The Electric Vehicle Revolution?

This week Jason Sole and Mother Channel cover the emergence of the electric vehicle, the impacts of it on the local market, the technologies it utilises and the storage systems behind it.
The links for the story are here below:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/13/electric-car-sales-set-to-pass-2m-landmark-globally-by-end-of-2016

http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/10/germanys-bundesrat-votes-to-ban-the-internal-combustion-engine-by-2030/

http://insideevs.com/by-2020-electrified-vehicles-will-take-7-of-the-global-automotive-market/

Specifically covered with this release is the impact that lithium storage technology is having on the environment. There are plenty stories out there that cover this topic:

https://www.theguardian.com/vital-signs/2015/jun/10/tesla-batteries-environment-lithium-elon-musk-powerwall

http://www.kitco.com/ind/Albrecht/2014-12-16-How-Green-is-Lithium.html

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/oct/11/electric-car-charging-point-new-home-europe-renault

Should you want to buy an electric vehicle retrofit kit, the below link is a good place to start:

http://www.electric-cars-are-for-girls.com/electric-car-conversion-kit.html

Some info on super capacitors batteries:

https://gigaom.com/2014/07/14/supercapacitors-are-slowly-emerging-as-novel-tech-for-electric-vehicles/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160613090631.htm