65%
of U.S. families own a second car, yet over 50% of urban trips last
less than ten minutes, perfect for NEVs. 80% of all trips are within
10 miles or less in a traditional automobile resulting in cold running
motors that translate into excessive engine wear and even more pollutants. www.electric-bikes.com/nev.htm
No pollutants. These vehicles are ZERO emmission, not low, ZERO. There
is absolutely no gas or diesel powered vehicle that can boast that.
76% of neighborhood electric vehicle users own two or more internal
combustion engine vehicles but the NEV replaces 65% of daily short-distance
trips formerly taken with those vehicles.
75% of all trips taken by NEV users are three miles or less.
64.7%
of all NEV trips replaced trips that would have been taken with a
personal or company-provided internal combustion vehicles.
Download July
2003 California study of NEV
User behavior(pdf format).
Visit the Electrice
Drive Transportation Association(EDTA) for information about electric
drive technologies at: www.electricdrive.org.