smart car?
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there's some websites you can look around for if you google it.

make one of your own, pantent it, and become rich…

do some research on the Chevrolet VOLT. may see it sometime soon.

Hybrid for now. Honda and Toyota have them for around 24k. Not too shabby, al things considered.

a battery electric car makes sense for the short trips less than 50 miles, and cost only pennies to recharge. the motor requires almost no maintenance except for brush change. as for batteries, lead acid cheap and easily recycled. ni-cads are expensive to recycle, nickel metal hydride and lithium ion require special charging systems. electric cars are usually charged during off-peak hours, so the pollution minimal. in my area we have hydro electric power. check out these sites

Depending on the size of your wallet, you may have to.

However, if it turns out you don't have to wait because of the weight, of your wallet, then you can buy a very snazzy all-electric very soon.

Check out the Tesla Motor Co.

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