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Electric Vehicles are Fun to Drive

So much for range anxiety. A new study of people given a test EV (electric vehicle) found that every single one of them was happy with it as their primary car, says Michael J. Coren of Fast Company in "It Turns Out Electric Vehicles Are So Fun To Drive, You Won't Want To Go Back".

It can seem crazy to think that electric vehicles will replace gasoline engines anytime in the near future: range anxiety, charging times, price, and plain old inertia are all touted as deal-killers. But a new study found that drivers actually preferred their electric car over their conventional clunker (or even a Porsche and Lexus in some cases) after a trial program leasing 450 electric Mini E's to drivers in Los Angeles, New York, and New Jersey…

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Women Increasingly Buying Motorcycles, Starring in Freedom-Themed Montages

From Jezebel.com -- In this era of inside voices, Netflix Instant, and the infinite staying-in-excuses the Internet offers, some women are choosing instead to seek freedom and adventure outside, on the seat of a motorcycle. Yes, women are climbing onto hogs from coast to coast in record numbers, and not from the vantage point of sitting behind some dude who is driving them around; the number of female motorcycle owners increased 52% from 2003 to 2008. It's positively trendy to be badass!...

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