Join the Car Talk Community!  Three Reasons EVs Will Make Your
Life Better (And Three Reasons They Won't)   The Nissan Leaf:
100 miles, more or less. (Nissan photo)  I know you're used to
me saying that electric cars will change the world; that they're
big green saviors that will glide silently down from Mount
Olympus to free us from the tyranny of the tailpipe. Well, yeah,
but I see their dark side, too. For instance, will they be funny
enough for Tom and Ray to make jokes about when the car world
gets taken over by an assault from batteries?  So here are three
ways that plug-in EVs will change your life (and three ways they
won't). First, the good stuff:  No more gas stations. Your main
fueling station will be your garage. That means no more browsing
through the stale candy and muscle magazines, or watching the
grease rack go up and down, as you wait to pay for $4 a gallon
gasoline. Gas stations could become endangered species, with
lovingly preserved specimens installed for nostalgic viewing at
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