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Ted: Ted Ed: A New Ecosystem for Electric Cars Unit PlanTed: Ted Ed: A New Ecosystem for Electric Cars Unit Plan
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TED Talks
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9th - 10th
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Ted: Ted Ed: A New Ecosystem for Electric Cars

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Forget about the hybrid auto- Shai Agassi says it's electric cars or bust if we want to impact emissions. His company, Better Place, has a radical plan to take entire countries oil-free by 2020. [18:03]

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alternative energy, automotive technology, ted ed: a new ecosystem for electric cars, automobile

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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