Faster than anyone expected, electric cars are becoming as economical and practical as cars with conventional engines. Here’s a look at what needs to happen before electric cars take over the world. Electric cars have a different personality that people need to get their heads around before they will buy one. Electric cars hug the road because heavy battery packs, typically arrayed underneath the passenger compartment, provide low centres of gravity and high stability. The industry is racing to invest in the future, as electric cars portend sweeping economic and societal changes.

Source: New Strait Times December 20, 2017 01:32 UTC