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Range anxiety? Today's electric cars can cover vast majority of daily U.S. driving needs

  • Written by Jessika E. Trancik, Assistant Professor of Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
imageDespite worries over the lower driving range of electric cars, most trips can be done with existing electric vehicles. unten44/flickr, CC BY

Electrifying transportation is one of the most promising ways to significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, but so-called range anxiety – concern about being stranded with an uncharged...

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