"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7f2f081e-2...077b07658.html

It says:

"Electric cars have other environmental benefits: they do not produce the
particulates associated with burning fossil fuels. The American Lung
Association found in a study that switching to electric cars in California
alone would save at least $2.2bn (£1.1bn, ?1.4bn) a year in health costs
related to people's exposure to fine particulate matter from conventional
cars and that 300 cases of premature death, 260 cases of chronic bronchitis
and more than 7,000 asthma attacks could be avoided each year as a result.
They are also less noisy."

http://www.calcars.org/vehicles.html
They install a main charging system and larger batteries for the Prius
giving an extended range. As batteries get better, merely by changing the
batteries, to a different type and a larger bank, the car can be
transformed.

These people are going the right way. Look at:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006...ybrid_mini.php
http://www.pmlflightlink.com/archive/news_mini.html