My first serious research into electric cars started in the early 2000s, when I had an environmental science teacher who proudly drove a Prius. He loved debating about the pros and cons of electric versus gas, from the costs to the ethics to whether the cars on the market looked cool. At the time, it was rare where I lived to spot a hybrid in the wild, but I never forgot those first conversations about battery recycling, MPG, and how ugly some people considered Priuses to be.
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