Day 3 of Research

I researched what the possible solutions were to the problem:
1.Electric efficient cars- This innovating company is trying to help countries make the switch to completely electric cars. The better place car is a completely electric car, and uses electrical charging to fuel the car. Each car has a battery on the bottom of the car, which is able to go for 100 miles before needing to be charged. The company provides charge stations for you, and you can charge your car when you’re at work, sleeping or doing whatever you are doing. Charging takes 4-8 hours for the car to be fully charged. There are also 30 minute charge spots, which charge the cars eighty percent of the way, but those are more expensive to deploy. Each battery is supposed to last for 200,000 miles, and if you ever get to that point, switching the battery is free, and so is any mechanical need to the car. California and Hawaii are states which have been involved with better place and the company is bringing an electric taxi program to cities in California such as San Francisco and San Jose. They announced this October 27, 2010, so this should be happening in the soon future. On September 30, 2010 Hawaii announced that they would be deploying EV infrastructure. They will set up charge spots in Palo Alto, and start with seven cars to experiment with how the better place solution could work in America. http://www.betterplace.com/the-solution-batteries
2.The Nissan Leaf- 100% electric car, no tailpipe emission or emissions whatsoever, the range is about 100 miles, 120 V portable charging cable and 240 V home charging dock for charging the car, recycled fabric on the inside of the car, http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/index#/leaf-electric-car/specs-features/index
3.Mercedes is developing an all-electric car, the S400 BLUE hybrid will go 105 miles before needing to be recharged, it will use lithium batteries and will be able to be charged either by directly plugging in or using a small dynamo like device that will charge the car while it is driving. http://www.benzinsider.com/2008/03/mercedes-benz-developing-100-electric-car/