eletric+cars

**How are** electric **cars environmentally friendly?**
Electric cars are environmentally because it dos not use any fuel there

**Where can you buy them in Hong Kong?**
Toyota shop

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**Resources/Websites** @http://www.toyota.com.hk/cars/new_cars/prius/index.asp

Electric cars and vans use an on-board rechargeable battery to store electrical energy. The battery is recharged by connecting it to an electricity supply (usually the 'mains'). When required, energy is drawn from the electric-cells and converted to motive power by the use of an electric motor.

http://www.nextgreencar.com/electriccars.php

The Leaf is an all-electric car– no gas cap (no place to put gas). It’s got batteries instead. Keep in mind that electric cars cost much less per mile than gas powered ones. Electricity can be sent right to your house. There’s no need for tanker trucks plying our roads on the way to gas (petrol) stations. Electric motors are well over 90% efficient. An Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) is a heat engine. It depends on how hot the gas can burn and how cool it is outside the engine. They can get to around 30%– that’s it. Electric cars are also very much quieter than cars most of us are used to.

http://www.billnye.com/the-nissan-leaf/

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