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Electric cars are on the market, so where are all the ads?

Thoughts on this? Those of you living in California or CARB states may see more of them, but in the rest of the nation, there are hardly any commercials for plug-ins.

Hopefully this changes in the near future as more plug-ins show up on the roads, along with charging infrastructure in more places such as workplace and apartment parking lots.

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http://europe.autonews.com/article/20161216/ANE/161219900?template=mobile02

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TOKYO -- Long guarded about what was beneath the hood of its pioneering Prius cars, Toyota Motor plans to open up its powertrain technology to rivals, hoping this will boost sales and speed up the industry's shift to lower-emissions vehicles.
Announcing last week it would expand its gasoline hybrid technology development, Toyota said it would consider selling complete powertrain modules - engines, transmissions and other drive components - to its competitors."