Electric cars could revolutionise car industry

The technical director of Australia's first electric car trial launched in Perth this morning says they will be the biggest revolution in the automotive industry.

The University of Western Australia and the State Government have launched a two year trial with 10 electric cars to be used by the Government and business sector.

The trial will monitor the performance of the new vehicle and guage the technology's capacity and limitations.

Professor Thomas Braunl from the University of Western Australia says over time, more Australians will convert to electric cars.

"It's very hard to predict what's going to happen in 10 and 20 years but it's quite likely that you have a significant percentage of all cars being electric in let's say 20 years."

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Thu 11th March 2010 - 04:25pm