... requires that a specified manufacturer's sales consist of ZEV's. The ZEV mandate may be the single most important event in the history of transportation since Henry Ford began mass-producing cars eighty years ago (Sperling 1995). The mandate is set to take effect in 1998 in California and as many as ... gas station where one pulls in and in t! en minutes the EV will be fully recharged. B. Current Batteries Batteries are comparably the most expensive part of the EV, but advances in technology have already reduced the price. The batteries are continuously charged to keep the vehicle runni...

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