The partisan debate never stops in the US between Republicans and Democrats, particularly in an election year. That's why it is so refreshing to see unanimous bipartisan agreement on one thing, the electric car.
One need look no farther than the Presidential race to see how both candidates are firmly on the side of the fence for electric, plug-in forms of transportation. Senator Barack Obama in May proposed a $10 billion venture capital fund which would be used in part to "help American companies build batteries for plug-in hybrid vehicles so we don't have to buy them from abroad." Senator John McCain in late June proposed a $300 million prize for the invention of a battery with the "size, capacity, cost and power to leapfrog the commercially available plug-in hybrids or electric cars."
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