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The electric car motor and the end of global warming

Global warming has become less a warning of future doom and more science fact as the years and decades have gone by. We're well beyond the thoughts of how to save the ozone layer, or how to block out the sun, and now we're into containment. We, as a society, have to figure out how to limit the amount of fossil fuels we release into the air or we are doomed to a planet with ever rising temperatures and, as a result, ever rising seas.

Naturally the automobile is one of the biggest culprits when it comes to global warming. And just as naturally, many have tried to create an electric car motor that wouldn't produce harmful fossil fuels as exhaust, and there have been varying degrees of success.

One of the most successful electric car motor designs has been the hybrid, with the Toyota Prius standing head-and-shoulders above the rest in terms of both popularity and ubiquity. Of course there are other electric car motor designs, and the wikipedia.org entry on the Electric car details the race to design a profitable, reliable model here:

In recent years, increased concerns over the environmental impact of gasoline cars, along with reduced consumer ability to pay for fuel for gasoline cars, has brought about renewed interest in electric cars, which are perceived to be more environmentally friendly and cheaper to maintain and run, despite high initial costs. Electric cars currently enjoy relative popularity in countries around the world, though they are notably absent from the roads of the United States, where electric cars briefly re-appeared in the late 90s as a response to changing government regulations. The hybrid electric car has become the most common form of electric car, combining a internal combustion engine powertrain with supplementary electric motors to run the car at idle and low speeds, making use of techniques such as regenerative braking to improve its efficiency over comparable gasoline cars, while not being hampered by the limited range inherent to current battery electric cars. Hybrid cars are now sold by most major manufacturers, with notable models including the Toyota Prius and the forthcoming Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in hybrid which uses a fully electric drivetrain supplemented by a gasoline-powered electric generator to extend its range. As of 2009, the world's most popular battery electric car is the REVAi, also known as the G-Wiz, which is produced by an Indian company and sold in a number of countries in Europe and Asia.

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