With the horrendous air pollution being a huge problem, maybe the government have subsidised electric vehicles in an effort to improve
things. I know the vehicles have to be charged by power from mainly
coal powered stations, but perhaps the stations are sited away from
the cities, so their smoke is not such an obvious problem.
I suppose its also possible that they have been forced on them in
some way. They're actually fun to ride, with better acceleration than
petrol powered ones.
raymo
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