Electric cars get another jolt of interest

If at first you don’t succeed, and electric cars didn’t succeed the first time around, is it worth trying again? General Motors brought out a battery-powered car that it leased between 1996 and 2000. Because only 800 motorists signed up for one, GM scrapped that venture into an alternative-fuel, nonpolluting machine.

While the industry has turned to gas/electric vehicles to conserve fuel and clean the air, battery power alone may be poised for another run.

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