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Re:Electric Cars Soon Will Cost Less Than Gas Cars, Research... by sideshowb on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @07:04PM (#14449287)
Private cars only account for a small slice of oil demand, so I'm afraid oil spills will still be a thing. The co2 savings are worthwhile though.
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Re:Electric Cars Soon Will Cost Less Than Gas Cars, Research... by linkregister on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @07:49PM (#14449510)
Gasoline (petrol) is the primary portion of oil use (about 40%) in the U.S. [1]

I don't know what portion of that is passenger cars, but it's probably substantial.

1. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.cfm?page=oil_use

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