#86: Electric Cars

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The history of electric cars goes back a lot further than Tesla
and Elon Musk.


Indeed, the 'golden age' of electric cars was over 150 years ago.



Discover how electric cars have evolved, why some people say they
aren't as green as people think they are, and we run the
calculations to see what the true environmental cost of electric
car ownership is.


Electric vs. Petrol vs. Steam

The Golden Age of the electric car

Electric: The lady's choice

The arrival of the Ford Model T

The oil crises

Tesla & The Roadster

Criticisms of electric cars: production, usage, and resource
extraction

Calculating the true environmental cost of an electric car

Tesla's share price

Betting against electric?



Full interactive transcript and key vocabulary available on the
website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/electric-cars


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