute they can cost as low as 3 cents per mile. The main problem of these cars has been their range, i.e. the miles that the cars can run on a single charge. This has been improved a lot and there are even some cars that promise to deliver a stellar 250 mile range. Here are some of our favorites in the electric car segment. Full article (811 words) »

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